Draft Town Belt Management Plan - Wellington City Council

Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 The Town Belt concept 1
1.2 What is the Wellington Town Belt? 2
1.3 The Town Belt Management Plan 2
1.3.1 Coverage of the plan 5
1.4 Achievements of the 1995 Town Belt Management Plan 7
1.5 Other relevant policies and plans 8
2 Town Belt legislative and policy framework 12
2.1 How is the Town Belt managed? 12
2.2 Town Belt principles 13
2.3 Town Belt legal status 15
2.4 Town Belt alienations 16
2.5 Reinstatement Policy in the 1995 Management Plan and 1998
Reinstatement Policy 17
2.6 The Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika)
Claims Settlement Act 2009 17
2.7 Proposed approach to Town Belt additions 18
2.8 Objective 19
2.9 Policies 19
3 Partnership and community participation 21
3.1 Partnership with mana whenua 21
3.1.1 Objective 23
3.1.2 Policies 23
3.2 Community participation 23
3.2.1 Objective 24
3.2.2 Policies 24
4. Landscape 25
4.1 The Town Belt landscape 25
4.1.1 Wellington’s landscape character 25
4.1.2 Town Belt landscape change 26
4.1.3 The Town Belt landscape today 28
4.2 Objectives 30
4.3 Policies 31
5 Ecology 33
5.1 Historic ecosystems 33
5.2 Current ecological values 34
5.3 Issues and opportunities 35
5.3.1 Restoration 35
5.3.2 Pest management 35
5.3.3 Carbon management 38
5.4 Objectives 38
5.5 Policies 39
Draft Town Belt Management Plan October 2012