The new planning system will have benefits to local government and reduce the costs of operating the system. In particular there will be fewer plans, fewer consent categories, and fewer consents overall, greater use of standardisation (like zoning) will make planning and consenting much simpler and clearer for councils to implement and will reduce chances for conflict and litigation, and a new Planning Tribunal will offer lower cost and faster ways for councils to resolve disputes. There are also plans to establish a national compliance-monitoring and enforcement regulator in a later phase of the reform.
The new planning system will have benefits to local government and reduce the costs of operating the system. In particular there will be fewer plans, fewer consent categories, and fewer consents overall, greater use of standardisation (like zoning) will make planning and consenting much simpler and clearer for councils to implement and will reduce chances for conflict and litigation, and a new Planning Tribunal will offer lower cost and faster ways for councils to resolve disputes. There are also plans to establish a national compliance-monitoring and enforcement regulator in a later phase of the reform.