Plans
Ten Year Plan
The Ten Year Plan outlines how we propose to contribute to wellbeing of the Bay of Plenty region over the next 10 years. It sets out our work in detail for the next three years and in outline for the subsequent seven years.
Annual Plan
Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Annual Plan is a document which the council adopts each year. This Plan sets out Council's activities for the upcoming financial year, including the budget for the year, and the sources of funding for the year.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Plan
The Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Plan provides a framework for civil defence and emergency management decisions to be made across the Bay of Plenty.
Coast Care Ten Year Plan
The Coast Care Ten Year Plan sets out the implementation of actions for the programme.
On-Site Treatment Effluent Plan
This On-Site Effluent Regional Plan addresses issues relating to the adverse effects caused by the discharge of effluent from on-site effluent treatment systems into the environment.
Regional Plans - their status
Find out about the status of the regional plans.
Regional Plans - Guides to...
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is developing a series of booklets called Guides to Regional Plans. These will help you interpret our regional plans and work out what activities are covered by the requirements of the plans.
Regional Air Plan
The Regional Air Plan provides for the control of discharges of contaminants into air for the whole of the Bay of Plenty region, including the coastal marine area.
Regional Coastal Environment Plan
The purpose of the Regional Coastal Environment Plan is to enable Bay of Plenty Regional Council to promote the sustainable management of the natural and physical resources of the Bay of Plenty coastal environment.
Regional Passenger Transport Plan
The Regional Passenger Transport Plan (RPTP), which forms part of the Regional Land Transport Strategy Sets out policies and proposals to address public passenger transport needs in the Bay of Plenty region, and specifies the public passenger transport services that Bay of Plenty Regional Council proposes be provided in the region.
Regional Pest Management Plan
The Regional Pest Management Plan provides for the efficient and effective assessment, management and/or eradication of pest plants and pest animals in the Bay of Plenty region.
Regional River Gravel Management Plan
The Regional River Gravel Management Plan manages the effects of river gravel excavation excluding extraction in the coastal marine area.
Regional Water and Land Plan
The Regional Water and Land Plan has policies and methods (which include rules) to address issues of use, development and protection of land resources, geothermal resources and freshwater resources, including the beds and margins of water bodies.
Rivers and Drainage Asset Management Plan
Asset management planning allows Bay of Plenty Regional Council to manage our physical assets, their performance and maintenance expenditures, and the associated risk over their lifecycles.
Rotorua Geothermal Regional Plan
The Rotorua Geothermal Regional Plan promotes the integrated and sustainable management of the Rotorua geothermal resource. .
Tarawera River Catchment Plan
The Tarawera River Catchment Plan covers the catchment of the Tarawera River including all its sub-catchments, and Upper Tarawera Lakes and their catchments, but excludes Lake Rerewhakaaitu and its catchment.