WCC, District Scheme Review 1979

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Archives Identifier00480Date Range1979-1984DescriptionThis series contains the publications that make up the District Scheme Review from 1979. This was the first review of the Wellington City District Scheme, which had been first approved by Council in 1966 and made operative in September 1972. The City Council was obliged by sections 38 and 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 to provide an operative district scheme for its district and review this scheme every five years.

The scheme was an administrative device to plan and control the development of the district. Its purpose was set out in Section 4 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977: “the wise use and management of the resources, and the direction and control of the development, of a region, district or area in such a way as will most effectively promote and safeguard the heath safety, convenience, and the economic, cultural, social, and general welfare of the people, and the amenities, of every part of the region, district or area.”

This review consolidated the existing district scheme into one document. Previously there was the Wellington City District Scheme and also the Hutt County (Makara Section) District Scheme which covered that part of Hutt County that was incorporated into the City in 1973.

The District Scheme Review document includes:

• A Scheme Statement which sets out objectives that have been decided on. It also includes sections which deal with how these objectives will be implemented.
• A Code of Ordinances which sets out in more detail the exact incentives or controls upon various sorts of development for various parts or zones of the city. This is to bring together objectives and detailed control and thus make understanding easier.
• A special section dealing with Aro Valley Comprehensive Urban Renewal Area
• A section giving background information on important aspects of the scheme but not forming part of the scheme.
• A set of Planning Maps that have been drawn in three different scales to cater for Rural areas, Suburban areas and Central areas; where different scales are essential to show the requisite detail.

Once published the district scheme review went through the following steps:
• It was publicly notified and submissions and objections were called for.
• The Council published a summary of all objections that had been lodged.
• The Council held a hearing on each objection and gave a decision on each.
• Any objector dissatisfied with the Council’s decision was then able to take the matter to the Planning Tribunal.
• Once the Tribunal had given its decisions, the district scheme was republished and became operative.

Council was able to alter the reviewed district scheme while it was in the proposed stage in two ways. It could object to the Scheme, or it could introduce a variation to the Scheme after objections had closed. This led to the creation of two sets of files:
• ‘Objection’ files that have the initial submissions/objections and the decisions on them [Series 00041].
• ‘Variation’ files that cover proposed alterations (after the period for objections had closed) and the decisions on them [Series 00090].Quantity (Linear Metres)0.31MediumFileSystem of ArrangementChronologicalCollection TypeWellington City Council

Document

District Scheme Review, Public Notification 1979, Volume 1, Objectives and Implementation

District Scheme Review, Public Notification 1979, Volume 2, Code of Ordinances

District Scheme Review, Public Notification 1979, Volume 3, Aro Valley Comprehensive Urban Renewal Zone

District Scheme Review, Public Notification 1979, Volume 4, Planning Background

District Scheme Review, Public Notification 1979, Volume 5, Planning Maps

Series

WCC, District Scheme Review 1979, summary of decisions on objections and variations

WCC, District Scheme Review 1979, Objection files

WCC, District Scheme Review 1979, Variation files

WCC, District Scheme 1985 and Transitional District Plan

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Restriction StatusOpen

Related Agencies

Controlling or Creating AgencyTown Planning DepartmentRelationship Date Range1968-1991

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WCC, District Scheme Review 1979