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Plan Change 27 Changes to Subdivision and Land Use Provisions relating to maintaining Rural Character

Reference: PLC10/00027
Status: Operative as of Wednesday 18 January 2012.
Legal effect:  As per section 86B(1) of the RMA, Plan Change 27 had legal effect from Monday 26 September 2011.

This Plan Change amended the subdivision and land-use provisions relating to maintaining rural character in the Rural Environment Area by strengthening the policy context under Issue 4 and related objective, policies and associated rules to control the scale, location, density and design of land use and subdivision in the Rural Environment Area. 

• Operative Plan Change 27 (82 pages 4MB PDF)
• Operative Plan Change 27 summary sheet (Two pages 144 KB PDF)

For further information on the rural review process refer to the projects section.