Manawatū District Council 10 Year Plan 2021-31

What's in the 10 Year Plan? 

This 10 Year Plan is mostly about getting on with business as usual so we are cracking on with core infrastructure developments.

Key Issues

Rates: 

Council has worked hard to keep rates increases as low as possible. The total amount of rates required to run Council business for 2021/22 is 7.45% higher than was required for 2020/21. However, because of the population growth across the District in the last year, the total rates required will be distributed across more ratepayers. Year 1 will see an average increase of 5.75%.

For year 2 we will have an average increase of 5.70% and year 3, 4.86%. Across years 4–10 we are looking at an average rates rise of 2.9%

Earthquake Prone Buildings: 

 Council decided to budget $75,000 for each of the first three years of the plan to provide consenting fee discounts to owners of earthquake prone buildings in the Feilding CBD.

Community and Events Funding:

Council decided to replenish the full District Development budget by $147,000, which will provide contestable funding for community events and initiatives. 

For more information read the full 10 Year Plan or view our page on community input below.