Hutt City Council

District Plan

The City of Lower Hutt District Plan is now fully operative. The substantive part of the plan became operative from 24 June 2003 and the remaining parts were made operative on 18 March 2004.

District Plan Changes

For full details on the Plan Changes click on the link above.

Plan Changes 1 & 11: Further submissions have closed.

Plan Change 12: Decisions publicly notified on 26 January 2010.

Plan Change 13: Further submissions closed on 13 October 2009.

Plan Change 14: Publicly Notified on 9 February 2010.

Plan Change 15: Publicly Notified on 2 February 2010.

Plan Changes 3 to 10 are operative and Plan Change 2 has been withdrawn.

District Plan - Contents

Council Resolution

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  Operative Plan 24 June 2003 (PDF 20kb)
  Operative Plan 18 March 2004 (PDF 28kb)
1 - Introduction and scope of the plan (PDF 312kb)
2 - Resource Management and the Tangata Whenua of Lower Hutt (PDF 137kb)
3 - Definitions (PDF 185kb)
4 - Residential (PDF 23kb)
  4A - General Residential Activity Area  
      4A - Text (PDF 243kb)
      4A - Appendix General Residential 1 - 9 (PDF 278kb)
      4A - Appendix General Residential 10 - 18 (PDF 275kb)
  4B - Special Residential Activity Area (PDF 103kb)
  4C - Historic Residential Activity Area (PDF 132kb)
  4D - Hill Residential Activity Area (PDF 247kb)
  4E - Landscape Protection Residential Activity Area (PDF 84kb)
5 - Commercial (PDF 65kb)
  5A - Central Commercial Activity Area  
    5A - Text (PDF 190kb)
    5A - Appendix Central Commercial 1 - 3 (PDF 738kb)
    5A - Appendix Central Commercial 4 - 6 (PDF 505kb)
  5B - Petone Commercial Activity Area (PDF 271kb)
  5C - Suburban Commercial Activity Area (PDF 92kb)
  5D - Special Commercial Activity Area (PDF 295kb)
6 - Business (PDF 163kb)
  6A - General Business Activity Area  
      6A - Text (PDF 229kb)
      6A - Appendix General Business 1 - 4 (PDF 832kb)
  6B - Special Business Activity Area  
      6B - Text (PDF 111kb)
      6B - Appendix Special Business 1 Part 1 (PDF 996kb)
      6B - Appendix Special Business 1 Part 2 (PDF 889kb)
      6B - Appendix Special Business 1 Part 3 (PDF 712kb)
      6B - Appendix Special Business 2 (PDF 125kb)
  6C - Avalon Business Activity Area (PDF 255kb)
  6D - Extraction Activity Area  
      6D - Text (PDF 85kb)
      6D - Appendix Extraction 1 - 3 (PDF 480kb)
7 - Recreation and Open Space (PDF 65kb)
  7A - General Recreation Activity Area (PDF 174kb)
  7B - Special Recreation Activity Area (PDF 94kb)
  7C - River Recreation Activity Area (PDF 269kb)
  7D - Passive Recreation Activity Area (PDF 45kb)
8 - Rural (PDF 57kb)
  8A - Rural Residential Activity Area (PDF 426kb)
  8B - General Rural Activity Area (PDF 683kb)
    8B - Text (PDF 222kb)
    8B - Appendix General Rural 1 - 6 (PDF 607kb)
9 - Community Health (PDF 26kb)
  9A - Community Health Activity Area (PDF 142kb)
10 - Community Iwi (PDF 27kb)
  10A - Community Iwi Activity Area (PDF 423kb)
11 - Subdivision (PDF 385kb)
12 - Financial Contributions (PDF 91kb)
13 - Utilities (PDF 178kb)
14 - General Rules (PDF 31kb)
  14A - Transport  
    14A - Text (PDF 213kb)
    14A - Appendix Transport 1 (PDF 939kb)
    14A - Appendix Transport 2 - 3 (PDF 369kb)
  14B - Signs  
    14B - Text (PDF 231kb)
    14B - Appendix Signs 1 (PDF 685kb)
    14B - Appendix Signs 2 - 4 (PDF 756kb)
    14B - Appendix Signs 5 - 7 (PDF 278kb)
  14C - Noise  
    14C - Text (PDF 97kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 1 - Noise Area 1 and 2 - Moera/Waiwhetu (PDF 743kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 1 - Noise Area 2 - Petone and 4 (PDF 772kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 2 Areas 1 - 6 (PDF 474kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 2 Areas 7 - 12 (PDF 546kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 2 Areas 13 - 16 (PDF 446kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 2 Areas 17 - 24 (PDF 568kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 2 Areas 25 - 27 (PDF 410kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 2 Areas 28 - 33 (PDF 468kb)
    14C - Appendix Noise 2 Areas 34 - 38 (PDF 493kb)
  14D - Hazardous Facilities  
    14D - Text (PDF 149kb)
    14D - Appendix Hazardous Facilities 1 (PDF 618kb)
  14E - Significant Natural, Cultural and Archeological Resources  
    14E - Text and Appendix 1 (PDF 219kb)
    14E - Appendix Significant Natural, Cultural and Archaeological Resources 2 (PDF 50kb)
    14E - Appendix Significant Natural, Cultural and Archaeological Resources 3 (PDF 177kb)
    14E - Appendix Significant Natural, Cultural and Archaeological Resources 4 (PDF130kb)
  14F - Heritage Buildings and Structures (PDF 211kb)
  14G - Trees (PDF 128kb)
  14H - Natural Hazards (PDF 110kb)
  14I - Earthworks (PDF 379kb)
15 - Designations
  15 - Text (PDF 474kb)
  15 - Appendix Designations 1-5 (PDF 114kb)
  15 - Appendix Designations 6 (PDF 635kb)
  15 - Appendix Designations 7 (PDF 52kb)
  15 - Appendix Designations 8 (PDF 689kb)
  15 - Appendix Designations 9 (PDF 758kb)
  15 - Appendix Designations 10 (PDF 24kb)
16 - Cross Boundary Issues (PDF 35kb)
17 - Resource Consent and Notification Procedures (PDF 65kb)
18 - Monitoring and Review (PDF 94kb)
Urban Map Index
Urban Maps
Rural Map Index
Rural Maps
Maps - Appendices