A Development Contributions Policy that was adopted by Taupo District Council in July 2004 requires developers to provide contributions in money or land to fund the additional demand on services including roading, water supply, waste water, parks and storm water management. Previously Taupo District Council was only able to recover limited costs from developers by way of financial contributions, with ratepayers taking up the shortfall.
 
The Policy has been reviewed in 2005/2006 and has been updated in conjunction with the 2006 LTCCP. The list of the changes made are detailed in the first page of the revised Policy (see link below). Please click on the underlined section below to view the new Policy.

Council's Development Contributions Policy - July 2006 ( 284 kb PDF ) Within this policy there is a list of charges that are no longer current ( charges are updated quarterly) the charges as of the June 2008 Quarter can be viewed by clicking here Development Contributions Policy Designated Areas Maps Map 1 - Water ( 232 kb PDF ) Map 2 - Waste water ( 294 kb PDF ) Map 2a - Waste water Taupo Town ( 171 kb PDF ) Map 3 - Stormwater ( 309 kb PDF ) Map 4 - Structure Plan Areas ( 320 kb PDF ) Map 5 - Parks Community Infrastructure ( 210 kb PDF ) Development Contributions Information Pack Commercial Accommodation ( 55 kb PDF ) Industrial and Commercial ( 54 kb PDF ) Residential ( 48 kb PDF )

Previous News and Issues

• To view the media release March, 2005 click HERE. A second public workshop is being held this month as part of a review of council’s Development Contributions Policy...
• To view the media release February, 2005 click HERE. A property developer, two local schools and a volunteer coastguard group have been successful in getting development contributions for projects waived by council...