If you are applying for a private plan change, please click visit the West Coast Regional Council's website for further information.
Buller District Plan
The Buller District Plan sets out the objectives, policies, rules, regulations and methods that set the framework how natural and physical resources in Buller are managed.
The Resource Management Act 1991 is the controlling legislation under which the Buller District Plan was written. The Act has as its overall purpose the promotion of “the sustainable management of natural and physical resources” and the planning process developed within the District Plan reflects this intent.
If you are proposing a subdivision or land use activity on your site, please refer to the Buller District Plan for relevant planning rules that apply to your site. To identify the relevant rules, firstly you will need to ascertain what zone your site is in.
If the activity is not permitted, you will require resource consent. To find this, please refer to the Buller District planning maps.
Te Tai o Poutini Plan
The Te Tai o Poutini Plan Decisions Version (Decision Plan) was publicly notified on 10 October 2025.
The Decisions Version, associated maps and additional information are located at ttpp.nz.
The public notice can be viewed here.
The appeals period is from the 10 October 2025 and closes 5pm on 24 November 2025. Information sheets explaining some of the main changes to TTPP can also be accessed here.
Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori chapter in the Te Tai o Poutini Plan
Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori - Ngā Wāhi Tāpua ki te Māori are identified in the TTPP. There is a certification process associated with permitted rules of the Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori (SASM) chapter in the TTPP.
Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori (SASM) are important places associated with the cultural traditions, history or identity of Poutini Ngāi Tahu and include former sites of occupation. Poutini Ngāi Tahu is the combined name for the two West Coast Ngāi Tahu Rūnanga (subtribes), which are Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae and Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio.
There are rules in the SASM Chapter of the TTPP controlling certain activities located within or near a SASM. In some cases, your activity may fall within a SASM listed within permitted activity rules of the SASM Chapter in the TTPP. To undertake an activity within these SASM a resource consent is required unless you can obtain a certificate from the relevant Poutini Ngāi Tahu Rūnanga. The certificate shows your activity has been assessed by Rūnanga and states that your proposed activity will not result in any unacceptable effects on their values associated with that SASM.
Please use this form when applying for the certification process associated with permitted rules of the SASM chapter in the TTPP. Further details regarding this process can be read from the form.
Buller District Plan
You can view individual sections of the Buller District Plan below.
Zone maps - C series
The maps below show how land is zoned under the District Plan. A legend is included.
