Annual Plan
The Annual Plan is prepared in the years between each Ten Year Plan. It sets out the budget and the sources of funding for the year. Once the Ten Year Plan is in place, the Annual Plan process continues but the focus is on year-to-year budgets. The annual plans produced in the intervening years support the Ten Year Plan. Their primary purpose is to provide the base for setting and assessing rates.
Annual Plans are prepared under the provisions of the Local Government Act 2002.
Annual Plan 2011/12
The Annual Plan was adopted on 24 June 2011 and came into effect on 1 July 2011.
Major priorities proposed for the year are:
- reviewing our Ten Year Plan
- completing our second generation Regional Policy Statement
- developing an integrated management approach for Tauranga Harbour and its catchments
- continuing to improve water quality of the Rotorua lakes
- helping reduce air quality problems in Rotorua
- supporting sustainable regional economic development for the Bay of Plenty
- providing passenger transport
Full Annual Plan 2011/2012 (3.45 MB, pdf)
Section 36 Charges 2011
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is responsible for a wide range of resources. We are required to undertake a significant level of consent processing, administration, monitoring and supervision of consents. We also need to monitor the region's resources. Council is able to recover reasonable costs associated with such activities. The framework for setting charges to do this work sits under Section 36 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
Each year we develop a Section 36 Charges Policy that sets out what costs we intend to recover from carrying out our regulatory functions.
Port Charges 2011
Bay of Plenty Regional Council sets fees or charges in relation to mooring licences, commercial operating licences and Port Charges. The Port Charge will be increased by inflation. There are no changes to the fees for mooring and commercial operating licences.
Download our previous Annual Plan
The full Annual Plan 2010/2011 (5.5MB, pdf)
Download chapters of our previous Annual Plan 2010/2011
| Description | Size | Type |
| Cover | 157KB | |
| Table of Contents | 32.6KB | |
| Introduction | 67KB | |
| Notable Variances | 226KB | |
| Financial Overview and Summary | 286KB | |
| Funding Impact Statement | 267KB | |
| Groups of Activities | ||
| Council summary estimated costs and expenditure tables | 45KB | |
| Regional Leadership | 26445KB | |
| Natural Environment | 298KB | |
| Sustainable Development | 281KB | |
| Corporate Services | 201KB | |
| Policies, Assumptions and Risks | 305KB |
For previous Annual Plans please contact a Bay of Plenty Regional Council Librarian on the details below.