Notice of Proposed Plan Change 8 – Natural Hazards
Public Notices
Process once submissions are received:
The process for public participation in the consideration of Plan Change 8 is as follows:
- After the closing date for submissions, the Council must prepare a summary of decisions requested by submitters and give public notice of the availability of this summary and where the summary and submissions can be viewed.
- There will be an opportunity for the following persons to make a further submission in support of, or in opposition to, the submissions already made:
- any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest;
- any person who has an interest in the proposal greater than the general public has; and
- the Council itself.
- If a person making a submission asks to be heard in support of his or her submission, a hearing must be held.
- Council must give its decision on the provisions and matters raised in the submissions (including its reasons for accepting or rejecting submissions) and give public notice of its decision within 2 years of notifying Plan Change 8 and serve it on every person who made a submission at the same time.
- Any person who has made a submission has the right to appeal against the decision on the proposal to the Environment Court if,—
- in relation to a provision or matter that is the subject of the appeal, the person referred to the provision or matter in the person’s submission on Plan Change 8; and
- the appeal does not seek the withdrawal of Plan Change 8 as a whole.
