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The NZKGI Submission on Plan Change 25 outlines support for the proposal only where rules properly recognise the realities of a working rural environment and avoid unnecessary loss of productive land. It highlights growers’ concerns about reverse sensitivity, large setbacks, and inconsistent treatment of artificial crop protection structures and shelterbelts. The submission calls for clearer definitions, more practical and flexible rules, and incentives such as hedges to reduce visual effects while maximising land use on highly productive soils. Overall, NZKGI seeks planning provisions that balance amenity with efficient primary production and align with the intent of the National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land.
