What does this event cover
The Government has signalled the Natural Environment and the Planning Bills will be introduced in late November.
While the Bills will draw on the Expert Advisory Group’s Blueprint, changes are expected, and the time to prepare submissions will be limited.
Simpson Grierson’s experts will help you cut through the complexity of the Bills, highlighting what matters most for councils and providing strategic guidance for your submissions.
At this webinar, Simpson Grierson will:
- Provide insights into key elements and implications of the Natural Environment Bill and the Planning Bill
- Advise areas councils may wish to prioritise in their submissions
Note: We are also anticipating a Climate Adaptation Bill may be introduced before Christmas. If so, we will run a separate webinar to address its implications.
Who should join?
Planners, Legal Counsel, Senior Managers.
This webinar is exclusively for council employees. If you are not a council employee but are interested in attending, please let us know.
Programme overview
Your facilators 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.
Sarah Scott
Sarah Scott is a specialist environmental lawyer based in Christchurch with extensive experience working with councils and private clients around New Zealand on policy development, resource consents and permits, and development projects.
Through her career Sarah has worked with a number of infrastructure clients, from ensuring consenting pathways remain available, to project strategy and obtaining consents and designations. Sarah has also been significantly involved in some of New Zealand’s biggest policy processes, including those located in Christchurch (following the earthquakes), Queenstown and Otago.
