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Strategic plan review process

The council is implementing a strategic plan review process.

There are three streams to this process:

  • Stream 1: Freshwater focus (current - notification scheduled mid 2025)
  • Stream 2: Regional direction (2025 onwards)
  • Stream 3: Air (2025 onwards)
Plan Status Review page Stream
Regional Policy Statement for Taranaki  Under review Regional Policy Statement review process

Stream 1 - Freshwater and land provisions

Stream 2 - all other RPS provisions
Regional Freshwater Plan  Under review Land and Freshwater review process  Stream 1
Regional Soil Plan  Under review Land and Freshwater review process  Stream 1
Regional Air Plan  Under review    Stream 3
Regional Coastal Plan  Operational Coastal Plan review process  N/A

 

Stream 1: Freshwater Focus

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
  • Freshwater Plan
  • 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. 

Notification is expected mid-2025.

Stream 2: Regional Direction

Following stream 1, the Council will review the remaining chapters in the Regional Policy Statement.

Notification is expected 2026.

Stream 3: Air

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.