Have your say on our proposed LTP 2024–34
Consultation has concluded
Consultation on our Long-term Plan 2024-34 has now closed.
Thank you to those who attended our drop-in sessions over the past month and to everyone who submitted their feedback.
What happens next?
We received over 370 submissions from individuals and organisations across the district. View submissions on our website.
Council will deliberate their decisions and adopt fees and charges for 2024/25 from 1.30pm on Thursday 23 May. Adoption of the final Long-term Plan 2024–34 will be done at a Council meeting on 27 June. These meetings will be livestreamed, so you can read the agenda and watch on our website at www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/meetings.
The adopted Long-term Plan 2024–34 will be available online and at our libraries and service centres from 1 July 2024 or shortly after.
We asked for your feedback about these key change proposals
Building a resilient future for Kapiti means we must promote and help achieve the social, economic, environmental, and cultural wellbeing of our community now and into the future. We proposed three key changes to help us achieve this:
- Proposal 1: Increasing rates to fully fund the increased costs of three waters following the repeal of Three Waters legislation
- Proposal 2: Proactively reducing Council’s debt so that we have enough borrowing capacity to respond to unplanned shock events and affordably respond to opportunities to grow and enrich our district
- Proposal 3: Transfer ownership of Council’s housing for older people to a new community housing provider
Other things we needed your views on
We also encouraged you to share your thoughts on these important changes:
Climate Action targeted rate
We proposed introducing a climate action rate to enhance transparency on what we're spending on specific climate change actions that are not part of our business-as-usual operations.
Updated policies
We have reviewed and updated our Rates Remission, Revenue and Finance, Development Contributions, and Significance and Engagement policies.
Proposed Alcohol Fees Bylaw
This enables us to set our own fees and charges for alcohol licensing rather than use those fees set by legislation.
Fees and charges for 2024/25
We review our fees and charges every year, adjusting for inflation, and in some cases beyond this level.
Enhancing democracy
We also wanted to hear your thoughts on what we could do to better enable you to participate in Council processes and decisions.
How you could have your say
We consider all feedback when developing our Long-term Plan.
People were asked to read the consultation document and supporting information before completing their submission in person at one of our drop-in sessions, online, by email, or dropping a paper form into one of our libraries or service centres, or posting to us in the mail.
We received over 370 submissions from individuals and organisations across the district. View submissions.
A report summarising the feedback we received will be available on our website in due course.