Kate’s areas of expertise in brief include:

• All aspects of land development and planning including submissions and further submissions on district, regional and other plans; conduct of appeals on planning documents through the Environment Court and the higher
• Obtaining resource consents, land use and subdivision consents, designations and other environmental approvals;
• Appearing before local authorities, the Environment Court and the High Court;
• Council-initiated plan change applications including preparation and advice on district and regional plans, policy statements as well as submissions on plan changes;
• Private plan change applications;
• Development contributions;
• Aquaculture, coastal and water issues;
• All planning, consent and compliance requirements of the Resource Management Act and other environmental legislation;