Baseline Assessment Reports
Rural
- Intensive Livestock Production Report, [PDF, 5797 KB] February 2018
- Forestry Plantations, Wilding Tree Spread, & Tree Shading [PDF, 1446 KB] June 2018
- Airfields, Airstrips and Heli Landing Pads Report [PDF, 896 KB]15 December 2017
- Rural Character, Density and Business Activities [PDF, 10207 KB] 4 December 2017
- Assessment Report assessing the current character of the Rural Zone [PDF, 10889 KB] 14 November 2017
- Rural Zone Density and Minimum Lot Size – Farm Advisory Review of Options [PDF, 208 KB] November 2017
- Quarrying, [PDF, 8751 KB] December 2017
- Mushroom Farming and Composting [PDF, 285 KB] January 2018
- Earthworks, [PDF, 8377 KB] February 2018
District Wide
- Transport (Supplementary) [PDF, 1345 KB] November 2018
- Technical memo - Transport Components Street Design and Footpaths [PDF, 204 KB] 25 November 2019
- Technical memo - Transport Components Integrated Transport Assessments [PDF, 1898 KB] 25 October 2019
- Technical memo - Transport Proposed Parking Requirements [PDF, 1377 KB] 23 October 2019
- Existing Development Areas (EDAs) [PDF, 935 KB] October 2018
- Porters Ski Area [PDF, 738 KB] October 2018
- Temporary Activities [PDF, 1042 KB] October 2018
- Tourism [PDF, 1050 KB] October 2018
- Transport [PDF, 8056 KB]4 May 2018
- Hazardous Substances and Contaminated Land [PDF, 1390 KB] December 2017
- Lighting and Glare Provisions and Best Practice [PDF, 589 KB] September 2017
- Obtrusive Lighting Effects of Outdoor Lighting [PDF, 846 KB]17 August 2017
- Signage [PDF, 1159 KB] July 2017
- Community and Recreation Facilities [PDF, 1487 KB] 21 December 2017
- Emergency Services, [PDF, 1079 KB] 31 October 2017
- Noise [PDF, 531 KB] 3 October 2017
- Vibration [PDF, 380 KB] 3 October 2017
Natural Environment
- Selwyn District Landscape Study [PDF, 4513 KB] 31 October 2017
- Updated Landscape Study [PDF, 14502 KB] 12 December 2018
- Outstanding Natural Features and Landscapes, Planning and Landscape Analysis report, [PDF, 1310 KB] 20 February 2018
- Appendix 1 Operative Selwyn District Plan Provisions [PDF, 1513 KB]
- Appendix 2 Ashburton District Plan Provisions [PDF, 1106 KB]
- Appendix 3 Waimakariri District Plan Provisions [PDF, 272 KB]
- Appendix 4 Hurunui District Plan Provisions [PDF, 287 KB]
- Appendix 5 Christchurch Replacement District Plan Provisions [PDF, 1378 KB]
- Appendix 6 Queenstown Lakes District Plan Provisions [PDF, 1303 KB]
- Appendix 7 Dunedin District Plan Provisions [PDF, 1017 KB]
- Appendix 8 Operative District Plan Rule Summary [PDF, 210 KB]
- Appendix 9 Reviewed District Plans - Comparison Table [PDF, 166 KB]
- Appendix 10 Pressures and Threats [PDF, 225 KB]
- Heritage Items and Protected Trees [PDF, 12313 KB] 28 March 2018
- Coastal Planning [PDF, 5102 KB] 28 March 2018
- Coastal Environment Study [PDF, 9517 KB] 19 March 2018
- Selwyn District Historic Overview Report [PDF, 25138 KB] June 2018
- Water [PDF, 2554 KB]July 2018
Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity Working Group Minutes
- 01 November 2017 [PDF, 106 KB]
- 29 November 2017 [PDF, 137 KB]
- 11 April 2018 [PDF, 125 KB]
- 16 May 2018 [PDF, 302 KB]
- 20 June 2018 [PDF, 495 KB]
- 18 July 2018 [PDF, 96 KB]
- 15 August 2018 [PDF, 173 KB]
- 19 September 2018 [PDF, 205 KB]
- 17 October 2018 [PDF, 214 KB]
- 21 November 2018 [PDF, 276 KB]
- 13 December 2018 [PDF, 222 KB]
Natural Hazards
- Wild Fire Risk [PDF, 1672 KB] March 2018
- Managing Geotechnical Risk, [PDF, 3361 KB] June 2018
- Selwyn District Council Advice on Risk-Based Planning for Natural Hazards Topic [PDF, 3759 KB] 06 November 2017
- Selwyn District Plan Review: Review of Climate Change in Second Generation Plans [PDF, 1625 KB] 17 July 2017
- Record of Review of Effectiveness (Operative Provisions) Policy B4.3.69 and Rule B4.1.3 – Rakaia Huts [PDF, 138 KB] 11 April 2017
- Selwyn District Council: Natural Hazards District Plan Review Managing Geotechnical Risk [PDF, 1978 KB] 03 December 2017
Residential
- Comprehensive Medium Density Development, [PDF, 1656 KB] 13 June 2017
- Home Based Business, [PDF, 1678 KB] December 2017
- Bulk and Location [PDF, 2294 KB] May 2018
- Density and Typology [PDF, 3192 KB] 7 June 2018
- Character and Amenity [PDF, 1417 KB] 8 June 2018
- Family Flats [PDF, 1065 KB] May 2018
- Alpine Villages [PDF, 16330 KB] October 2018
- Living 3 [PDF, 7833 KB] October 2018
- Urban Growth [PDF, 777 KB] 12 December 2018
- Versatile Soils [PDF, 1115 KB] 12 December 2018
- Deferred Zones [PDF, 2405 KB] 12 December 2018
Deferred Zoning
- Leeston Residential Deferred Zones: Geotechnical Desk Study [PDF, 699 KB]
- Darfield Residential Deferred Zones: Geotechnical Desk Study [PDF, 772 KB]
- Leeston Deferred Residential Rezoning Integrated Transport Assessment [PDF, 1558 KB]
- Darfield Deferred Residential Rezoning Integrated Transport Assessment [PDF, 2555 KB]
- Deferred Residential Zoning: Darfield Areas 2, 3 and 4A - Reverse Sensitivity Assessment [PDF, 516 KB]
- Landscape and Visual Assessment Report: Deferred Living Zones – Darfield [PDF, 1076 KB]
Visual Assessment - Darfield [PDF, 4783 KB] - Landscape and Visual Amenity Report: Deferred Living Zones – Leeston [PDF, 676 KB]
Visual Assessment - Leeston [PDF, 3996 KB] - Darfield and Leeston Residential Zones: Urban Design Assessment [PDF, 3513 KB]
Business
- Land Supply and Demand [PDF, 1137 KB] February 2018
- Existing Out of Centre Business Activities in Small Rural Towns [PDF, 5618 KB] November 2017
- All maps previously included in above report have been separated out (due to file size). Links below:
- Business Activities in Small Settlements [PDF, 1403 KB] May 2018
- Selwyn Business Zone Policy Assessment [PDF, 4829 KB] November 2017
- Providing for Local Centres & Neighbourhood Centres in the District Plan [PDF, 652 KB]August 2017
- Urban Design Best Practice [PDF, 1512 KB] September 2017
- Business Interface [PDF, 4353 KB] July 2017
- Planning Analysis - Planning options for providing for LFR activity at the Business 2A zone [PDF, 761 KB] October 2017
- Leeston Industrial Preliminary Site Investigation: Land Contamination Assessment [PDF, 25500 KB] February 2019
- Leeston Industrial Infrastructure Assessment [PDF, 3737 KB] 13 June 2019
- Leeston Industrial Cultural Impact Assessment [PDF, 2623 KB] July 2019
- Leeston Industrial Transport Assessment [PDF, 7600 KB] 20 January 2020
- Leeston Industrial Landscape and Urban Design Assessment [PDF, 4072 KB] 15 January 2020
- Leeston Industrial Land Constraints Assessment [PDF, 4613 KB] 28 February 2020
Energy and Infrastructure
- Effectiveness review of operative District Plan in managing visual amenity effects of Network Utilities and energy generating activities [PDF, 1939 KB] 12 September 2017
- Orion Proposed Protection Corridors: Review of Activities and Structures within Protection Corridors and the Immediate Locality [PDF, 255 KB]
- Energy Generation [PDF, 10695 KB] 5 December 2018
- Energy and Infrastructure [PDF, 210 KB] 8 August 2018