Planning Scheme Amendment C114 applies to land within the North Sale Growth Area, which is bound by the existing Cobains Estate, Cobains Road, Sale to the west and Chinamans Lane to the east (see Figure 1 below). The Amendment proposes the rezoning of the land from the Farming Zone (FZ) to the General Residential Zone - Schedule 1 (GRZ1). It is also proposed to apply a new Development Plan Overlay - Schedule 13 (DPO13) to the land to support further residential subdivision in accordance with the ‘North Sale Development Plan (2018)’ (NSDP).
The Amendment makes the following key changes to the current content of the Wellington Planning Scheme:
The Amendment supports the coordinated delivery of much needed additional residential land in a long-established growth area of Sale and will facilitate the equitable and transparent delivery of key infrastructure items critical to supporting new development. The NSDP can be viewed using the following link:
At the Ordinary meeting of 21 June 2022, Council resolved to seek Authorisation from the Minister for Planning to prepare and formally exhibit Amendment C114.
Authorisation from the Minister for Planning was granted on 3 January 2023.
The amendment is currently on public exhibition, with submissions closing on 12 March 2023.
Further information on Amendment C114 is available to view via the attached links
Please note that the information contained on this webpage does not comprise all the supporting documents available for public inspection. A complete suite of supporting detailed technical reports can be viewed in hard copy:
For further information on this Amendment, please contact a member of the Strategic Planning Team on 1300 366 244.