Submission on Proposed Plan Change 3

About preparing a submission on a proposed plan change 

You must use the prescribed form 

• Clause 6, Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) requires submissions to be on the prescribed form. 
• The prescribed form is set out in Form 5, Schedule 1 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003. 
• This template is based on Form 5. While you do not have to use this template, your submission must be in accordance with Form 5. 

Your submission and contact details will be made publicly available 

• In accordance with clause 7 of Schedule 1 of the RMA, the Council will make a summary of your submission publicly available. The contact details you provide will also be made publicly available, because under clause 8A of Schedule 1 of the RMA any further submission supporting or opposing your submission must be forwarded to you by the submitter (as well as being sent to Council). 
• Section 352 of the RMA allows you to choose your email to be your address for service. If you select this option, you can also request your postal address be withheld from being publicly available. To choose this option please tick the relevant boxes below.

Reasons why a submission may be struck out 

Please note that your submission (or part of your submission) may be struck out if the authority is satisfied that at least one of the following applies to the submission (or part of the submission): 

• it is frivolous or vexatious 
• it discloses no reasonable or relevant case 
• it would be an abuse of the hearing process to allow the submission (or the part) to be taken further 
• it contains offensive language 
• it is supported only by material that purports to be independent expert evidence, but has been prepared by a person who is not independent or who does not have sufficient specialised knowledge or skill to give expert advice on the matter.