District Plan

What is the District Plan?

The District Plan contains our objectives, policies, rules and maps for managing activities and development in the district.

The Resource Management Act 1991 requires councils to prepare a District Plan.

The District Plan is the main document that sets the framework for managing land use and development within our district. It contains objectives, policies and rules to address resource management issues such as the effects of land use and subdivision, noise and traffic.

The rules of the District Plan set out what activities you can do as of right (permitted activities) and what activities you'll need resource consent for. These rules cover things like residential development, subdivision of land, the height and location of buildings, commercial and industrial developments, heritage and noise.

The District Plan is subject to ongoing monitoring and review and is changed when necessary. Please take care to check if the land, locality or rule you are concerned with is subject to any form of change by checking out the Operative District Plan and any proposed changes being looked at.

Operative District Plan April 2021

Changes to the South Waikato District Plan were declared operative on 28 April 2021.

The latest version of the Plan is now available for download or viewing online.

Download a Copy of the Operative District Plan

Download a full copy of the plan's rules and objectives
Volume 1 - Part A-D (PDF 2.7Mb)
Download Appendices A-D and F-L (all appendices excluding Significant Natural Areas & Statutory Acknowledgements)
Volume 2 - Part E Appendices A-L (PDF 11.3Mb) (excludes Appendix E)
Appendix E - Significant Natural Areas
Appendix L - Statutory Acknowledgements
Note: To keep the document size to a minimum, the Appendix E PDF file does not include the 300+ maps that are associated with Significant Natural Areas. All of these maps can be located online and are referenced in the online version of the file.