What's next for the Unitary Plan?

Hearings on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan a.k.a PAUP are finishing on 13 May, so when will we see the final version of the plan?

The following are the key statutory milestones binding Council in terms of responding to the IHP recommendations.

 13th May Hearings for all topics completed

 22nd July IHP recommendations version of the PAUP presented to Council

 19 August IHP recommendations and Council decision notified

 16 September Appeal period closes.

Parts not subject to appeal deemed adopted (i.e. have legal effect)

 December Plan becomes operative subject to governing body meeting.

It looks as though there will just be a "recommended" version of the plan which won't show the original text compared to the final text, so if you want to look at what changes the Commissioners are making, you will have to go back to the original as notified and compare the two documents.