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• Long Term Council Community Plan 2006-2016
  This plan, also known as the LTCCP, outlines the finer points of why Council is doing things, what work will be completed over the next 10 years and what it will cost.  Council is required to review the LTCCP every three years and the 2006-2016 Plan builds on the first LTCCP, which covered the period 2003-2013.
  
  
• 2008/2009 Annual Plan
  An overview of Council's work programme and associated expenditure for the current financial year (1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009).   Amendment to the Long Term Council Community Plan 2006-2016
  
  
• Annual Reports
  An overview of Council's operational performance for the financial year (1 July - 30 June).
  
  
• Built Environment Strategy
  This strategy is being developed to encourage a sustainable approach toward building development.
  
  
• Bylaws
  Legislation specific to the District, for example dog control, water supply and trade waste.
  
  
• Development Trends Report
  An overview of current and future residential, commercial and industrial development patterms in the Western Bay of Plenty District and Tauranga City.
  
  
• District Plan
  Council's guiding document to meet its obligations under the provisions of the Resource Management act 1991 (RMA).  The RMA makes it compulsory for councils to prepare a District Plan.  The Plan uses rules that have the force of law, as well as other methods such as education programmes and incentives.  Everybody, including Council, must comply with the plan.
  
  District Plan Changes 2006
  The following five plan changes are under appeal to the Environment Court:
  
  
  • Plan Change 55 - Waihi Beach Structure Plan
  • Plan Change 56 – Katikati Structure Plan
  • Plan Change 59 - Additional Dwellings in the Rural Zones
  • Plan Change 62 – Non-Complying Vehicle Entranceways in the Rural Zones
  • Plan Change 68 - Omokoroa Stage 1
    
    

  District Plan Changes 2006
  
  

  • Rangiuru Business Park - Plan Change 33
    A private plan change request by Quayside Properties Limited which seeks to change the District Plan by rezoning approximately 243 hectares of land at Rangiuru from "Rural G" to a new zone called "Rangiuru Business Park Zone".
    
  • Tauriko Business Estate - Plan Change 36 
    This private plan change involves land that is predominantly zoned "Rural" in the Tauranga City District Plan and the Western Bay of Plenty District Plan.  The purpose of the proposed plan change is to provide additional business employment land at Tauriko.
    
    
• Subdivision & Development Code of Practice
  A series of standards that need to be complied with when undertakening subdivision in the District.
  
  
• Fees and Charges 2008/2009
  Fees and charges associated with specific Council activities and services, for example regulatory services - building and planning consents and animal services.
  
  
• Comprehensive Development Plans
  Council has working with urban communities in the Dsitrict to develop long term plans that detail a 20 year vision for each community and what needs to be done to achieve it.
  
  
  • Katikati
    'The New Picture' 
    
  • Maketu
    "Ko ahau a Maketu - Ko Maketu ahau; We are Maketu - Maketu is us' 
    
  • Te Puke
    'The way forward' 
    
  • Te Puke Town Centre Plan
    The Te Puke Town Centre Plan has been developed in response to Te Puke's Comprehensive Development Plan - 'The way forward'.  The concepts, principles and design elements outlined in the Plan are the culmination of significant effort by the Te Puke community, together with the Council, Council's consultants and other key agencies. 
    
  • Te Puna Plan
    'Looking forward today for a secure tomorrow'
    
  • Waihi Beach
    'Defining Our Future'
    
    
• Reserve Management Plans
  There are management plans for 222 reserves across the District, which include plans covering each urban community.  Apart from being a statutory requirement under the Reserves Act, a management plan provides a one-stop reference point that includes a reserves classification and legal status, the area it covers, infrastructure and funding for capital projects Councils wants to undertake.
  
  
  • Waihi Beach Ward
  • Katikati Ward
  • Kaimai Ward
  • Te Puke Ward
  • Maketu Ward
  • Huharua Reserves
    
    
• Local Governance Statement
  Council is required, under the Local Government Act, to prepare and make publicly available a document outlining its functions, responsibilities and activities.  This document is officially known as the Local Governance Statement.
  
  
• Northern Harbour Boat Ramp
  Proposal for a boat ramp at the southern end of Te Kauri Point.
  
  
• Western Bay Outlook
  A regular news feature distributed to all resident ratepayers in the Western Bay of Plenty District.
  
  
• Walking tracks of the Western Bay
  A guide to 19 popular walking tracks and reserves in the District.