Porirua District Plan 2025

The District Plan is the rulebook for how land can be used. It applies to every property in the city, and provides the blueprint for how Porirua will grow. It also sets out how we will look after the things in our city that we value.

View the Porirua District Plan 2025

The District Plan assists Council to carry out its functions under the Resource Management Act 1991, including:

• integrated management of the natural and physical resources of the city
• ensuring there is sufficient development capacity in relation to housing and business land
• effects of the use of land and associated natural and physical resources
• natural hazards, the management of hazardous substances, contaminated sites and biodiversity conservation to the extent that they are affected by land use
• land subdivision
• noise, and
• activities on the surface of rivers and lakes.

The District Plan is a complex document and we would welcome the opportunity to help you understand it. If you would like to talk to a member of our friendly planning team please email or call us on: districtplan@porirua.govt.nz or call 04 237 5089.