What does this event cover
The Environment Select Committee is due to report back on the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill on 20 July. This webinar will help you understand the committee’s recommendations, what they mean for local government, and things to think about as you prepare for the transition to the new planning system.
Experts from Simpson Grierson will provide an overview of the key changes recommended by the select committee, with a particular focus on the implications for councils. They’ll also discuss the issues raised through local government submissions and how these have been addressed in the report.
This webinar is designed for those leading or supporting the transition to the new planning system, including chief executives, Tier 2 and Tier 3 leaders, planning managers, change leads and communications staff.
Programme overview
Your facilitators and guest speakers
Matt Conway
Matt Conway is an environmental lawyer at Simpson Grierson in Wellington. He advises councils and applicants about environmental policy, consenting and compliance issues, including district and regional plan reviews, roads, prisons, farm discharges, water supply networks, marine consenting, waste water treatment plants, vegetation clearance and child care centres.
He has been involved in hearings before councils, boards of inquiry, decision-making panels, the Waitangi Tribunal, the Environment Court, the Maori Land Court and the High Court.
