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Hāwea Mapping Variation (Limited Notification)

Queenstown Lakes District Council is currently undertaking the Hāwea Mapping Variation (Limited Notification) to the Proposed District Plan (PDP) to address two discrete PDP mapping issues. The Variation seeks to rezone two residential lots within the Longview Subdivision to Suburban Residential Zone (SRZ) and update PDP mapping to rezone land zoned SRZ to an appropriate Open Space and Recreation Zone, to formally acknowledge that the land is now vested in Council for reserves purposes.

Limited Notification

Only persons who have been determined to be “directly affected” by the variation and have been served the limited notification notice under clause 5A(3) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the Act) may make a submission on this proposal. If you have not received these documents, you are not eligible to submit on the proposed variation.

Public Notice

Proposed Variation to the Proposed District Plan (PDP) Fact Sheet

Exemption Decision

On the 25th of May 2026, an exemption application was submitted to the Minister of Resource Management Reform for this variation to proceed under section 80V of the RMA following the enactment of the Plan Stop legislation on the 21st of August 2025.

On the 11th of August 2026, this exemption application was accepted and the feedback received by the Minister stated that the variation met the criteria under 80W(2)(b) of the Act. You can view this decision below.

Section 32 Report

Want to talk about it?

If you have any queries on any of the information provided, how to make a submission or need help finding a particular document, please contact one of our dedicated duty policy planners on 03 441 0499 (Queenstown) or 03 443 0024 (Wānaka) or email us at pdpenquiries@qldc.govt.nz