Changes to the District Plan can be made under the Resource Management Act and the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act. These changes are operative and have been incorporated into the District Plan.
Completed plan changes:
- Operative Plan Change 1 – Woolston Risk Management Area – 24 February 2020
- Operative Plan Change 2 – Port Hills Slope Instability Overlay Update – 24 August 2020
- Operative Plan Change 3 - National Grid Transmission Lines in the Commercial Core Zone - 26 November 2020
- Operative Plan Change 4 – Short-term accommodation – 11 November 2023
- Operative Plan Change 5 - Grouped changes – 16 January 2024
- Operative Plan Change 6 – Homebase extension – 03 May 2023
- Operative Plan Change 8 - Papakāinga/Kāinga Nohoanga Zone - Rule Amendments - 14 March 2022
- Operative Plan Change 10 - Meadowlands Exemplar - 27 September 2022(external link)
Completed regeneration plans and proposals:
- The Canterbury Multi-Use Arena - Approved 14 December 2021
- Hagley Oval – Approved 9 January 2020(external link)
- Lyttelton Commercial Zone Parking – Approved 18 December 2019(external link)
- Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Plan - Approved 23 August 2019(external link)
- Yaldhurst Recreation and Sports Facility – Approved 17 December 2018(external link)
- Coastal Residential Unit Overlay – Approved 13 December 2018(external link)
- Cranford Regeneration Plan – Approved 17 August 2018(external link)
- Redcliffs School Relocation – Approved 08 May 2018(external link)
Removal of minimum parking requirements:
- Various District Plan Chapters - Amendments [PDF, 1008 KB]
- Chapter 7 Transport - Amendments [PDF, 3 MB]
- Public Notice - 21 February 2022 [PDF, 162 KB]
- Public Notice - 4 April 2025 [PDF, 34 KB]