Plan Change 7 - Further Submissions Hastings Golf Course Private Plan Change Request

Golf Sport Development Limited Partnership has requested a change to the Hastings District Plan to rezone land situated at 1523 Maraekākaho Road, Bridge Pā (Hastings Golf Course) from Plains Zone to ‘Sport and Recreation Zone’ with a ‘Heretaunga Golf and Leisure Precinct’, which includes housing and accessory development.  The new zone provides for the existing golf course facility and for future development incorporating new recreational facilities along with associated commercial, residential dwellings, and visitor accommodation.

Parts of the plan affected

Private Plan Change 7 proposes changes to the following sections of the district plan:

• Amend zoning on the planning maps from Plains Production Zone to ‘Sport and Active Recreation’ with a ‘Heretaunga Golf and Leisure Precinct’ overlay
• New ‘Sport and Active Recreation Zone’ chapter
• New ‘Heretaunga Golf and Leisure Precinct’ chapter
• Amendments and additions to:
• Section 25.1 Noise
• Section 27.1 Earthworks, Mineral Aggregate and Hydrocarbon Extraction
• Section 30.1 Subdivision and Land Development, and
• Section 33.1 Definitions.

View the application document here.

Supporting documents

Supporting documents can be viewed on the Hastings District Council website here.

Submissions

Ninety-seven submissions have been received and can be viewed on the Hastings District Council website here.  These submissions have been summarised by submitter and by topic and these are available on the Council website also.  

Have your say

The further submissions period will open on Saturday 8 March 2025 through until 5pm Friday 21 March 2025.
You can make a further submission online by completing the form below or by downloading a copy of the submission form and:

• posting it to Plan Change 7, Environmental Policy Manager, Hastings District Council, Private Bag 9002, Hastings 4156
• delivering it to Civic Administration building, Lyndon Road East, Hastings
• emailing it policyteam@hdc.govt.nz

What is a further submission?

A further submission can either support or oppose another person’s original submission. However, it can’t raise new issues. It provides an opportunity to assess the effect an original submission may have on you, and have your views considered.

Who can make a further submission?

You do not need to have made an original submission to make a further submission, but it does need to be relevant and made by persons who are representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; or persons who have an interest in the plan change that is greater than the interest the general public has (for example, a property owner bounding the golf course).

We need to receive your further submission by 5pm, Friday 21 March 2025