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Rachel Murdoch

  • Principal
  • —
  • Christchurch

Rachel assists in advising on a broad range of resource management issues, with a particular focus on urban development and regeneration projects for both public and private sector clients.

She has experience in environmental due diligence, plan development and consenting and has provided strategic advice in relation to a number of high profile projects across the South Island.

Expertise
Fast-track referral applications and substantive approval applications
Environmental compliance and enforcement matters, including prosecutions
Planning and environmental legislative and policy reform
District and regional planning, including plan changes, variations and plan review processes
Strategic spatial planning
Resource consents and other permits and authorisations
Environmental due diligence
Council, Court and Board of Inquiry Hearings
Planning and Environment
Public and Regulatory
Sectors
Energy and Natural Resources
Health, Education and Social Infrastructure
Housing and Urban Development
Transport, Water and Utilities Infrastructure
Energy and Natural Resources
Health, Education and Social Infrastructure
Housing and Urban Development
Transport, Water and Utilities Infrastructure

Qualifications

LLB, BA (University of Otago)

Projects

Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development - Te Kukūnga Waka - Carrington Residential Development

Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development - Te Kukūnga Waka - Carrington Residential Development

Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development - Te Kukūnga Waka - Carrington Residential Development
McDonald’s Restaurants (NZ) Limited – Resource consent for drive-through restaurant in Ōrākei granted

McDonald’s Restaurants (NZ) Limited – Resource consent for drive-through restaurant in Ōrākei granted

McDonald’s Restaurants (NZ) Limited – Resource consent for drive-through restaurant in Ōrākei granted
New Dunedin Hospital – Stage 4 Ancillary Services Facilities – Fast Track Consent Granted

New Dunedin Hospital – Stage 4 Ancillary Services Facilities – Fast Track Consent Granted

New Dunedin Hospital – Stage 4 Ancillary Services Facilities – Fast Track Consent Granted

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