Refined Planning & Resource Consent Solutions
- for making your building process easier
As experts in the Resource Management Act, Avant helps clients strategise, project manage, deliver resource consents, and assist Kiwis in unlocking the development potential of both private and public development opportunities.
Our Services
Planning Advice
Understand your site, zoning, & development potential under the Auckland Unitary Plan.
Resource Consent Preparation
End-to-end management of your resource consent, from strategy to approval.
Site Feasibility
Clear feasibility advice on zoning, subdivision potential, and building controls.
With decades of experience across public and private sectors.
Our team at Avant Planning deliver resource consents with clarity, precision, and confidence.
Projects
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Location: Milford
The Challenge: The proposed ehicle crossing conflicted with an existing Puriri street tree.
The Solution: We leveraged our constructive working relationship with different departments of Council including AT, traffic engineering and arborist to find a solution for the driveway matter and retain the Puriri tree.
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Location: Browns Bay
The Challenge: We conducted the primary feasibility report on the plans to build this Brown Bay Apartment Block that required a tricky to get Overseas Investment Office consent for the client.
The Solution: Using our expertise the Overseas Investment Office consent was recently obtained, meaning that this project could go ahead and apply for further Resource Consent to be built.
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Location: Parnell
The Challenge: Having a modern addition visible from the street in the Residential Special Character Area overlay is always a challenge. There is generally resistance to character building modifications by the heritage architects at council.
The Solution: Working closely together with the client and the architect, and by having a comprehensive understanding of the process, we prepared a compelling application to convince council that modern additions, when done right, can add value to heritage architecture and enhance the overall quality of the property.
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Location: Coatesville
The Challenge: The client’s brief is to build their family home on a site layered with various council landscape protection controls. Whilst the site enjoys a sweeping views of the Coatesville foothills, it is also this feature that makes it challenging to obtain resource consent for a modern building amongst the striking natural landscape.
The Solution: The team at Avant understood what the controls and protection overlays meant for the consent process, provided the planning perimeters for the architect from the get-go, and also went about coordinating with the right consultants to prepare the resource consent application. The end result is a non-notified approval with limited questioning from Auckland Council, a big part due to our working knowledge of the intricacies of the Unitary Plan.
