Resource Management

Many people face resource management issues, from families with home renovation plans to government agencies with national infrastructural projects.  We tailor legal solutions for clients across the full range of resource management issues.
We assist clients with:

• consent applications (including consultation and notification issues) and Council hearings,
• plan changes,
• appeals
• strategic project planning
• representation in front of Councils and the Courts (including judicial review). 

Our specialist resource management lawyers have the skills and experience to help all types of clients to turn their plans into reality.  We assist clients to secure planning controls that meet their expectations, by initiating and participating in plan change processes.  Our strategic advice enables clients to plan for and achieve the best results for development projects.

Our team has the specialist skills to manage and conduct litigation at all levels, including judicial review of notification decisions, and consent appeals to the Environment Court, High Court and other appellate courts.

Our experience encompasses project planning throughout the country in urban and rural environments, including sensitive heritage and urban growth sites within cities, coastal sites in rural areas, and sites with outstanding natural landscape features.  We help clients to engage and coordinate appropriate experts to assess all aspects of development projects, from traffic planning, noise and wind effects, through to economics, urban design, and landscape architecture.  We also advise clients in relation to designations for larger infrastructural projects.

Our resource management team also provides advice on related regulatory issues, including Building Act issues and Public Works acquisition and compensation processes, and enforcement proceedings under the Resource Management Act.