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Te hītori o te Hoahoa Whakatōpū o Tāmaki Makaurau

History 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 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.