How to use the District Plan Print E-mail

The Matamata-Piako District Plan is in a unique format that allows greater interactivity between the users and the Plan. Council has produced this Plan in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), whereas other Council’s have provided their plans in pdf format.

 

This guide is designed to help you navigate through the Matamata-Piako District Plan.

 

Note: By using the District Plan you accept our terms of use

 

 

Table of contents page

The table of contents page allows you to access any page in the District Plan. Simply search on the policy, objective or rule you would like to look at and click on the title.

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District Plan pages

The District Plan has been designed to provide the user with as much information as possible. Where appropriate each page will provide links to other relevant areas.

 

 

Links to definitions

Throughout the Plan, a number of words are ‘highlighted’. Definitions for these words are available by clicking on the underlined word.

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Links to other sections of the Plan

When appropriate, links are provided to direct you to other sections of the Plan that are relevant to the policy, objective or rule you are viewing.

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Activity table links

Categories within the activity tables (Part B of the Plan) are linked to a ‘pop up’ box that displays information and all the rules for that activity. Click on the activity status link to view the ‘pop up’ box. Within the ‘pop up’ box you can access any relevant rule by clicking on the rule number.

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Planning maps

Planning maps are provided in two formats; low resolution and high resolution. An example of a low resolution map is shown below:

 

Low Resolution Map Index

 

 


When you access the planning maps, click on any map number and a more detailed image of the map will be shown, i.e. clicking on map 6 will show:

 

Planning Map Example - Map 6

 

 

You can save copies of these maps to your computer by downloading the pdf files (high resolution files).

 

Alternatively, a full set of the high resolution planning maps (40 maps in total) are downloadable as a complete package. When you download these the software needed to view the maps is also included. The size of the download is 7.2mb.

 

Once you have downloaded the maps, open the ‘zipped’ file and the following will be displayed:

 

Downloading the Planning Maps

 

 

When you click on the ‘Planning_Maps.exe’ file the following is displayed:

 

 

Downloading the Planning Maps

 

 

Click on ‘RUN’. A list of the high resolution planning maps will now be displayed. Click on the map you want to view.


Planning Map Index



When you have accessed a map, some navigational tools will appear at the top of the page - see below:

Planning Map Navigational Tools



Note: All planning maps are scaled for printing at A3 size. Any deviation from this will produce inaccurate scaling of the maps.

 

Development Concept Plans

The Development Concept and Matamata Airport Protection Plans are only available as high resolution maps. To access, follow the same process as downloading the planning maps. All Development Concept and Matamata Airport Protection Plans are scaled to A3.

 

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