Supporting information for 2009 Development Contributions Policy

Detailed Information

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The  development contributions policy is supported by the following documents.  These contain more detailed information.

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Other Related Information

Check the following links for related information on the development contributions policy.

The Local Government Act 2002 - Search for statutes at www.legislation.govt.nz

Committee Reports

The following reports outline the development contributions and financial contributions policy work.  The minutes of the meetings should be consulted to confirm the resolutions passed.  These may be different from the recommendations in the reports.

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Changing the Policy

Process

The development contributions policy is one of the policies included in Waitakere City Council's long-term council community plan. As such, it may be amended from time to time, as part of each new long-term plan (each 3 years), or as part of the amendments to the long-term plan that are included in each year's annual plan or otherwise following public consultation as set out in the Local Government Act 2002.
Changes to the development contributions policy will generally follow this process:

• possible changes to the policy are outlined in one or more reports to the long-term council community plan and annual plan committee
• policy issues are presented (as necessary) to the meeting of the Finance and Operational Performance committee early in the new financial year
• if changes are proposed, an amended policy will be considered by the Council meeting in March. If agreed at that meeting, the amended policy will be published as a draft for consultation, as part of the draft long-term plan or draft amendments to the long-term plan.
• the draft policy will be open for public submissions in April and May (usually mid-April to mid-May)
• a revised amended policy will be prepared after reviewing the submissions. This will be considered by the Council meeting in June. If agreed at that meeting, the amended policy will be adopted and published as part of the long-term plan or amendments to the long-term plan.
• if adopted, the revised policy will typically come into effect from 1 July of that year. The revised policy may include some transition arrangements setting out how consent applications which are already in progress on 1 July are to be treated.

Possible future changes to the policy

The development contributions policy can be revised with each Long-term plan, or through an amendment to the Long-term plan. Such a change can be achieved by publishing a draft of the proposed policy as part of a draft Long-term plan or draft amendments to the long-term plan. This process allows public submissions to be made and considered before the policy is adopted, as required by the LGA.
Council's identified costs of growth are likely to change in future, as growth planning information improves. The rate of growth is monitored, to ensure that council's response is appropriate. These factors mean that the "per unit" charges may need to be revised each year.
The scope of the Development Contributions and Financial Contributions policy could also be expanded in future to include:

• The recovery of growth related capital expenditure for parks-reserves by way of Development Contributions (rather than Financial Contributions for reserves).
• The application of a transport 'trips' differential for various types of non-residential developments. This will better reflect the different transport-demand generating characteristics that various types of non-residential development have.