Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playThe new planning rulebook for Auckland will come into force between September 19 and September 29, council chief executive Stephen Town says. He said the earliest the council's governing body can make the rulebook, or Unitary Plan, operative is the first working day after the period for appeals ends on September 16, which is Monday, September 19. The governing body is not scheduled to meet until September 29, but could hold an extraordinary meeting anytime from September 19, Town said. Town said the council will be holding its breath and hoping for a minimum number of appeals to the plan. Town said planning applications still in the works at the date the plan becomes operative will still be processed under old plans.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 16, 2016 04:30 UTC