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    Overview

    Introduction to planning principles and statutory planning documents prepared under environmental and planning legislation, including local authority planning functions and processes and implementing sustainability in land use decisions.

    Dealing with the planning system in New Zealand forms a significant part of the practising surveyor's daily business. The system is evolutionary and sometimes undergoes radical change, is changed in minor ways at other times and occasionally reintroduces matters that have been deleted by previous amendments. For this reason it is critical that students understand the way in which the New Zealand system has developed, the reasons for changes, what is new and what has been used before. This paper sets in place a knowledge of the fundamental aspects of the New Zealand planning process from first principles and explains the way it developed, including the introduction of the Resource Management Act 1991.

    About this paper

    Paper title Statutory Land Planning 1
    Subject Surveying
    EFTS 0.1334
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Semester 2 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,206.20
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    108 points including one ENGL paper
    Restriction
    SURV 114, SURV 215
    Schedule C
    Science
    Eligibility

    SURV 205 provides a clear introduction to the theory and practice of planning, then an introduction to sustainability, before integrating this knowledge into an understanding of the Resource Management Act; the administration, institutions, instruments, purpose and process. SURV 455 follows on directly from this paper to focus on resource consent applications, requirements and responses and engaging with statutory planning instruments. Together they provide the theory and practical skills and knowledge required for the planning activities of surveyors and other land professionals.

    Suitable for all land professionals wanting to understand the RMA planning processes.

    Contact

    School of Surveying

    Teaching staff

    To be confirmed.

    Paper Structure

    This paper covers the following themes:

    • Planning theory
    • Planning history in NZ
    • Values and effects on land and environment
    • Environmental ethics and awareness
    • Environmental agreements and sustainability
    • Land development process
    • RMA introduction
    • Purpose and principles
    • Functions and powers of local and central government
    • Indigenous world views
    • Government policies and standards
    • LA plans and policies
    • Resource consents types
    • Activity categories
    • Consultation and Notification
    • Submissions and Hearings
    • Decisions and Appeals

    SURV 205 Statutory Planning A leads to the advanced-level core paper SURV 455 Statutory Planning B, which deals with the professional aspects of resource consent applications. SURV 205 also encourages the theoretical and practical relationships amongst other surveying papers, specifically SURV 206 Land Tenure 1, SURV 203 Land Development Engineering 1, and SURV 303 Urban Design 1.

    Teaching Arrangements

    Three lectures per week, plus one or two hours per week for tutorials, workshops, or presentations.

    Textbooks
    • Coutts, B. J. and M. S. Strack, 2011. An introduction to land administration and planning. MacGill Coutts Associates. Dunedin.
    • Coutts, B. J. 2005. A Practical Guide to Resource Consents. 2nd Edition. MacGill Coutts Assoc and UniPrint. Dunedin. 160pp.
    • Warnock, C. & Baker-Galloway, M. 2015. Focus on Resource Management Law. LexisNexis. Wellington.
    • The Resource Management Act 1991.
    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Environmental literacy.
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    Learning Outcomes

    The goals of the paper are:

    1. To introduce the theory of planning as a human activity
    2. To introduce the history of environmental awareness, ethics and sustainability
    3. To understand the process of land development from initial planning to occupation
    4. To link the social, political and legislative origins of the Resource Management Act 1991
    5. To understand the contents and importance of the Purpose and Principles (Part II) of the RMA
    6. To understand the institutional arrangements surrounding the RMA
    7. To examine attitudes, related legislation and case law affecting land planning in NZ
    8. To understand the process of gaining resource consent (Part VI) for activities under the RMA
    9. To promote awareness of indigenous cultural issues as they relate to the RMA
    10. To encourage the development of written and oral skills, encourage critical thinking and reinforce research competence

    Timetable

    Semester 2

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard

    Lecture

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    A1 Monday 12:00-12:50 29-35, 37-42
    Tuesday 12:00-12:50 29-35, 37-42
    Friday 12:00-12:50 29-35, 37-42

    Tutorial

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    A1 Tuesday 13:00-13:50 29-35, 37-42
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