Strategic Plan Review
The Council is implementing a strategic plan review process to:
- break down the work required
- introduce change in a controlled and strategic manner
- make it more manageable for the community to be involved.
There are three tranches to this process:
- Stream 1: Freshwater focus (current - notification scheduled mid 2025)
- Stream 2: Regional direction (2025 onwards)
- Stream 3: Air (2025 onwards)
| Document | Status | Stream |
| Regional Policy Statement for Taranaki | Under review |
Stream 1 - Freshwater and land provisions Stream 2 - all other RPS provisions |
| Regional Freshwater Plan | Under review | Stream 1 |
| Regional Soil Plan | Under review | Stream 1 |
| Regional Air Plan | Under review | Stream 3 |
| Regional Coastal Plan | Operational | NA |
This first stream focuses on updating the Councils land and freshwater directions.
This includes reviewing:
- the land and freshwater chapters in the regional policy statement
- reviewing the freshwater plan
- reviewing the soil plan
The Regional Policy Statement will be partially reviewed to incorporate changes to the land and freshwater chapters, and include any other consequential amendments throughout. More information can be found here.
The freshwater and soil plans will be combined into a new Land and Freshwater Plan for Taranaki. More information can be found here.
Notification is expected mid-2025.
Following stream 1, the Council will review the remaining chapters in the Regional Policy Statement.
Notification is expected 2026.
Either at the same time or shortly following stream 2, the Council will notify a revised Regional Air Plan for Taranaki.
Notification is expected 2026.