Introduction
This report presents the findings of a study investigating the nature of resource consents lodged with 20 local authorities over the period 1 August 2005-30 September 2005.
The study was commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment as an extension to an earlier study which examined the electronic delivery of Resource Management Act (RMA) services ('e-planning'). [Ministry for the Environment 'E-Planning Study', prepared by Boulder Planning (Otago) Ltd, March 2006.]
Specifically, 'Stage 1' of that earlier study provided a summary of the proportions of resource consent applications lodged by 'RMA professionals' and the 'general public', and the types of consent, over a two-month period with the following 10 councils:
- Auckland Regional Council
- Environment Canterbury
- Auckland City Council
- Hamilton City Council
- Western Bay of Plenty District Council
- Kapiti Coast District Council
- Nelson City Council
- Timaru District Council
- Selwyn District Council
- Dunedin City Council.
The current study represents an extension to this analysis and introduces data from a further 10 councils to obtain a larger sample size and therefore a clearer representation of the type and nature of resource consents lodged during the study period. The further 10 councils include:
- Northland Regional Council
- Invercargill City Council
- Tauranga City Council
- Hutt City Council
- Waipa District Council
- Palmerston North City Council
- Stratford District Council
- Opotiki District
- Kaikoura District Council
- Franklin District Council.
