Selwyn District Plan Review

Client | Selwyn District Council
Project Personnel | Justine Ashley, Matt Bonis, Jonathan Clease
Location and Completion Date | Selwyn, 2017-ongoing


The Planz team is assisting Selwyn District Council in the review of their District Plan. The early stages of this review have included Planz assessing the effectiveness and outcomes that the operative District Plan has been generating in the topic areas of commercial urban design, the interface between commercial and industrial zones and residential and rural areas, the extent and nature of isolated/out-of-zone business activities, signage, and earthworks. These baseline reports will provide the foundation for undertaking a full s.32 assessment and developing new provisions to retain those parts of the District Plan that are working well, to improve those areas where issues have arisen, and to update approaches to reflect the changing environment in the 15 or so years since the current Plan was originally developed. 

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