We update our blog every week, here you can find information about: resource consent fees, resource consent meaning, resource consent timeframes, subdivisions and lots of other helpful information.

Fast Track Approvals Bill- How will it work?

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

Rural Subdivision in Auckland- what’s the new Practise Note?

Planning Plus

Mar 16
3 min

Rural Subdivision in Auckland- what’s the new Practise Note?

Auckland Council releases from time to time, Practice and Guidance Notes (PGN’s). The PGN’s are developed by Auckland Council’s Principal...

Our Top 5- Special Character Areas and Development

Helen Heard

Aug 27, 2023
5 min

Our Top 5- Special Character Areas and Development

Do you own a property in a special character or heritage area? Thinking about a new development, or additions to an existing dwelling but...

Record of Title and its impacts on your development

Mary Zhou

Jul 16, 2023
4 min

Record of Title and its impacts on your development

In this blog series, we’ll be covering off some of the “must knows” in planning terms, before you get too far with your development plans...

What’s Auckland's Future Development Strategy?

Hannah Thomson

Jun 25, 2023
6 min

What’s Auckland's Future Development Strategy?

Auckland Council has recently published a draft (consultation) Future Development Strategy. The Future Development Strategy is a central...

Maximising Development- Making the most of your land

Claire Deng

Jun 11, 2023
6 min

Maximising Development- Making the most of your land

Are you planning to develop your property? The first questions that come to mind may be “How many houses can I get on here” or “How can I...

How can site features affect development?

Mary Zhou

Jun 5, 2023
4 min

How can site features affect development?

Are you wanting to subdivide or construct new dwellings on your site? Are you unsure of what you need to be considering in the first...

Mary Zhou

May 27, 2023
3 min

Developing land- where do you start?

Are you thinking of developing your property? Maybe you want to subdivide, add another dwelling, or redevelop the whole site? There are...

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...

Charlotte Vellinga

Apr 10, 2023
7 min

Submissions- What, when and how?

So, you think you want to make a submission on a council process? That might be for a notified plan change to a District or Regional...

What is a Notice of Requirement and a Designation?

Hannah Thomson

Mar 25, 2023
5 min

What is a Notice of Requirement and a Designation?

Auckland Council has a number of Notices of Requirement at the notification stage at the moment (March 2023)- but what is a Notice of...

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...

Helen Heard

Nov 19, 2022
6 min

Reduce your Council fees? Yes please!

When undertaking a development, it is critical to understand the costs associated with the project and also ways you can reduce the costs....

Protection of highly productive land- new requirements for development

Hannah Thomson

Oct 1, 2022
5 min

Protection of highly productive land- new requirements for development

2022 is definitely the year for changes in the planning world! We’ve seen the suite of intensification plan changes notified, MDRS,...

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...

National Planning Framework- What is it and how will it work?

Hannah Thomson

Aug 7, 2022
4 min

National Planning Framework- What is it and how will it work?

In our previous blogs, we’ve been discussing the significant resource management reform underway, notably the replacement of the Resource...