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...

Hannah Thomson

Oct 27, 2023
7 min

Rural subdivision and planting

Do you own a rural property? Maybe you’re keen to develop the land and make some extra money, or potentially the land is a bit too large...

Rural subdivision protecting wetlands- what's involved?

Mary Zhou

Oct 20, 2023
7 min

Rural subdivision protecting wetlands- what's involved?

Do you have a rural site that contains a watercourse, bush or wetland? Often, these are seen by people as site constraints that restrict...

Highly Productive Land- how does it affect rural development?

Claire Deng

Oct 15, 2023
6 min

Highly Productive Land- how does it affect rural development?

Development in rural zones requires careful planning and assessment of many issues that aren’t present in urban locations. One example is...

Charlotte Vellinga

Oct 8, 2023
6 min

Rural Subdivision- Protecting Bush

Do you have a large tract of native bush on your rural property and you’re thinking about subdividing? Yes? Then this blog is for you!...

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...

Mary Zhou

Aug 29, 2023
3 min

Flooding- is your site affected?

We are all becoming more aware and cautious of flooding risks when looking at potential properties to develop, buy for ourselves or to...

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...

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...

Cross lease to freehold– what are the benefits of freeholding your site?

Mary Zhou

May 14, 2023
3 min

Cross lease to freehold– what are the benefits of freeholding your site?

Do you own a cross lease site and are you thinking of freeholding it? Do you know the benefits? In this blog, we’ll highlight some of the...

Updating Your Cross Lease Flats Plan – What Are The Costs?

Clara Casaes

Apr 22, 2023
6 min

Updating Your Cross Lease Flats Plan – What Are The Costs?

If you own a cross lease property there are a few more things you need to be aware of, as compared to the owner of a freehold site. This...

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. ...

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....

How much are Council resource consent fees?

Claire Deng

Nov 6, 2022
4 min

How much are Council resource consent fees?

Costs- a critical part of any development project. Council fees are part of this, but people are often confused about how much the...

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,...

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...

Resource consents and RMA Reform- what changes?

Hannah Thomson

Jul 17, 2022
3 min

Resource consents and RMA Reform- what changes?

Resource Consents are changing. What does that mean for you and your development? You’ll have seen from our earlier blogs on the RM...