Resource Consent? Moving forward starts here.
Simplify the path to approval, today.
Town and Country Planning
Rural and Industrial Activity
- Have you found the perfect site but the zoning is wrong?
- Do you want to stay in a residential or rural zone but need to expand an industrial premise?
- Council require a resource consent but what about existing use rights?
- What can I do on Highly Productive Land without resource consent?
- Beyond Planning can obtain resource consents for development on HPL land in limited circumstances.
- Subdivision of rural land and what Beyond Planning can unlock in partner with a surveyor?
- Stormwater Management, Minimum Floor Levels, Landscape Plans and other layers: Beyond Planning knows what to avoid and when experts are needed.
Mixed Use Planning
Mixed Use and Medium Density Residential
- Medium Density Development that delivers housing choice?
- Exceeding permitted density by doing more but better with good urban design and smart use of space on smaller allotments.
- Kindergartens and other childcare facilties in a residential zone?
- What about Pet Daycare?
- When the business fits the environment but not the zone?
- What of out of zone retail and cases for approval?
- Beyond ‘Active Thinking’ there is ‘Critical Thinking’, which is what Beyond Planning does to solve problems and create value.
Development and Heritage
Reimagining Heritage
- Buildings with an economic use have a reason to remain.
- Heritage protection is about respecting the past for the sake of the future but it is also what makes a town remembered and speacial.
- What are the benefits of heritage and how to leverage value from heritage?
- What are the cases for demolition?
- Beyond Planning has a deep knowledge of the Historic Heritage of Timaru Distict and the values that the Proposed Timaru District Plan was written to protect.
Residential Development
Why Partner with Beyond Planning to make your residential activity project real?
- Precision Reporting: We craft legally sound resource consent reports that are concise and strategically written to address the priorities of decision-makers.
- Avoid Costly Rejection: We eliminate the guesswork inherent in the planning process, ensuring your application hits the mark the first time and minimises the risk of rejection or expensive delays.
- 20+ Years of Expertise: Benefit from over two decades of specialised experience, ensuring your application is “right-sized” to solve the problem without unnecessary complexity.
- We handle the entire complex process from strategic report writing to tough negotiations and the final debate over consent conditions.
- Delegate the stress to us. We protect your budget, time, and mental health by doing it right, the first time.
Collaborative Approach
Land Use Consent and Subdivision Applications
- Beyond Planning works with surveyors, as well as experts in civil engineering, traffic assessment and design, land contamination, ecology, landscape and urban design to prepare quality resource consent applications that deliver beyond expectations.
Development Planning
Community Facilities
- Additions and alterations to small and large community assets, which might require negotiation and collaboration between local government, central government, and non-profit organisations.
A resource consent is a permission to do something that the District Plan does not automatically allow.
If the Council tells you that you need a resource consent, talk to Beyond Planning. We specialise in obtaining resource consents.
What our customers say
"Alex is honest, explains things clearly, and consistently solves complex issues – from flood plains to kindergartens and tricky subdivisions. I trust his advice and consider him a sharp, confident consultant and a true professional. Best Regards, Linda Hill from Barfoot & Thompson Meadowlands."
Linda Hill, Business Owner
Life does not need to be this ugly
Imagine an unplanned world. Without constraint. It sounds like freedom but where there are people, there are different views and ways of seeing their world. The question isn’t “Do we need planning?”— Planning happens anyway. The real question is: How do we plan for change?
Change is constant. We need resources to sustain us, but we also need to respect the values of our natural environment. We might not want turbines anywhere, but energy is needed.
However, ugly is not the only solution.
Beyond Planning is the business of navigating constraints and finding the path over difficult terrain. In planning, there are always choices. If the decisions seem easy, perhaps your project requires some “beyond thinking.”
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