resource consents

Earl Bardsley argues the NZ Battery Project should be restarted and its dry year infrastructure proposal should be included in the 30-year National Infrastructure Plan

Earl Bardsley argues the NZ Battery Project should be restarted and its dry year infrastructure proposal should be included in the 30-year National Infrastructure Plan

Resource management is always political – the Fast-track Approvals Bill is just honest about it, Jeffrey McNeill argues

Resource management is always political – the Fast-track Approvals Bill is just honest about it, Jeffrey McNeill argues

NZ First leader Winston Peters says allowing more granny flats to be built would help make housing more affordable for families

NZ First leader Winston Peters says allowing more granny flats to be built would help make housing more affordable for families

New Zealand’s biggest solar farm says the Government has given some ‘good signals’ around consenting to large energy projects

New Zealand’s biggest solar farm says the Government has given some ‘good signals’ around consenting to large energy projects

Coalition Government rounds out 100 day plan with fast-track consenting law giving Ministers the power to approve significant projects

Coalition Government rounds out 100 day plan with fast-track consenting law giving Ministers the power to approve significant projects

Minister of the Environment David Parker hails Resource Management Act reform, opposition vows to replace it

Minister of the Environment David Parker hails Resource Management Act reform, opposition vows to replace it

Katharine Moody casts an eye over the Government's 'cumbersome' RMA reform bills saying they're a base worth sticking with

Katharine Moody casts an eye over the Government's 'cumbersome' RMA reform bills saying they're a base worth sticking with

New regime to replace RMA to take 10 years to bed in, cost $3.891b and create benefits of $10.039b

New regime to replace RMA to take 10 years to bed in, cost $3.891b and create benefits of $10.039b

National doesn't propose doing anything radically different to address NZ's housing shortage; RMA reform remains central to its policy 

National doesn't propose doing anything radically different to address NZ's housing shortage; RMA reform remains central to its policy 

Building Act reforms to see new certification scheme reduce prefab consenting requirements, improve building product information disclosures, hike penalties for non-compliant builders, and reduce the building levy

Building Act reforms to see new certification scheme reduce prefab consenting requirements, improve building product information disclosures, hike penalties for non-compliant builders, and reduce the building levy

Simpson Grierson's Bill Loutit outlines when you should seek a resource consent and what's involved in getting it

Simpson Grierson's Bill Loutit outlines when you should seek a resource consent and what's involved in getting it

Simpson Grierson's Bill Loutit explains the ins and outs of a District Plan review and why it is advisable to become involved in the process to protect your property rights

Simpson Grierson's Bill Loutit explains the ins and outs of a District Plan review and why it is advisable to become involved in the process to protect your property rights

Town planners blow their own trumpet on processing resource consents

Town planners blow their own trumpet on processing resource consents

Court says resource consents aren't 'assets' needing to be capitalised, rather they are feasibility investigations and therefore deductible expenses

Court says resource consents aren't 'assets' needing to be capitalised, rather they are feasibility investigations and therefore deductible expenses