Hybrid plans
Description
This style of organisation represents the most common approach to district plans. Some issues are dealt with issue by issue (typically where they occur throughout a district regardless of activity type or zone) while others are zone-related, with certain issues and management solutions being dealt with solely within a zone or management area. Such plans also tend to mix the zone-based and activity-based organisational styles.
Sample layout
Introduction
Definitions
Tangata Whenua
General
- Information requirements
- Signs
- Issues
- Objectives and policies
- Methods and rules
- Noise
- Issues
- Objectives and policies
- Methods and rules
Subdivision
- Issues
- Objectives and policies
- Methods
- Rules for residential zones
- Rules for business zones
- Rules for recreational zones
- Rule for rural zones
Residential Zone
- Issues
- Objectives and policies
- Methods and rules
Business Zone
- Issues
- Objectives and policies
- Methods and rules
Recreation Zone
- Issues
- Objectives and policies
- Methods and rules
Rural Zone
- Issues
- Objectives and policies
- Methods and rules
Transportation
- Issues
- Objectives and policies
- Methods and rules
Utilities and Designations
Maps
Advantages
- Easy to ensure consistency and integration within the plan through having all issues dealt with in the same document, with cross-referencing between chapters or sections as necessary.
- Less repetitious than self-contained zone plans as issues and management solutions common to the whole district or region can be placed in specific district or region-wide issues chapters.
- Rules that apply to certain activity types are able to be found more quickly than in effects-based plans (more friendly for people who read and use plans on an irregular basis).
- Provides greater certainty for most uses than purely effects-based plans (as activities that are permitted or that require resource consent are often named).
- More capable of dealing with interface issues than zone-based plans or area-management plans.
Disadvantages
- Relies on cross-referencing to be thorough and accurate to avoid issues and effects being missed.
- Needs rigour applied to its structure and order to avoid it becoming a confused mix of styles.
