District Plan and Lakes A Zone Maps
Using the Rotorua District planning maps
Maps relevant to the Rotorua District Plan (parts 1 to 19)
Maps relevant to the Lakes A Zone (Variation 12)
You can open any map shown on the index map by clicking on it.
You can return to the index map (home map) by clicking on the Council logo found in the top corner of the map you have opened.
We have provided links where references are made to adjoining maps.
The index map shows the Lakes A Zone within a dark boundary line in the east of the district. Lake Tarawera is central to the Lakes A Zone.
Several maps have both left- and right-hand versions. The right-hand version shows the operative zoning information. The left-hand version specifies “the area [that is] to remain proposed and subject to Proposed Variation 12 as notified on 13 May 2000". The area referred to is the Lakes A Zone. Follow the links to the relevant Lakes A Zone map.
District Plan Maps
Lakes A Zone Maps
The planning maps for the Lakes A Zone contain left- and right-hand series. You should read these maps together.
The constraints maps show information on matters such as recommended areas for protection, designations, scenic road buffer requirements, archaeological sites, Maori reserves, speed restriction areas and access lanes on lakes.
The policy series maps show the policy area that applies to each parcel of land. The five policy areas are Protection, Sensitive Rural, Less Sensitive Rural, Settlement and Bush Settlement.