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- 30 July 2026(external link) – RMA Reform update
- 24 June 2026(external link) – Resource management fee changes, Notices of requirement to remove designations RMA Reform update
- 4 May 2026(external link) – High application numbers, acoustics and ventilation, topographical plans
- 10 April 2026(external link) – Chapter 14B pathway update
- 5 March 2026(external link) – Natural hazard risk
- 10 December 2025(external link) – OPH applications
- 18 November 2025(external link) – PC13, PC14 and CSS updates, IDS review
- 22 October 2025(external link) – RMA Changes and District Plan Updates
- 10 September 2025(external link) – Plan Change 14 - Additional Medium Density Residential zoning
- 30 June 2025(external link) – Plan Change 14 and the ePlan, Radiocommunication pathways, Development contributions, Fees for 2025/26
- 29 January 2025(external link) – NZVD2016; Wind assessments; PC14 Pathway 14B option
- 19 December 2024(external link) – PC14 decisions for Policy 3 areas
- 26 September 2024(external link) – Lighting Plans
- 24 June 2024(external link) – Resource management fee changes
- 17 April 2024(external link) – Planning pre-application meetings/advice suspended
- 14 March 2024(external link) – s223 and s224 certification
- 3 August 2023(external link) – Lodging complex applications; s224(c) certification; sensitive activities near road/railways
- 23 February 2023(external link) – Update on PC13 and PC14, including status of proposed rules and MDRS
- (external link)October 2021(external link) – Subdivisions: Engineering, NES for greenfield subdivisions, easements over reserves and A&I forms
- October 2020(external link) – Road naming and property numbering
- August 2020(external link) – High Flood Hazard Management Area; ground-level information; DC payments for subdivisions
- December 2019(external link) – Stormwater approvals
- June 2018 [PDF, 357 KB] – Hill site applications.
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- Bulletin 27: February 2016 [PDF, 71 KB] – Wastewater Capacity Certificates.
- Bulletin 23.2: May 2013 [PDF, 152 KB] – Geotechnical assessment to satisfy section 106 RMA matters.
- Bulletin 22: October 2009 [PDF, 104 KB] – Proposed easements over land that will vest in Council as a reserve.
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