Our Projects

Our social housing client was looking to buy land specifically for terraced housing and had identified a potential site in Wellsford. However, the site was in a lower density zone, where this level of residential intensity wasn’t usually anticipated by the Auckland Unitary Plan. They needed to understand the planning risks associated with their ideas […]

Stanley Point and Devonport were part of the earliest residential settlement on the North Shore in Auckland, and they’re included within the Special Character Area Residential Overlay (SCAR, or Special Character Overlay) of the Auckland Unitary Plan. In these areas, the individual and collective heritage character values are identified as important in the Unitary Plan. […]

This project was a terrace housing and apartment development. The project design process was more complex- our client had specific outcomes they wanted to achieve but the development was affected by not only the Auckland Unitary Plan but also a location on a busy arterial road with an unusual curved frontage, and narrow site width. […]

This project is a townhouse development, where the resource consent sought to establish the dwellings (land use) and then subdivide around them. This is a common resource consent approach under the Auckland Unitary Plan, allowing you to subdivide off smaller sites. Neighbours contacted the Council on multiple occasions, raising their concerns about the type and […]

Council rules can be confusing- can you even do what you want to? You need accurate information and experienced advice when you’re buying property.Our client was looking to buy land specifically to relocate their existing storage business onto it. They needed to be confident that they could get resource consent, to have the confidence to […]

Rural subdivision can be complicated, but not when you get experienced professionals involved from the start. To be done well, rural subdivision requires a good understanding of the issues, what’s needed, how the site and features on it affect your development, and what the opportunities are. This rural subdivision application related to a site in […]

Olliff farms are an award-winning free-range egg farm in north Auckland. In addition to selling eggs, Oliff Farms were eager to expand their offerings and start a retail shop, both on- site and online. This would showcase and sell foods and goods from local suppliers, complementary to the eggs already being sold. However, in a […]

Managing workloads of your team and getting the right planner with the required experience can be tough when you have no control over the number or complexity of resource consent applications made. We’ve been processing Council resource consents since 2003 and on Auckland Council’s preferred supplier panel for over 14 years. We assist Auckland Council […]

Can a heritage building be repurposed? Stoney Homestead is one of the oldest farmhouses in the former Rodney District. It’s a heritage building listed with Heritage New Zealand and in the Auckland Unitary Plan. The site has known archaeological values and the adjacent reserve area contains scheduled trees. There are a lot of factors affecting […]

Events are fun to attend but they can be a lot of work behind the scenes- especially when you need a resource consent. We work with the Events team at Auckland Council including having obtained a blanket resource consent for events on roads and in reserves within specific areas. As part of this Planning Plus® […]

Notices of Requirement affect people’s personal property, often directly, and can cause a lot of angst. They also often affect a lot of people- how can you help them and still keep the project moving? This project related to a bundle of 19 Notices of Requirement from Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi/ NZ Transport Agency […]

In 2020 Crave Athletics were a newly establishing cheerleading gym. Our clients had a dream of establishing a successful cheerleading facility, operating throughout the week. They needed a premises but were having trouble finding one that was in the right location and the right size. Our clients found a site, but it wasn’t in a […]