Resource management planner with over 15 years of town planning experience covering the areas of policy advice, resource consent assessment and monitoring/enforcement. Extensive experience in research, report writing, making presentations and communicating with a range of audiences. I'm a full member of the New Zealand Planning Institute and have become a New Zealand citizen after living and worki
ng in the country for over 5 years. I hold a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning (with Honours) and a Bachelor of Economics. I have a unique perspective on town planner as a result of working in multiple countries with different planning frameworks (New Zealand, Australia, England and Wales), along with working in different planning roles - covering policy formation, applying policies in resource consent assessment and studying outcomes of Council decision making. I am very familiar with a wide range of planning topics, including urban and rural character, visual effects, effects of heritage, effects on native flora and fauna, infrastructure capacity, traffic and transport, natural hazard risk, economic effects and effects on neighbour amenity (i.e. changes in sunlight, privacy and views/outlook).
