City Planning

City planning is at the forefront of making our urban areas sustainable and a great place to live, work, and play. In achieving these objectives for our clients, MRCagney takes a long term view of community interests, is proactive in dealing with decision makers and communities, and produces informed outcomes that accord with international best practice.

Our city planning services strive for optimum land use solutions as land use has a significant impact on an urban area’s form, function, and economic competitiveness. The integration of these land uses with transport is also a critical component of successful city planning.

MRCagney takes a comprehensive and multi disciplinary approach to its city planning projects to deliver sustainable urban environments for the community.

Given the variances in planning, regulatory and approval processes that exist in different jurisdictions, our service offerings are tailored to our client's needs in each region.

New Zealand

Specialised Fields

MRCagney’s New Zealand planning team works closely with our other practices to deliver specialist integrated advice and offer specialist services in land-use transport integration.

Parking

MRCagney has developed a reputation as one of Australasia’s leading consultants in all facets of parking. The re-drafting of District Plan provisions, including design criteria/guidelines and custom designed consultation strategies, are at the forefront of the regulatory aspect of parking reform. In New Zealand, we have provided planning advice on parking to numerous local authorities including Auckland, Hamilton City, New Plymouth District, Rotorua District, Christchurch City, and Whangarei District councils.

Strategic Land Use Planning

MRCagney provides high quality strategic planning advice on the integration of land use and transport – spatially, vertically and the overall land use mix – to ensure that both urban development and transport objectives are met. We can provide strategic land use planning for infrastructure projects, spatial plans, local area plans and corridor studies.

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Through our registered CPTED practitioners, MRCagney undertakes CPTED reviews. We enable discussion on matters of safety grounded in established principles, rather than personal preferences. We provide visual aids for CPTED along with expertise in consultation, statistical and demographic analysis and site assessments. We work with architects and engineers to implement our recommendations and can provide advice on CPTED and District Plans.

Services

Resource Consent applications (all types)

Assessment of Environmental Effects

Resource Consent application processing for regional and local government

Structure Planning and Master Plans

Plan Changes

Regional & local government planning policy advice

Submissions and expert evidence at Council and Environment Court hearings

Feasibility studies and strategic site selection

Urban Design

Strategic Planning

resource consent consultants auckland

Auckland Unitary Plan consultants

Australia

Services Offered

Service	Service Description
State, regional & local government policy and planning advice	Advising state, regional and local government and the private sector as to the implications of planning policy documents on development proposals and how they might be improved to address key resource management issues.
Land use and transport integration	Providing advice on the integration of land use and transport – spatially, vertically and overall land use mix – to ensure that urban development and transport objectives are met.
Structure planning	Developing spatial land use plans to facilitate the development process within an agreed planning framework.
Transport oriented development	Advising local government and the private sector on ensuring that planning frameworks are supportive of transport oriented development and undertaking reviews of developments against these planning frameworks.
Planning scheme amendments	Preparing planning documents including policies and rules to implement structure plans and development control plans on behalf of the public and private sector.
Urban renewal	Facilitating the redevelopment of urban areas through developing robust planning frameworks to identify efficiencies in spatially reorganising land uses and development mixes.
Strategic site selection, feasibility studies and mediation	Developing robust assessment frameworks to assist with site identification and selection for development projects, and ascertaining the feasibility of development proposals.
Mediation, appeal hearings and expert witness	Undertaking mediations and appeals/hearings on behalf of private sector clients and local and regional government clients.
Council development application processing	Assisting regional and local government with processing of development applications.
Preparation and lodgement of development applications	Preparing development applications for the public and private sector to facilitate the development of land holdings.

Practices & Services

City Planning

New Zealand

Australia