Masterton, Carterton, and South Wairarapa District Councils have now completed the hearing process and on 8 October 2025 made decisions on the Proposed District Plan.
The Proposed Wairarapa Combined District Plan Decisions Version text is available for download as PDFs and maps are available on an online viewer. The Proposed District Plan Decisions Version text has been split into large and small-sized PDFs for efficient downloading as listed in the Contents page below. A PDF of the complete Proposed District Plan Decisions Version is available to download below.
If submitters do not agree with the Councils’ decision on the Proposed District Plan and seek a different outcome, they have 30 working days to lodge an appeal to the Environment Court (21 November 2025).
Council will prepare an appeals version of the plan, which will identify which provisions are subject to appeal with indicative timeframes being December 2025 - early 2026.