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Council’s Public Places Bylaw is due for its statutory review and we want your feedback on the proposed updates to it.
The Public Places Bylaw helps Council to regulate activities in public spaces to prevent nuisance and promote safe behaviour. It helps to manage things like obstructions in public places, damage to public property, littering and noise control.
What we’re proposing
Council is proposing to consolidate its Public Places Bylaw and Trading in Public Places Bylaw into one bylaw to manage public places. Although the Trading in Public Places Bylaw is not due for review until 2028, consolidation provides an opportunity to improve clarity, reduce duplication, and simplify future bylaw reviews.
Other proposed changes focus on clarifying standards, updating definitions and amending outdated rules. All proposed amendments are set out in the draft version of the proposed Bylaw contained in the Statement of Proposal.
How to Have Your Say
We want your feedback on the proposed changes. The submission period runs from 25 March – 25 April 2026. If required, hearings will be held in May 2026.
You can provide feedback in multiple ways:
Make an online submission using the survey; or
Email your submission to policy@huttcity.govt.nz with 'Public Places Bylaw' in the email subject line; or
Drop off a submission at the front counter at our offices at 30 Laings Road, Lower Hutt; and
If you would like to provide feedback to council in-person, please indicate your interest through the survey.
Council’s Public Places Bylaw is due for its statutory review and we want your feedback on the proposed updates to it.
The Public Places Bylaw helps Council to regulate activities in public spaces to prevent nuisance and promote safe behaviour. It helps to manage things like obstructions in public places, damage to public property, littering and noise control.
What we’re proposing
Council is proposing to consolidate its Public Places Bylaw and Trading in Public Places Bylaw into one bylaw to manage public places. Although the Trading in Public Places Bylaw is not due for review until 2028, consolidation provides an opportunity to improve clarity, reduce duplication, and simplify future bylaw reviews.
Other proposed changes focus on clarifying standards, updating definitions and amending outdated rules. All proposed amendments are set out in the draft version of the proposed Bylaw contained in the Statement of Proposal.
How to Have Your Say
We want your feedback on the proposed changes. The submission period runs from 25 March – 25 April 2026. If required, hearings will be held in May 2026.
You can provide feedback in multiple ways:
Make an online submission using the survey; or
Email your submission to policy@huttcity.govt.nz with 'Public Places Bylaw' in the email subject line; or
Drop off a submission at the front counter at our offices at 30 Laings Road, Lower Hutt; and
If you would like to provide feedback to council in-person, please indicate your interest through the survey.
We require your name and contact details as part of your feedback to get in touch with you if required. All feedback received will be published anonymously on Council’s website unless you are involved in the public hearing, in which case your name will be associated with your submission. All personal or commercially sensitive information (including your email address and suburb) will be removed. Publishing feedback in full supports a transparent process and will assist in the public hearing process. If you have specific reasons for not wanting your feedback publicly released, please contact policy@huttcity.govt.nz.
The personal information you provide will be accessible only by Council staff involved in the review and will not be shared with any third party outside of the Have Your Say survey platform (you can read their privacy statement here). You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at policy@huttcity.govt.nz, or 04 570 6666, or 30 Laings Road, Lower Hutt 5010.
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Page published: 25 Mar 2026, 09:00 AM
Statement of Proposal (including the proposed Bylaw)
