Strategic plan review process

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.

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.