Auckland Unitary Plan
Guiding natural and physical resources through complex planning
Policy Planning
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A successful plan is a process and team effort
When a government, council, or business adopts a course of action, policy planners are ready to help facilitate it. Planning involves detail and the big picture, and we’re good at both. Our planning specialists guide project teams and help you secure pragmatic consents and approvals for complex transport, land development, and three waters infrastructure projects.
Our planners work in line with set objectives, policies and rules—guides that outline how they manage the protection, use, and development of natural resources, how land and water is to be used, and how to navigate consenting and the Resource Management Act. Our aim? To give you sensible recommendations based on solid data, analysis, and firm evidence from our scientists, urban planners, and data specialists.
We review and offer advice on developing or improving existing long-term and strategic plans, and we help prepare submissions relating to your responsibilities to provide and operate critical infrastructure. Additionally, we advise councils through the Environment Court appeal process by preparing and presenting technical evidence, supporting mediation, and serving as expert witnesses until appeals are resolved.
Let us bring your plan to life.
Change starts with good planning
Aotearoa’s cities are facing challenges ranging from growth and densification, aging infrastructure, and climate issues to social issues like affordable housing. There are opportunities for change, though—and they start with good policy and planning. Our Community Futures investigation explores significant trends influencing our cities: climate change; water, energy, and agriculture; digital cities; radical shifts in transport; and global governance. This is where the nuts and bolts of building and executing policy will happen. Read More
Our People
Paula Hunter, National Planning Specialist
I am committed to planning excellence and the delivery of best practice solutions.
Karen Bell, Principal Planner & Technical Specialist
I really enjoy working on a diverse range of projects with engineers, planners, scientists, and engagement specialists.
Frances Lojkine, Senior Principal Planner
My passion is combining the strategic management of projects with a keen eye for detail.
Richard Peterson, Principal Planner
I enjoy the challenge of working through challenging proposals and balancing complex, competing interests.
Janan Dunning, Group Leader, Planning
There are many moving parts to much of what we do as planners, and I enjoy the unpredictability of each day.
We’re better together
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Partner with us today to change how tomorrow looks. You’re exactly what’s needed to help us make it happen in your community.
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Work with passionate people who are experts in their field. Our teams love what they do and are driven by how their work makes an impact on the communities they serve.