1. The Hauraki District Council Hauraki Long Term Plan (‘Hauraki Long Term Plan’) sets out the Community Outcomes for the District, how Council proposes to contribute to the community well-being over the life of the Hauraki Long Term Plan and how Council will be involved with other agencies to contribute towards achieving the Community Outcomes. The Hauraki Long Term Plan is required to be prepared under the Local Government Act 2002 and must be reviewed every 3 years.
2. The Hauraki Long Term Plan is Council’s key planning document. It provides a framework for linking all of Council’s other plans, such as the District Plan and Asset Management Plans. It is a way of demonstrating how Council’s activities contribute to and support the Community Outcomes identified, and is a method to inform the community what Council is proposing to do over the following 10 years.
3. The Annual Plan is the annual budgeting statement for that year only and also provides a forecast of activities for the two years following.
4. It is important that the Hauraki Long Term Plan – for the Council’s overall goals and objectives for the District, and the District Plan – which will guide the resource management affairs of the District, are not inconsistent with each other. The District Plan is only part of the comprehensive planning framework for local government. By itself it cannot make things happen. Mechanisms proposed in the District Plan to achieve resource management objectives and policies that require District Council resources, or commitment to take certain actions, need to be translated through the Hauraki Community Plan/Annual Plan, which is the implementation mechanism for achieving the Council’s overall goals and objectives.

Related Pages

2.1.1 Statutory Framework
2.1.1.1 Hierarchy Of Responsibilities
2.1.1.2 Resource Management Act 1991
2.1.1.3 Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000
2.1.1.4 Conservation Management Strategy
2.1.1.5 National Environmental Standards
2.1.1.6 Relationship With Other Hauraki