The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has made changes to the proposed draft rules in response to last year's consultation process.
Regional Council Chairman Doug Leeder said over the last two and a half years the council had been listening and consulting with the Rotorua community on ways to achieve a reduction in nutrient discharges into Lake Rotorua, and the form of rules "to achieve a clean lake that we can all be proud of".
"It is important for council to continue to listen and engage with all small block owners (<4 hectares) within the Rotorua catchment as we recognize their divergent views. We will continue to give consideration to this feedback before public notification of the proposed draft land use rules".
Small block owners have had a number of representatives involved in this process to date, and the council will now broaden these conversations to enable all small block owners to discuss these draft rules.
He said the council had invested in the collaboration and consultation process "as we are funded by ratepayers we would like to avoid diverting any funds to finance potentially unnecessary legal bills". Timing for public notification has not been set.