Payment of Development Contributions: $5
The Department is developing payment functionality on each of the relevant ePlanning Digital Services to enable applicants to pay all relevant fees online prior to lodgement.
Further details will be provided closer to 1 July 2021.
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Kevin Taylor, who had attended a meeting organised by Henson and traffic engineer Duncan Campbell to discuss changes to the central business district under the Taupō Town Centre Transformation (TTCT), said “to characterise my korero as defensive, means I am damned if I do, damned if I don’t.” The pair have been questioning the rationale in treating a number of intersections in the TTCT plans with traffic lights rather than roundabouts – which they say were signalled in earlier council plans. A council spokesperson has said designs are yet to be finalised though confirmed there are “initial designs for lights along Spa Rd.”
Press Release – Hamilton City Council Hamilton City Council yesterday (4 May 2021) confirmed a draft Development Contributions (DC) Policy to incentivise quality development in the central city and balance Hamiltons growth costs between ratepayers and developers. For the first time the revised policy …
Hamilton City Council yesterday (4 May 2021) confirmed a draft Development Contributions (DC) Policy to incentivise quality development in the central city and balance Hamilton’s growth costs between ratepayers and developers.
For the first time the revised policy includes an incentive for developers to achieve Lifemark accreditation for residential development in the central city. Lifemark is the commercial division of CCS Disability Action which engages at the earliest stage of any new development to ensure accessibility is included. Central city development which meet this criteria can apply for a remission of some or all of their DC charges.
Friday, 9 April 2021, 11:21 am
Marlborough District Council signed off its Long Term
Plan 2021-31 Consultation Document this morning, which is
now open for public consultation until 10 May
2021.
Mayor John Leggett noted the challenges
presented in preparing the Long Term Plan this year have
been like no other.
“Whilst we have fared better
than other parts of the world, and other parts of New
Zealand, Marlburians are still living in a period of
uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.”
“The
good news is that the Council was well prepared last year
and opened up its emergency reserve. We took decisive
action, kept our rates increase low and, amongst many