Public consultation

COVID-19 Update

To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 we are cancelling all face-to-face consultations and engagements for the time being.
Our priority is everyone’s health and wellbeing and we are following Government guidelines.

It’s important for us to keep up communication with our residents, so please visit our website’s public consultation pages and keep sharing your views with us.

Please visit the COVID-19 pandemic closure of community facilities page for the latest information on Porirua during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We have the following consultations currently open for your feedback:

• 2020 Rates Remission and Postponement Policy
• Porirua City Council General Bylaw 1991 Part 15 ( Signs)
• 39 Paekakariki Hill Road, Pauatahanui
  
• Proposed Plan Change 18 Plimmerton Farm

The following consultations have closed:

• US Marines Hall, 20 Whitehouse Road, Titahi Bay
• James Cook Drive / Discovery Drive Intersection upgrade, Whitby (closed 17 April 2020)
• Dangerous and insanitary Buildings Policy
• Champion Street - Proposed Safety Improvements (closed 15 January 2020)
• Proposal to upgrade Whenua Tapu Crematorium and Chapel
• Our draft District Plan 
• Earthquake Prone Buildings Policy 2019 (closed 31 July 2019)
• 25 James St, Plimmerton (closed 2 July 2019)
• Bay Drive (closed Friday 14 June 2019)
  
• Aotea rangatahi youth space  (closed 17 June 2019)
  
• 2019 Development Contributions Policy (closed 17 June 2019)
  
• Porirua Adventure Park - Local Government Act Consultation (closed Friday 7 June 2019) 
• 2018 draft District Plan Objectives and Policies (closed 30 November 2018)
• Growth Strategy
• Aotea Reservoir (closed 24 September 2018)
  
• Porirua Adventure Park (closed 31 October 2018)
• Reserves Management Plan Review (closed 6 May 2019)
• Bylaw and Policy Consultations (closed 8 May 2019)
  

We often use formal consultation to invite the community’s views and responses to initiatives, strategies and plans we have for Porirua City. Consultation helps us inform people about any actions we may take and gather their feedback. This is usually done through public meetings and meetings with resident associations, businesses and community groups, as well as by receiving written and oral submissions.

For some important decisions, we are legally required to follow certain principles and a “special consultative procedure”: Local Government Act 2002.

We have to follow these principles and procedure before we:

• adopt a Long-term Plan or Annual Plan 
  
• amend a Long-term Plan 
  
• adopt, revoke, review or amend a bylaw 
  
• transfer a significant activity (for example, from the council to a council-controlled organisation or from a council-controlled organisation to a private sector organisation) – unless it is already provided for in a Long-term Plan. 
  

This procedure is considered the minimum we must do to consult the community and get feedback. We may also use the procedure for other proposals or decisions, so that the community can be involved and share their views.

Read about the Special consultative procedure.

The steps we follow for a special consultative procedure are:

1. Prepare a statement about the proposed decision or course of action. The statement may be distributed to the community or inspected at our offices, and will be included on the agenda of a council meeting. 
   
2. Publish a public notice in local newspapers about the proposal and the consultation we’re undertaking. 
   
3. Receive submissions. We acknowledge all written submissions and give a fair opportunity for people to make an oral submission. 
   
4. Discuss the proposal at a public meeting. 
   
5. Follow up by providing submitters with a copy of the decision and summary of the reasons for it.