The council's district plan is a legal document. We are required to prepare a district plan under the Resource Management Act 1991 and Franklin's district plan became operative on 29 February 2000. The district plan helps us as a district to manage our natural and built resources.
The district plan provides a single set of resource management provisions that apply to all rural and urban areas in the district's territorial boundaries. Some of the provisions may affect you if you are wanting to build, subdivide or change the use of your land.
Plan Change 14 (Rural Plan Change) Part Operative 22 June 2011
The operative district plan includes updates as a consequence of further provisions of Plan Change 14 becoming part operative on 22 June 2011.
Plan Change 25 Operative 29 February 2012
Plan Change 25 (Hazards, Stormwater, Esplanade Reserves and Earthworks and Variation 3 to Plan Change 14 became operative on 29 February 2012. The text of the Franklin Operative District Plan has been updated accordingly. Please see below.
Plan Change 24 (Pokeno) Part Operative 1 June 2011 and 20 February 2012
The Operative Franklin District Plan has been updated as a result of Plan Change 24 (The Pokeno Structure Plan Area and New Zoning Provisions) becoming part operative. Select the link below for information on plan changes to the Franklin district plan:
You can view the district plan, in parts, by selecting the links below:
Please note: these maps do not yet show updates from the plan changes listed above.
The text of the Franklin District Plan has now been updated. Please see below.
Introduction and Resource Management issues
Matters of district-wide importance
Issues and objectives for urban, rural and other issues
Definitions, rules for miscellaneous provisions, structure plans and village overlay plans
Appendices to the above sections
Schedule of designations