Development and Financial Contributions Policy

Current Development Contribution policy(PDF, 2MB)

Population and business growth create the need for new subdivisions and developments, and these place increasing demands on the assets and services provided by Council. As a result, significant investment in new or upgraded assets and services is required.

The purpose of the Policy is to ensure that a fair, equitable, and proportionate share of the cost of that infrastructure is funded by development. Council intends to achieve this by using:

  • Development contributions under the Local Government Act 2002 (LGA) to help fund growth related capital expenditure on transport and district wide benefiting community infrastructure in the city; and
  • Financial contributions under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), primarily to help fund growth related reserve and local leisure facilities, such as playgrounds.

Water services development contributions – Tiaki Wai policy

Tiaki Wai will continue to charge development contributions for water, wastewater and stormwater services.

Tiaki Wai has adopted the relevant parts of each Council’s previous Development Contributions Policy and incorporated them into its own Development Contributions Policy - view this policy on Tiaki Wai's website.

Council has agreed to administer Tiaki Wai’s Development Contributions Policy on an interim basis, as enabled by section 127 of the  Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 (Act), the interim agreement is available on the link below.

Download the signed Tiaki Wai/Council s127 Development Contributions Agreement(PDF, 294KB)

Previous Upper Hutt City Council Development Contribution policies

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