Regional Plans

Regional Councils must prepare a regional coastal plan  and may prepare other regional plans  to assist the regional council to carry out its RMA functions.  A regional plan must include objectives for the region, policies to implement the objectives and rules to implement the policies.  Regional plans must give effect to the NZCPS, any other relevant national policy statements, the relevant regional policy statement and national planning standards. An example of a regional plan is the Regional Coastal Environment Plan for the Canterbury Region which can be viewed here. 

Last updated at 12:06PM on February 8, 2018