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Hearings

The hearing phase of the District Plan review is when an independent hearing panel is presented with our council report on the proposed plan, plan change or plan variation. People who have made a submission and have asked to be heard will be invited to speak at the hearing.

Hearing streams and documentation General minutes and memoranda

Stage 3 Hearing of Submissions

The hearing for Stream 19 Walter Peak RVZ took place on Tuesday 22 June 2021. Council's Reply is now available in Stream 19 below and the Independent Hearing Panel recommendations are due in August 2021. All Stream 19 hearing information can be viewed in the Stream 19 tile below.

Hearing recordings and tabled information from hearings held in 2020 can be viewed in the Stream 16, Stream 17, Stream 18 and Stream 20 tiles below.

Hearing Panel Minutes can be viewed in the 'General Minutes and Memoranda Issued' section at the bottom of the page.

Decisions of Council on Stage 3&3b were notified on 1 April 2021.

Hearing streams and documentation

Click on one of the tiles below to view details on the hearing streams held since the District Plan review process began. The documentation includes submitter lists, recordings, evidence, Section 42A reports, and Council's Right of Reply.

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We have recently added information relating to new streams - 16, 17 and 18. Please click on the relevant tile below to view more detail.

Stream 1A - Introduction and Tangata Whenua

Chapters 1 and 5

Stream 1B - Strategic Direction, Urban Development and Landscape

Chapters 3, 4 and 6

Stream 2 - Rural, Rural Residential and Rural Lifestyle, Gibbston Character Zone, Indigenous Vegetation and Wilding Exotic Trees

Chapters 21, 22, 23, 33 and 34

Stream 3 - Historic Heritage and Protected Trees

Chapters 26 and 32

Stream 4 - Subdivision

Chapter 27

Stream 5 - Energy and Utilities, Noise and Temporary Activities

Chapters 30, 35 and 36

Stream 6 - Low, Medium and High Density Residential, Arrowtown Residential Historic, and Large Lot Residential

Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11

Stream 6A - Variation - Arrowtown Design Guidelines 2016

Arrowtown Design Guidelines 2016

Stream 7 - Designations

Chapter 37

Stream 8 - Business Zones

Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17

Stream 9 - Resort Zones

Chapters 41, 42 and 43

Stream 10 - Natural Hazards, Definitions Hearing, Entire Plan

Chapters 2 and 28

Stream 11 - Ski Area Sub Zones Mapping

Ski Area Sub Zones Mapping

Stream 12 - Upper Clutha Mapping

Upper Clutha Mapping

Stream 13 - Queenstown Mapping

Queenstown Mapping

Stream 14 - Wakatipu Basin

Chapter 24, Arrowtown Mapping, and S357 objections

Stream 15 - Earthworks, Transport, Signs, Open Space & Recreation, and Visitor Accommodation

Chapters 25, 29, 31, 38

Stream 16 - Wāhi Tūpuna

Chapter 39

Stream 17 - General Industrial Zone, Three Parks Commercial, 101 Ballanytne Road Rezoning, Business Mixed Use and Residential Design Guides and variations

Chapter 18A, 100 Ballanytne, Residential & BMU Design Guides

Stream 18 - Settlement Zone, Rural Visitor Zone and Variations

Chapters 20 & 46, waste, glare, firefighting, subdivision, energy...

Stream 19 - Walter Peak (RVZ)

Submission #31024 & further submission #31050 Rural Visitor Zone

Stream 20 – Late submissions #31074 and #31075

Submission #31074 & #31075. Rural visitor zone

Variation to Provisions of the Large Lot Residential and Subdivision & Development chapters

General minutes and memoranda

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