Tararua District Council has had to suspend all work on the Proposed District Plan Review in accordance with the Government’s Plan Stop Policy Announcement on 15 July 2025.

Minister Chris Bishop announced the policy at the Local Government New Zealand conference on Wednesday 15 July 2025.

The transcript of his speech can be read at:

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-2025-lgnz-conference

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The speech includes the announcement to stop the following:

• notification of new plan or regional policy statement reviews, changes or variations
• proposed plans or regional policy statements that are already notified but haven’t reached the hearings stage

A detailed fact sheet on the Plan Stop Policy can be viewed on the Beehive website:

Government to stop Council plan changes (Beehive website)

Download the Plan Stop Fact Sheet (PDF)