He rārangi wā mō Te Mahere Whakakotahi i a Tāmaki Makaurau Timeline of the Auckland Unitary Plan

• March-May 2013

11-week public consultation on the draft Unitary Plan.

• September 2013-February 2014

Notification of Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) submission period.

• 11 June - 22 July 2014

Notification of Summary of Decisions requested report, further submissions process.

• September 2014-May 2016

Hearings.

• 18 May 2016

The council received recommendations on designations from Independent Hearings Panel.

• 22 July 2016

The council received all remaining recommendations from the Independent Hearings Panel.

• 19 August 2016

Notification of Auckland Council decisions and decisions version of plan and maps.

• 16 September 2016

Appeal period closed, but not for all designation appeals.

• 30 September 2016

Appeal period closes for Environment Court appeals on council designations.

• 17 October 2016

Decisions on non-council designations notified.

• 14 November 2016

Appeal period closed for High Court appeals on non-council designations.

• 15 November 2016

Auckland Unitary Plan Operative in part.

• 29 November 2016

Appeal period closes for Environment Court non-council designations.

• 13 May 2016

The Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel (the panel) completed its hearings.

• 18 May 2016

The panel gave Auckland Council the majority of its recommendations on the designations topic.

• 22 July 2016

The panel gave Auckland Council the rest of its recommendations on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan. The council had 20 working days to consider and make decisions on the recommendations.

• 22 July 2016

The office of the Independent Hearings Panel closed.

• 27 July 2016

The recommendations were available on the website.

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• 19 August 2016

Auckland Council publicly notified its decisions and decisions version of the PAUP. The council also notified other requiring authorities of its recommendations on their designations.

• 16 September 2016

Appeal period closed, but not for all designations.

• 17 October 2016

Requiring authorities' decision on their designations notified.

• 8 November 2016

Public notice placed in the New Zealand Herald notifying that the Auckland Unitary Plan would become 'Operative in Part' on Tuesday 15 November 2016.

• 15 November 2016

The Unitary Plan became Operative in part.

• 29 November 2016

The appeal period for designations closed.

Visit Plan changes, notices of requirement and material incorporated by reference for more information about the plan changes since November 2016.