This section first appeared in the 2005/2006 survey and was repeated in 2007/2008. It reports on:
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council and privately initiated changes to operative district or regional plans (appendix 6, questions 7.1–7.3)
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variations to proposed plans (appendix 6, questions 7.4, 7.5).
Table 20 shows the number of completed plan changes and variations, by local authority type, for both surveys. The increase in the total number of council initiated plan changes in 2007/2008 was largely driven by unitary authorities, while territorial authorities were largely responsible for the increase in privately initiated plan changes in 2007/2008. More analysis is provided in the sections below on plan changes and variations for the two surveys.
Table 20: Number of plan changes and variations, by local authority type,2005/2006 and 2007/2008
| Local authority type | Number of completed plan changes to operative plans | Number of completed variations to proposed plans | ||||||||
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| Council initiated | Privately initiated | Declined/ withdrawn | Council initiated | Declined/ withdrawn | ||||||
| 2007/ 2008 (n = 83) | 2005/ 2006 (n = 84) | 2007/ 2008 (n = 82) | 2005/ 2006 (n = 84) | 2007/ 2008 (n = 81) | 2005/ 2006 (n = 84) | 2007/ 2008 (n = 80) | 2005/ 2006 (n = 84) | 2007/ 2008 (n = 80) | 2005/ 2006 (n = 84) | |
| Regional councils | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Unitary authorities | 59 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Territorial authorities | 113 | 112 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| All | 176 | 127 | 41 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 35 | 37 | 4 | 2 |
Source: 2007/2008 and 2005/2006 RMA survey data.
Note: The (n = ##) in table 20 refers to the number of local authorities that answered the question on which this analysis is based.
Council and privately initiated changes to operative plans
Changes to operative district or regional plans can be initiated by a council or by any private person. In 2007/2008:
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43 per cent (36 out of 83) of local authorities advised that they had completed a council initiated plan change, which is the same proportion as the last survey
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the proportion of local authorities reporting a privately initiated plan change was 30 per cent (25 out of 82), which is more than double the 2005/2006 result of 13 per cent (11 out of 84)
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there were 176 council initiated plan changes, up from 127 in 2005/2006, and there were 41 privately initiated plan changes in 2007/2008, more than double the 20 privately initiated plan changes in 2005/2006
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21 per cent (17 out of 81) of local authorities reported they had declined or withdrawn a council or privately initiated plan change, which is an increase of over 75 per cent from 2005/2006, when the result was 12 per cent (10 out of 84)
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18 council and privately initiated plan changes were declined or withdrawn, compared to 11 in 2005/2006, an increase of nearly two-thirds.
Variations to proposed plans
Variations to proposed district or regional plans can only be initiated by a council. In 2007/2008, 19 per cent (15 out of 80) of local authorities completed a variation to a proposed plan. This is similar to the 18 per cent (15 out of 84) reported in the last survey.
In 2007/2008, four local authorities reported they had declined or withdrawn a variation to a proposed plan. Two local authorities reported this in 2005/2006.
In 2007/2008, 35 variations to proposed plans were reported, compared to 37 in 2005/2006. Four of these variations to proposed plans were declined or withdrawn in 2007/2008, compared to two in 2005/2006.
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Plan Changes and Variations
June 2009
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