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Additional Residential Services

Submissions And Hearings

Has a resource consent application for a residential development near you been notified?

If you want to stay formally involved in the resource consent process you must make a submission and get involved in the resource consent hearing.

Over our 60+ combined years in the industry we’ve been involved in a significant number of hearings for residential development- we can make a submission on your behalf, manage the inputs of other specialists, and provide evidence for the Council hearing.

If you already have a lawyer or someone else representing you, we can also provide planning assessments and evidence on its own, working as part of your project team.

Need help with a hearing?

Abatement Notices

Abatement notices, or any form of enforcement action from a Council, can make you feel anxious and stressed.

Abatement Notices are often the first step in a Council’s enforcement action, when you’ve not obtained the required resource consent.

This should be taken seriously, and you must swiftly comply with the Abatement Notice, which usually requires obtaining resource consent.

As a planning consultant: Auckland we will manage this process for you, liaising with the Council on your behalf, engaging other specialists as needed and managing the resource consent application process for you. Planning Plus™ will give you reliable planning advice and help resolve the enforcement action as quickly as possible.

We’ve helped many clients who’ve had enforcement action taken against them- it’s an unpleasant process but using experienced and professional planners will ensure the issues get resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible, reducing the likelihood of the enforcement action escalating and reducing your stress.

How can we help with a resource consent application?

Due Diligence

Don’t make assumptions- complete your due diligence thoroughly.

Buying property is a big financial investment, and buying land for some form of residential development may be the biggest investment you ever make.

Planning Plus® will provide you with planning advice on:

  • Existing uses and ensuring these are legally established,
  • Resource consents required to change the use of the land, including subdivision,
  • Planning restrictions on Records of Title and what these mean,
  • Understanding the consent related history of a site.

Make sure you’re making a wise property investment.

A development feasibility study will also provide planning advice on how you can develop the land, including risks and opportunities.

If your residential development includes subdivision, there are constraints and opportunities with different design options that you should consider when buying the site and during development design.

You can also read our blogs- we have written hundreds of free blogs on all aspects of land development.

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“Thank you again for the assistance with the hearing. It’s clear that your evidence was very significant in achieving this outcome.”

Simon Papa