Environmental Law
When it comes to environmental matters, we’re the leaders in the environmental law field.
Our years of experience have provided an intrinsic understanding of The Resource Management Act, and the use of natural and physical resources in our environment and within the bounds of district and regional plans.
We provide advice on all aspects of environmental law and how it relates to your business or property, including:
- Obtaining resource consents, plan changes, certificates of compliance and existing use, designations or other environmental approvals
- Preparation and advice on district and regional plans, policy statements, and submissions on plan changes
- Compliance and liability issues including defending enforcement proceedings and resource management prosecutions
- Consents for large scale activities including quarrying and intensive farming
- Interpretation of district and regional plan requirements
- Applications to extend resource consents
- Due diligence for property transactions
- The interrelationship of Treaty of Waitangi and resource management law, and implications for landowners and iwi
- Coastal issues
- Representation at Local Authority, Environment Court, District and High Court hearings and at Boards of Inquiry
- Preparation and presentation of submissions in opposition to resource management applications
- Strategic, policy and practical advice on resource management issues
Read our articles on environmental law
From RMA to Reform: Introducing the Planning and Natural Environment Bills
Goodbye RMA, hello reform, this is the biggest shake-up in 30 years. The Government has introduced the Planning Bill and the Natural Environment Bill, this reforms set to replace the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).
Small Stand-Alone Dwelling Without Consent? What You Need to Know About the new “Granny Flat” Legislation
Building a small stand-alone dwelling could soon be faster, cheaper, and easier. In this article, Charlotte Muggeridge and Devony Baker break down the proposed “Granny Flat” legislation and what it means for homeowners.
