District Plan Review

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We’re reviewing our district plan - the city’s rule book for development and how land is used. It affects every resident of Lower Hutt.

The review looks at important issues like how our city will evolve over the decades ahead, how it will look and feel, how to house a growing population, how we protect our indigenous biodiversity and historic heritage, and how we manage natural hazards and sea level rise.

We are currently seeking your thoughts on two important areas - natural hazards and aspects of residential development in Lower Hutt. There is more information under the "Key areas" tab below and you can take the surveys by clicking the "Surveys" tab. There are useful links to the right of this page about natural hazards that effect Lower Hutt.

Have your say

You can take the surveys to give us your ideas or ask one of our planners about the review by contacting us using the email address on the right of this page.

We’re reviewing our district plan - the city’s rule book for development and how land is used. It affects every resident of Lower Hutt.

The review looks at important issues like how our city will evolve over the decades ahead, how it will look and feel, how to house a growing population, how we protect our indigenous biodiversity and historic heritage, and how we manage natural hazards and sea level rise.

We are currently seeking your thoughts on two important areas - natural hazards and aspects of residential development in Lower Hutt. There is more information under the "Key areas" tab below and you can take the surveys by clicking the "Surveys" tab. There are useful links to the right of this page about natural hazards that effect Lower Hutt.

Have your say

You can take the surveys to give us your ideas or ask one of our planners about the review by contacting us using the email address on the right of this page.

  • Walkable catchments

    We are interested in hearing your views on the walkable neighbourhoods of Lower Hutt, and how greater housing density (including six-storey buildings) should be enabled in these areas. In particular, we would like to hear your thoughts on:

    • What you think is a reasonable distance to walk to a commercial area that provides a wide range of shops, commercial services and community facilities.
    • What you think is a reasonable distance to walk to our local train stations.
    • Where else you think is suitable for additional housing. This could be areas with good access to recreation opportunities (like our local parks, the Wellington Harbour and the Hutt River), areas with good access to employment and education opportunities, or anything else that you think makes for a great location for people to live.
    • What you think would make our neighbourhoods more walkable. This could be things that make the area more enjoyable (like street trees and parks), things that make you feel safer (like good lighting and pedestrian crossings) or anything else you think makes for a high quality, walkable neighbourhood.
    • What you like to see in the design of higher density housing like terrace houses and low-level apartments. This could be things like the appearance of new buildings from the street or other public spaces, building materials and landscaping, how stormwater is managed, or anything else you think makes for high quality housing.

    The following survey takes about 5-10 minutes to complete and is anonymous. The collection of this data is in line with the Privacy Act 2020. For more information about how we manage the data we collect please see our privacy statement


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  • Natural Hazards

    Lower Hutt is vulnerable to a number of natural hazards including earthquakes, flooding, slips and erosion. We are working with geotechnical experts from WSP to undertake a technical assessment of land instability across the district which will inform the district plan review.


    The following survey takes about 5-10 minutes to complete and is anonymous. The collection of this data is in line with the Privacy Act 2020. For more information about how we manage the data we collect please see our privacy statement

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