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Planning Training

Learn about the planner’s role in the RMA consent process and how to undertake a planning assessment with a focus on practical skills and critical thinking.

We know that there are practitioners working across NZ who can find it tough to get access to training. This is why we have developed these facilitated online courses, where people will learn the practical application of core RMA concepts and requirements.

If you are looking for in-person delivery, we can do this too – just ask us.

Getting the Basics Right

$435 + GST

This 1-day course is for new planners or those who want to refresh their planning skills.

  • This course is focused on ensuring the planners role in the consenting process, and the role of consenting in the broader RMA framework, is well understood.

    The course covers:

    • How consenting fits within the broader Resource Management Act (RMA) framework.

    • Why the role of the consenting planner is so important.

    • The RMA planning hierarchy.

    • Understanding activity status and how this impacts on the consenting process.

    • Sec 88 and Sec 92 – what to consider for these parts of the consent process.

    • How to know when you need specialist inputs in the consenting process.

    • How to prepare for a site visit.

    • Behavioural aspects - how to interact with applicants and interested people from the community during the consenting process.

Critical Thinking

$435 + GST

This 1-day course is for new planners or those who want to refresh their planning assessment skills.

  • This course is focused on the learnings from Module 1 and is a practical session where we work through consenting examples and scenarios.

    This course covers:

    • Learning about the ‘receiving environment’ and ‘permitted baseline’ and its application within a planning assessment.

    • Working through the notification tests of s95 of the RMA focussing on both public and limited notification aspects.

    • s104 Substantive considerations. What planners should consider, and how to evaluate the consent application against the relevant plan provisions.

    • How to incorporate specialist inputs into a planners assessment.

    • This module will cover relevant case law where this is applicable.

Minimum numbers are required for a training course to run, so if you are interested in a course, please register early to ensure that it goes ahead. Registrations for each course will normally close 1 week before the event. Please see the terms and conditions for our cancellation and transfer policy.

“I just want to say thank you for your training we did with you. It was the best training we have done, and so relevant to our actual day to day work. It was very practical for me to implement in my report writing and assessment of proposals and you have a really great way of making the material easy to understand. So just wanted to say thank you as I really valued your enthusiasm and insights into planning which was refreshing.”

— Trainee

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