Central decision due
Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith assured councillors a plan change was not a building consent, and technical aspects would be reviewed in due course.
The Kaipara District Council is set to make a decision on a plan change that would allow 500 additional houses to be built in Mangawhai Central at a meeting in Dargaville next week.
The decision was to be made at a meeting in Mangawhai last month but was deferred as councillors said they had been rushed.
Councillors were to vote on whether they accepted the recommendation of independent commissioners to allow the private plan change.