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MBIE and the Ministry for the Environment seek feedback on proposals to strengthen oversight for consenting renewable electricity infrastructure in New Zealand.

Local authorities and industry have raised concerns that NPS-FW and NES-FW place unintended restrictions on activities including urban development.

It has been a particularly notable week at TEL, with the firm appearing in the media and obtaining approval for two significant urban developments.

Plan Change 78 (PC78) Hearings will be underway shortly. This follows the pre-hearing conference on 6 March 2023, with a TEL Director in attendance.

Three councils who sought to have their property rights declared by the High Court over the Three Waters reforms have had their bid rejected.

TEL Director, Helen Andrews, was extensively involved in reviewing the Natural and Built Environments (“NBE”) and Spatial Planning Bill.

Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) requires councils to change their plans to enable housing intensification in major urban areas.

The National Policy Statement on Highly Productive Soil (NPS-HPL) came into effect this week (Monday 17 October 2022).

Congratulating our solicitor Rebekah Hill for being awarded the 2022 Resource Management Law Association (RMLA) Scholarship!

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