The Tasman District Council resource consent team is short five full-time planners in a team that is normally 16-strong, a shortage that is causing some delays. Two Tasman District councillors have had their own projects affected by a slowdown in consent processing as a shortage of planners bites. Tasman District Council environment and planning manager Dennis Bush-King said the normally 16-strong resource consent team was down five full-time planners “and we're not able to supplement that with increased consultancy use”. Motueka ward councillor Barry Dowler said he had applied for resource consent to build a second dwelling in the coastal marine environment. Golden Bay ward councillor Chris Hill said she had a subdivision consent that was approved “a little while ago”.

Source: Stuff August 06, 2021 15:56 UTC