The Ashburton District Plan (“the Plan”) assists the Ashburton District Council (“the Council”) in carrying out its functions in order to achieve the purpose of the Resource Management Act (“the Act”). The purpose of the Act is to provide for the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. 

The Ashburton District Plan sets a framework for development and the management of resources in the District. It establishes objectives and policies for managing the environmental effects of development, it defines the various zones (residential, rural, business, open space, etc), and the rules for what activities are permitted to occur in each zone. In this way the District Plan has a very strong influence over all activities that occur in the District. 

District Plans are a statutory document and Section 73 of the Act requires each District Council to have a District Plan. The District Plan is a legally enforceable document. The Council is obligated to  enforce the provisions of the Plan and the RMA provides penalties for breaches of the rules. The Operative District Plan contains the policy and rules established by the Council and the outcomes of the public notification and submission process. In this way it is representative of both the Council and the community’s aspirations for the District. 

The Act requires the District Plan to give effect to the objectives and policies of the Regional Policy Statement of the Canterbury Regional Council and to implement or not be inconsistent with a range of other documents. 

On 7 August 2014, Ashburton District Council formally approved the adoption of the second generation Ashburton District Plan, this decision was notified on 14 August and the District Plan formally became operative on 25 August 2014.

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