How you can make a 'further submission'
After the closing date for receiving submissions, council officers create a summary of decisions requested by submitters. This contains a description of all the submissions that have been made and the reasons for them.
The council will let you know when and where the summary of submissions is available for you to look at.
It is important to consider other submissions as people may seek changes to the proposed plan, plan change or variation that will affect you in a way not mentioned in the original document. When you read the summary of submissions, you may see some that you agree or disagree with. The RMA allows you to make a submission supporting or opposing these submissions. This is called making a further submission (also known as a cross submission).
If you think that an original submitter's requests, if agreed to by the council, would change what you like about your neighbourhood, you might want to make a further submission that lets the council know what you feel about an original submitter's proposal.
Anyone can make a further submission on a proposed plan, plan change or variation. You don't have to have made an original submission.
- Contact your council if you want to see a copy of the whole submission you are making a further submission on. There is usually a small charge for copying.
- Get a further submission form (Form 6 or similar) from your council, council website or the Ministry for the Environment website. This form requires the same standard information as the original submission form. However, it also asks you to state:
- - which submission you oppose or support. State who made the original submission, their name and address and submission number if known
- - the particular parts of the submission you support or oppose, and your reasons.
- Sign and date your further submission and send it straight back to the council. Some councils accept electronic submissions by email or lodged through their website, check with your council.
- Send a copy of the further submission to the person who made the original submission within five working days of lodging it with the council.
