Process
A 6–12 month critical path.
Fast-track applications run several parallel workstreams. The risk is not any single workstream — it is the seams between them. Here is how we manage the seams.
- 01Week 0–4
Scope & strategy
Confirm Schedule 2 status or referral pathway. Map workstreams. Identify and contract specialists. Lock baseline programme and budget. Risk register opened.
- 02Week 4–16
Pre-lodgement engagement
Structured consultation with EPA, DOC, councils, iwi authorities, NZTA, Heritage NZ, adjacent landowners. Issues logged and routed to the right specialist.
- 03Week 12–20
Referral application
Draft and lodge the referral arguing the project meets the regional or national benefit test. Coordinate supporting evidence and stakeholder letters.
- 04Week 16–32
Substantive package build
Specialists produce ecology, cultural impact, traffic, landscape, archaeology, economic, stormwater, geotech assessments. We assemble one consistent package with a unified document index.
- 05Week 32–36
Substantive lodgement
Quality-controlled package lodged with EPA. Internal review against panel expectations. Single point of contact established.
- 06Week 36–48
Expert panel engagement
Manage clarification requests, additional information requests, comment periods. Coordinate expert responses on tight turnarounds.
- 07Week 44–52
Conditions & decision
Review draft conditions, mark up, negotiate before the panel decides. Decision received. Post-decision compliance plan handed over.
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