Private Plan Change 1 - Further Submissions

Te Kapiti Trust has lodged a private plan change request with the Manawatū District Council to re-zone 31.36 hectares of land adjacent to Rongotea Village for the purposes of housing development. The plan change request seeks to rezone 21.88 ha of land from Rural 2 Zone to Village Zone, an adjacent 10.48 ha is to remain as Rural 2 Zone, with an area set aside for public open space. To guide subdivision and development, a new chapter is proposed titled Rongotea South Development Area which includes the Rongotea South Structure Plan.

The map below indicates the proposed structure plan for the area subject to the plan change request.

A further submission provides the opportunity to submit in support or opposition to the submissions already received, to comment on how a submission may impact you, and to have your views heard alongside the original submission. The scope of a further submission is limited to support of, or opposition to, a submission already received.

The closing date for further submissions was 4pm, 3 March 2023.

IMPORTANT: Any person making a further submission must serve a copy of their further submission on the person who made the original submission within five working days of lodging their further submission with the Council.

Want to know more?

The summary of decisions requested in the original submissions, as well as the original submissions themselves, can be downloaded below:

The original application documents for Private Plan Change 1 can be found here:

Previous Consultations | Private Plan Change 1

Enquiries regarding Private Plan Change 1 can be made to Daniel Batley, on 06 323 0000 or districtplanreview@mdc.govt.nz.