Te Tai o Poutini Plan
Te Tai o Poutini Plan (TTPP) is the combined District Plan for the West Coast, covering Buller, Grey and Westland districts.
Progress on Mediation of Appeals on Te Tai o Poutini Plan
Progress is being made on resolving appeals on Te Tai o Poutini Plan as parties work together through direct discussions and mediation meetings.
Once parties agree on an acceptable outcome a request is sent to the Environment Court for approval and issuing of an official Consent Order. The Consent Order is the legal document enabling the agreed changes to be made to Te Tai o Poutini Plan and the maps.
When a Consent Order is received the plan text is changed. Mapping changes may be take a little longer to process.
A table showing the Consent Order Number and date of Plan text and mapping changes can be found here: Consent Orders.
Information about appeals including copies of the Appeals and RMA s274 applications are available under the Appeals Tab.
Current Status of Te Tai o Poutini Plan
- Parts of TTPP that have not been appealed, and those with an approved Consent Order are now treated as operative, and these rules now replace the relevant parts of the Buller, Grey and Westland District Plans.
- For the remainder of TTPP the relevant Buller, Grey and Westland District Plan rules must also be considered.
Regardless of which plan is considered in the consenting process The Buller, Grey and Westland District Councils remain the consent authorities.
The District Councils will consider relevant provisions of both the TTPP and the Operative District Plan for any consent application lodged for a district matter.
The West Coast Regional Council and TTPP Team based there do not undertake district consenting.
All district consents enquiries should be made to:
Buller District Council – planning@bdc.govt.nz
Grey District Council – planning@greydc.govt.nz
Westland District Council – planning@westlanddc.govt.nz
Even when the TTPP becomes fully operative, all district consenting will continue to be handled by your local district council staff.
Links to Te Tai o Poutini Plan and Maps
Links to the online Decision Plan and Maps, printable PDF versions of the Maps and the Independent Hearing Panel’s recommendations reports are below.
Minor Error Corrections to Te Tai o Poutini Plan Decision Version
On 12 November 2025, 17 December 2025, 16 April 2026, 21 May 2026 and 30 September 2026, some minor errors in the decisions version of TTPP were corrected under clause 16 of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act.
A table of the minor error corrections can be found here.