Welcome to the consultation phase for Buller District's Draft Enhanced Annual Plan 2024-2025. Your input is crucial as we navigate the planning process for our district's future.

For more information and to read the Draft Enhanced Annual Plan 2024/25 visite our website.

The consultation period is from Friday, 12 April, to Monday, 20 May, 4:30 p.m. Submissions received outside these dates will not be accepted.

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* 1. CONTACT DETAILS

Privacy Statement: In accordance with the Local Government Act 2002, all submissions will be made available online as part of the consultation process. Please refer to www.bullerdc.govt.nz/privacy or contact Council for a copy of Council’s Privacy Statement.

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* 2. WOULD YOU PREFER YOUR CONTACT DETAILS BE WITHHELD WHEN FEEDBACK IS MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE ?

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* 3. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE ANNUAL PLAN HEARINGS?

What are we consulting on?

As we present this draft plan and the consultation issues, we invite you to share your thoughts, insights, and visions for Buller. Your input is critical in ensuring Council’s plans align with the community's aspirations, guiding how Council allocates resources and prioritises projects that matter most to you.

Council has identified two key issues we must address over the coming 12 months. We could address each of these key issues in several ways. We want your feedback on what option is the best way forward for our community.

These are:
  • How we respond if Council does not receive the current funding level from Waka Kotahi - New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA)
  • How we rate for drinking and wastewater.
We also welcome resident’s thoughts on any other aspect of the plan.

We encourage you to read the Consultation Document and the Draft Enhanced Annual Plan 2024/25 for more information on the key issues and options.

Let's shape a future for Buller that reflects our shared values and aspirations.
1: Roading - What to do if Waka Kotahi - New Zealand Transport Agency does not fund as much as Council applied for?

When preparing this enhanced annual plan, Council submitted a programme of works to Waka Kotahi NZTA for inclusion in the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP). Waka Kotahi NZTA will release indicative allocations for the NLTP in late May 2024. The final budget allocations are expected in August. This is partly due to changes within the new government's Policy Statement for land transport.

The key issue is whether Waka Kotahi NZTA will either agree with and support Council's proposed program of works and budget accordingly or indicate a revised approved budget allocation. Any change is unlikely to exceed what Council requested, but it may be less. Council has three options if Waka Kotahi NZTA approves a lower budget allocation.

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* 4. Which of the options would you prefer? Please tick ONE preferred option below. (Please note if more than one is ticked this will not be counted.)

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* 5. Comments

2: Policy on rates – how drinking water and wastewater rates are applied

Council is seeking feedback on the policy for how to rate for drinking water and wastewater. Council is considering changing the way "multi residential" and "multi commercial" "differentials" for water and wastewater targeted rates, as well as "major users" rates are charged, and aligning the policy more closely with the methods for charging targeted rates as set out in the Local Government (Rating) Act 2022. Council has two options moving forward how to rate for drinking and wastewater.

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* 6. Which of the options would you prefer? Please tick ONE preferred option below. (Please note if more than one is ticked this will not be counted.)

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* 7. Comments

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* 8. FEEDBACK - Please give us any feedback to the Draft Enhanced Annual Plan 2024/25.

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