Planning Services
Strategic planning expertise for land development projects.
- Development strategy, feasibility, and due diligence
- Resource consents, (AEEs), plan changes, and statutory approvals
- Planning leadership across multidisciplinary projects
- Advice across Auckland, Northland, and the Waikato
Strategic planning advice that shapes better development outcomes
Starting with the right consenting pathway is essential to a project's success. Our planners have extensive experience in providing strategic advice across private development, public infrastructure, and council processes, balancing statutory requirements, risks around delays and costs and the realities of delivering projects.
Our planners advise landowners, developers, infrastructure providers, public sector organisations, and local government across Northland, Auckland, and the Waikato. Working across planning frameworks including the Auckland Unitary Plan, Northland District Plan, Kaipara District Plan, Far North District Plan, Whangārei District Plan, Waikato District Plan, and Waipā District Plan, we help clients navigate increasingly complex planning environments with clarity and confidence.
Working alongside our engineers, surveyors, architects, ecologists, and project managers, we provide integrated planning advice throughout the life of a project.
Comprehensive planning consultancy services
Our planning team provides advice across the full spectrum of planning consultancy, supporting projects from early strategic advice through to statutory approvals and implementation.
Our expertise includes:
- Development feasibility and due diligence
- Development advisory and planning strategy
- Resource consent applications (AEEs)
- Rural, residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure planning
- Private plan changes and district plan processes
- Structure planning and master planned developments
- Public works acquisition and designation support
- Notice of Requirement advice
- District plan reviews and planning policy interpretation
- Stakeholder, council, and iwi consultation
- Submission preparation and hearing representation
- Expert planning evidence
- Project coordination and multidisciplinary planning leadership
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Contact us todayExperience where it matters most
Good planning advice requires an understanding of how planning decisions influence engineering, infrastructure, environmental outcomes, project delivery, and long-term commercial objectives.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary consultancy, they coordinate technical inputs across planning, surveying, engineering, architecture, and ecology to establish clear planning pathways and resolve issues early. This integrated approach helps improve project certainty, reduce risk, and support more efficient project delivery.
Why choose Cato Bolam's planning team?
Planning decisions influence every stage of a development project.
With more than 50 years of land development expertise and the support of a multidisciplinary team of over 60 professionals, Cato Bolam provides planning advice that is commercially informed, technically robust, and focused on achieving practical development outcomes.
Whether you're seeking development feasibility advice, progressing a resource consent, preparing a private plan change, responding to a district plan review, or requiring public works acquisition support, our planning team provides the expertise and leadership to guide your project with confidence.
