Make your mark Manawatū
Our District Plan is the blueprint for how the Manawatū District can be developed and changed over time.
Since the first version was adopted in 2002 the District Plan has also been changed and updated to ensure it meets the priorities and anticipated future needs of the district. Updates over the last 10 years have been made as part of the District Plan Review Project.
Each plan change has had a different focus. For example, implementing national direction, responding to local issues, establishing new urban growth areas, or a review based on community feedback for things that needed adjustment.
This page provides information on projects that Council is currently consulting on. Click on the linked below to find out more.
Access previous projects or to find out more about previous changes here.
The National Planning Standards (NPStd) requires District Plans to follow a standardised format - this is known as a 'mandatory' direction. This essentially means that our District Plan has to be updated to look and function in the same way as all other district plans in the country.
The review of the Manawatū District Plan Residential Zone is known as Plan Change B: General Residential.
Feedback on the draft plan change closes 4pm, Friday 18 July 2025.
Plan Change E proposes to change the zone boundaries and provisions associated with the Town Centre Zone and surrounding Mixed Use Zone.
Feedback closes 4pm Friday 18 July 2025.
Our Manawatū Growth Strategy maps out how and when the district can grow over the short, medium and long term. We'd value community input on what this growth could look like.
Rural and Flood Channel Review involves updating how the District Plan plans for and enables development in our rural areas.
The National Planning Standards (NPS) contain a number of mandatory requirements for Council to implement.
