New Plymouth District Council

beforeUdig for excavation (an excavation request there automatically generates the CAR and sends it to the council). Submitica for other work. The council says TMPs must be submitted electronically through one of these two.

A CAR is required by anyone planning to dig in a street, footpath, road berm or paper road the council administers. The page lists, among activities needing a permit, any activity that alters the road reserve surface (excavating, drilling, resurfacing), placing a pipe, duct, pole, cabinet or other structure below, on or above the reserve, and a new driveway. Works are classed as project (over 14 days from establishment to final reinstatement), major (excavation over 1m2, under 14 days), minor (domestic service connections or works up to 1m2 that do not disrupt pedestrian or vehicular traffic) or retrospective (notification of minor or emergency works that have taken place within the past seven days). Non-dig obstructions such as scaffolding, cranes and containers need a separate temporary obstruction permit.

A TMP is needed any time the work or activity varies the normal operating conditions of the road or footpath. It must be designed, set up and monitored by NZTA-qualified people, and the council does not prepare TMPs. Submit it electronically through beforeUdig (excavation projects that also need services located) or Submitica (other work). A site or lay plan must go with every CAR, showing the full extent of services to be installed, and CAR applications may need extra information such as a plan of the works, consultation with other parties and site photos.

The council's TMP page (last updated July 2025) says it has adopted the NZTA Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (CoPTTM). It does not mention NZGTTM or a switch date on the pages checked, so confirm with the council which standard it accepts now.

The council points to the National Code of Practice for Utility Operators' Access to Transport Corridors, which it says covers working in or occupying roads on its network. No separate local conditions document was found on the pages checked.

1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027, GST included: CAR for excavation over 10m2 or any CAR in the carriageway $563, excavation under 10m2 in the berm $375, additional inspection $188 per hour, generic TMP approval $695, investigation of an unadvised road opening $755. A road closure application costs $970; the TMP (about $150 to $1,000 or more) and advertising (about $250 to $500) are charged by outside companies. Temporary obstruction permit $155; on-road events with no closure $305 (no fee for registered charities and non-profit societies).

The CAR page says a CAR must be submitted five working days before an operator intends to start minor works, or 15 working days before major works and project work. Event road closures need a minimum of 65 working days, and on-road events (no closure) and event traffic management need the form at least 28 days before the event.

Yes, for events. Email a brief outline to the council, meet to talk through the proposal, then complete the Application for a temporary road closure with its checklist (APP-R-457-FC). Apply at least 65 working days before the event. The organiser pays for the TMP and public notification, and closures are publicly notified under the council's News and Notices. Approval is subject to the council's Temporary Road Closure and Disruption to Traffic Policy and Guidelines. The pages checked describe the closure process for events only, not for roadworks, so confirm with the council for non-event closures.

Event forms plus an obstruction permit, depending on the activity.

• Application for a temporary road closure including checklist (APP-R-457-FC)

  Covers Request to close a road for an event.

  Applies when When an event needs a temporary road closure.

  Open the form

• Application for event traffic management form

  Covers Traffic management for an on-road event, supplied with a TMP, public liability insurance evidence and a health and safety plan.

  Applies when For an on-road event that does not close the road, or an event needing traffic management, at least 28 days before the event.

  Open the form

• Temporary obstruction permit

  Covers Scaffolding, cranes, containers and similar obstructions on the footpath or road.

  Applies when When placing such an obstruction rather than digging.

  Open the form

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Yes. Permission from the council is needed first for any event or activity on the road or footpath: email the council with the event date, time, location and organiser's contact details. A TMP is compulsory for any event on the road, berm or footpath, arranged and paid for by the organiser, and a health and safety plan is also required. A road closure follows the road closure process above. Events affecting a state highway need NZTA approval.

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If an event affects a state highway, including local closures that redirect traffic onto one, approval from NZTA is needed; the council gives the NZTA Taranaki and Manawatu access inbox. Road closures are publicly notified on the council's News and Notices page.

Council: [email protected], 06 759 6060. No separate corridor access team inbox is published on the pages checked.

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