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Fast Track Approvals Bill- How will it work?

Auckland’s Future Development Strategy adopted – how will this impact the city’s growth?

Hannah Thomson

Feb 16
4 min

Plan Change 78- is it on hold?

You may recall that Plan Change 78 is Auckland Council’s intensification plan change- including changes required by the National Policy...

Hannah Thomson

Nov 4, 2023
5 min

Plan Change 78- An update

Have you been watching the progress of proposed Plan Change 78 (PC78), also called the intensification plan change? This is the plan...

Plan Change 78 – where is it all up to now?

Mary Zhou

Sep 10, 2023
5 min

Plan Change 78 – where is it all up to now?

Many of you will have been eagerly watching the progress of proposed Plan Change 78, also called the intensification plan change. This is...

Intensification Plan Change Timeframe Extended

Hannah Thomson

Apr 14, 2023
5 min

Intensification Plan Change Timeframe Extended

Many of you will have been eagerly watching the progress of proposed Plan Change 78, also called the intensification plan change. This is...

Helen Heard

Mar 10, 2023
4 min

Right team, right result!

Getting a resource consent approved is a process, and it can unfortunately be a long and confusing process. How can the decisions you...

Natural Hazards- How’re they affecting development now?

Claire Deng

Feb 26, 2023
5 min

Natural Hazards- How’re they affecting development now?

It’s been such an unsettling start to 2023, with the recent floods, slips and Cyclone Gabrielle hitting Auckland and around the country. ...

Intensification in Auckland- where is PC78 up to?

Mary Zhou

Feb 18, 2023
4 min

Intensification in Auckland- where is PC78 up to?

One of the big planning changes proposed in Auckland last year was the notification proposed Plan Change 78. Signaling residential...

PC78- Qualifying matters and their implications

Clara Casaes

Sep 19, 2022
5 min

PC78- Qualifying matters and their implications

Lots of changes are proposed to the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP(OP)), which our team has been following closely and sharing related...

Transport Plan Change 79- does it impact your development?

Claire Deng

Sep 19, 2022
5 min

Transport Plan Change 79- does it impact your development?

You may remember the removal of parking minimums from the Auckland Unitary Plan that occurred in February 2022. This was a requirement...

Auckland plan changes- what do they cover?

Hannah Thomson

Aug 28, 2022
6 min

Auckland plan changes- what do they cover?

For those of you in Auckland, you may have seen the large number of proposed plan changes notified recently. There is A LOT of change...

Hannah Thomson

Aug 21, 2022
4 min

Intensification for you, you and you!

For those of you living in urban areas or developing urban land, you will no doubt have heard about Auckland Council’s intensification...

MDRS and Special Character Areas- can they mix?

Claire Deng

May 24, 2022
4 min

MDRS and Special Character Areas- can they mix?

Many of you will have heard of the proposed medium density changes introduced by the central government. These changes are often referred...

Clara Casaes

May 8, 2022
4 min

MDRS – What’s a "qualifying matter"?

In this blog series we are discussing the changes planned to enable urban intensification in medium density urban areas, with emphasis on...

Medium density changes- What’s Auckland Council’s response?

Hannah Thomson

May 1, 2022
6 min

Medium density changes- What’s Auckland Council’s response?

There is a lot going on in planning in 2022- and at the moment there is a lot of talk about proposed changes to development restrictions...

Medium Density Residential Standards– How does it compare to what’s in the Unitary Plan now?

Claire Deng

Apr 24, 2022
4 min

Medium Density Residential Standards– How does it compare to what’s in the Unitary Plan now?

In this blog series, we are looking at the ‘medium density changes’ introduced by the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and...

Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS)- what’s the process?

Helen Heard

Apr 15, 2022
3 min

Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS)- what’s the process?

As we discussed in last week’s blog, changes to medium density urban areas in Tier 1 cities are on the horizon. But what’s the process...