Align’s extensive experience includes successfully managing and undertaking the consenting aspects of major housing development projects. Whether it’s a two- or 200-lot subdivision, apartments, terraced housing, stand-alone, or minor dwellings, no project is too big or small for Align’s housing development specialists.
We work with our network of civil, hydrology, and survey specialists, architects, ecologists, geotechnical engineers, and contaminated land, noise, heritage, and archaeology specialists to help you achieve your development goals.
We keep up to date with legislation changes and work on behalf of councils. This knowledge, combined with our experience in delivering housing projects, enables us to help you to achieve optimum outcomes from your development.
OUR SERVICES
- Feasibility studies and consenting strategies for land development
- Project scoping, budgeting, programming and management of the planning and specialist inputs for brownfield and greenfield projects
- Preparation of resource and subdivision consents under the Resource Management Act 1991
- Stakeholder engagement, consultation and public relations for projects, including with the Department of Conservation, Forest and Brid, Fish and Game, QEII National Trust, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
- Mana whenua engagement and consultation
- Master planning and urban design assessment
- Landscape and visual effects assessments and mitigation planting plans for greenfield and brownfield projects
- Advice on open space provisions and Reserves Act 1977.
- Processing simple and complex resource consents for local authorities
- Providing advice under the Local Government Act 2002 for road naming applications
- Private plan change advice
- Submissions on national, regional and district planning documents related to the housing sector
Meet our Housing and Development Sector Leads
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Jo Michalakis
Group Manager - Planning / Acting Group Manager Landscape Architecture -
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Bernie Warmington
Wellington Manager - Planning -
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Maylene Barrett
Auckland Manager - Planning
