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The Government’s ambitious agenda for housing

8/07/2024

Hon Chris Bishop, Minister of Housing, has recently announced the Government's "Going for Housing Growth" policy, which seeks to free up land for development and remove what the Minister has called unnecessary planning barriers, improve infrastructure funding and financing, and provide incentives for communities and councils to support growth.

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Environment, Planning and Natural Resources: What to look out for in 2023

3/02/2023

There's plenty to look out for in the resource management sector for 2023. To help you get ahead, we have prepared a timeline of developments that are on our radar for this year.

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Fast-track process to be extended, Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development released, and new timeframes proposed for emissions reduction plan.

4/10/2021

The COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 came into force on 8 July 2020. It was intended to provide for a short-term consenting process to fast-track projects that could boost employment and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RIP RMA - Randerson Report recommends dismantling the Resource Management Act

29/07/2020

After a public consultation process, the Resource Management Review Panel has released a 531-page report on its recommendations for reforming our resource management system.

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Environment Select Committee reports back on COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill

1/07/2020

The Office of the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs has released a Cabinet Paper seeking agreement from Cabinet on certain high-level design elements needed to prepare draft CDR legislation (CDR Bill).

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Government introduces COVID-19 Recovery Fast-track Consenting Bill

16/06/2020

Today Minister Parker introduced the much anticipated COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill 2020 to the House. The Bill will be referred to Select Committee and submissions will be called this week.

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Details released on Fast-track Consenting Bill

14/05/2020

Further detail has now been made public on Minister Parker's proposal to accelerate consenting of infrastructure and development projects to assist New Zealand's Covid-19 recovery, with the release of the Minister's Paper to Cabinet on the proposed "COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill".

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The Government's Fast-Track Consenting Bill on track

4/05/2020

Infrastructure and development projects will be an important part of any post COVID-19 economic recovery, and there has been a lot of talk about getting "shovel ready" projects up and running as soon as possible.

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