Submission of recommendations report to the Minister

The final step under the Minister's Direction is the submission of a written recommendations report, showing how submissions have been considered and the changes recommended to the proposed planning instrument. The report must be provided, together with all other documents required by clause 83(1) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act, for the Minister's consideration, no later than 30 working days after the close of submissions.

On 28 March, we submitted the written recommendations report and other required documents to the Minister for consideration. In accordance with the Minister's Direction, the draft recommendations report was peer reviewed by an independent commissioner. The commissioner's comments were then addressed or incorporated into the final report.

The Minister may approve the proposed change, refer it back to us for reconsideration, or decline it.