Welcome to the latest instalment of our bite sized blog series about the recent changes to the RMA.

The 18th of October is just around the corner. This is when a lot of the RLAA changes will kick in, including today’s special feature: Section 95 Notification. A.k.a how councils decide whether resource consent applications are:

• publicly notified (everyone gets a chance to give feedback)
• limited notified (a limited number of people get to give feedback)
• or non-notified (public feedback isn’t necessary).

Today’s post is fairly planner-centric (including some free resources for council planners), but if you’re a Normal Person™ interested in finding out what the changes to notification might mean for you, stick with us and we’ll help you navigate the jargon. ​

Welcome back to our bite sized blog series about recent changes to the RMA and what they mean for Regular People. This is a very short vocabulary post, with a Bonus Activity Status Diagram to print out and stick on your fridge (using that magnet you got from a street market in Wellington that says "It's martini o'clock!" even though I don't need reminding).

​Welcome back to our bite sized blog series about recent changes to the RMA and what they mean for Regular People. Some of the RMA changes address resource consent issues to make them easier and cheaper for people to deal with, and today we’ll chat about “temporary or marginal infringements” (new section 87BB of the RMA, going live in October 2017).

Welcome to our bite sized blog series about recent changes to the RMA and what they mean for Regular People. ​Some of the RMA changes address resource consent issues to make them easier and cheaper for people to deal with, and today’s buzzword is “Electronic Information Delivery”.

​The council I (Jen) used to work at was probably a fire hazard, with paper copies of All The Things stored on site. We posted out tonnes of documents, but emailed each other (That image isn't me... I don't wear suits).

​One of the RLAA changes kicking off on 18 October 2017 is that resource consents for controlled activities can be processed in 10 working days - rather than the 20 working days required now. Check out section 87AAC of the RLAA for the policy details if you're keen. We'll wait. 

Controlled activities are ones that need to go through a resource consent process so the council can make sure they follow certain parameters (e.g. have a bit of control), but they are always granted. Depending on the district plan, examples could be things like papakāinga housing projects, or relocating a dwelling*. 

Welcome to the first in our series of posts about recent changes to the RMA and what they mean for Regular People. Some of the RMA changes address resource consent issues to make them easier and cheaper for people to deal with: Boundary activities, marginal infringements, and temporary infringements. 
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Today we’ll jump into the first topic that lots of Regular People can relate to: Boundary activities (new section 87BA of RMA).

A lot has been going on in the RMA space lately.

The government recently made a bunch of changes to the RMA to make it less complicated. We'd like to chat with you about some of those changes. What are they? What do they mean on the ground? We've put together a summary document of the more significant changes if you want to dive right in: