Resource Consent Application Timeframes under the Resource Management Act 1991

Every consent application has timeframes that add together to make the total statutory timeframe in which to process the application.  However, there are often additional timeframes specified within the Act that run alongside the statutory timeframes but do not count towards the total processing time.  These are called ‘parallel timeframes’. 

This diagram illustrates parallel timeframes.  Appendix E of this guidance provides this information in table format.