Planning
These training courses have been carefully crafted to enhance the knowledge and capability of planning practitioners. 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.
Getting the basics right
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.
This 1-day course is for new planners or those who want to refresh their planning skills.
Course Price: $435 (plus GST)
Critical thinking
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.
This 1-day course is for new planners or those who want to refresh their planning assessment skills.
Course price: $435 (plus GST)
If you are interested in attending a training course please register early to ensure that it goes ahead. Minimum numbers are required for a training course to run. This generally ensures there is sufficient people to allow different experiences and views to be part of the discussion within the course. Registrations for each course will normally close 1 week before the event.
Please see the terms and conditions for our cancellation and transfer policy.
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