Long Term Council Community Plan 2004 - 2014

Rates Remission Policy Amendments

Download the Long Term Council Community Plan 2004 - 2014

Under the Local Government Act 2002, all Councils are required to produce a Long
Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP) and to consult with their communities on the future direction.

Under the Act, the Council has a responsibility to ensure that future plans incorporate
the community’s vision, and encourages Councils to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing of their communities.

Papakura District’s LTCCP outlines the Council’s priorities for growth and development over the next ten years, and the costs of running the District from 1 July 2004 through to 30 June 2014.

During April and May 2004, the Council consulted with the District’s residents and ratepayers on the Draft LTCCP. The Council’s LTCCP is based on the 2004 community consultation and on previous consultation across a wide range of areas. We’ve listened to what you’ve told us and incorporated your views into this Plan.

The LTCCP lays out the Council work programme and associated budgets for ten years. It also encompasses a number of the key policies of the Council and describes why we are involved in our various activities. It should be pointed out that the degree of certainty to which the budgets can be predicted reduces over the 10 year period. The focus has been on the first two years in particular, and these are relatively specific. In later years, the timing of capital works programmes and the precise breakdown of project oriented areas, such as planning, is less certain.

With a population of 41,000 and expected to reach 85,000 over the next fifty years, the Council has to ensure that there’s adequate roading, stormwater, recreation facilities and transport infrastructure in place to cope. In the next ten years, the District is expecting an additional 25% more people (10,000) than it has now. Areas for future development include intensification around the CBD area, Takanini and Hingaia with well designed new residential areas being created that will be well served by transport, schools, community facilities and parks and reserves.

The LTCCP 2004 - 2014 is in PDF format. Please note, this is a large document (2.67MB) Right click to save as.

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Rates Remission Policy Amendments

Amendments to the Rates Remission Policies have been adopted by the Council in September after considering submissions, specifically Policy Eight: Remission of rates on rating units located in commercial or industrial zones which are used principally for residential purposes and Policy Eleven: Remission of Refuse Uniform Annual Charge for Vacant Land or where Collection Service Not Provided.