• Ngai Tahu Post Office Precinct (Queenstown)
• Queenstown Resort College Building (Queenstown)
• Church Street Backpackers/Offices (Queenstown)
• Man Street underground car parking building (Queenstown)
• St Peters Close (Queenstown)
• The Forge Building (Queenstown)
• The Dairy Corner (Queenstown)
• The Emporium (Arrowtown)
• The Jade Factory (Arrowtown)
• The Tap redevelopment (Arrowtown)
• Jacks Point Lodge (Queenstown)
• Aroha Wellness & Health Retreat (Glenorchy)
• Matakauri Lodge (Queenstown)
• Wyuna Lifestyle Subdivision (Glenorchy)
• Marketplace (Glenorchy)

Scott has been engaged by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to provide planning assistance on a number of QLDC designations in recent years.

Through his long association with Queenstown in professional and private capacities, Scott has strong connections and positive relationships with the wider community, business sectors and with the Queenstown Lakes District Council.

On a strategic planning level, Sean also has extensive experience providing planning advice to clients in relation to the formalisation of the Department of Conservations National Park Management Plans and Conservation Management Strategies throughout the lower South Island.

Notable examples of Sean’s work:

Representing Totally Tourism Limited and its subsidiaries The Helicopter Line and Harris Mountains Heli Ski, Sean has obtained a significant number of approvals for commercial recreational activities under the Resource Management Act 1991 and various concessions from the Department of Conservation in the Otago, Southland, West Coast and Canterbury Conservancies.

Sean has assisted NZSki Limited in obtaining resource consents (at District and Regional levels) and concessions in relation to the major re-development of the Remarkables Ski Area and its associated infrastructure located within the Rastus Burn Recreation Reserve.

Sean has prepared evidence and appeared in front of the Department of Conservation’s hearings panel on behalf of commercial tourism operators in relation to the review of the Mt Aspiring and Westland Tai Poutini National Park Management Plans and the Otago and Southland Conservation Management Strategies.

Sean prepared a research report on the management of ‘informal airports’ in the Queenstown Lakes District for the QLDC in 2012. The purpose of this report was to inform and advise the Council of improvements to the District Plan provisions for ‘airports’ as part of the District Plan review.

Sean drafted a section 32 report and full District Plan rules on behalf of the Queenstown Lakes District Council in relation to the signage section of the District Plan.

Sean has acted as an expert planning witness in the Environment Court for Skyline Enterprises Ltd to authorise the helicopter landing area located adjacent to the Skyline Gondola terminal building at Bob’s Peak, Queenstown.

Sean prepared evidence and represented the Jacks Point Residents and Owners Association Incorporated (and others) in the Environment Court in opposition to Skydive Queenstown Limited’s (NZOne) resource consent application RM120052.

Sean provided expert evidence in the Environment Court for the New Zealand Winegrowers and Waipara Valley Wine Growers Incorporated in regards to the Hurunui District Council’s Plan Change 18 – Frost Control Fans.

Rebecca has much experience in preparing complex evidence for both resource consent hearings and that associated with the District Plan Review. This experience has provided Rebecca with an excellent foundation regarding the challenges and opportunities that the District is faced and enables her to undertake a wide variety of planning work at SPG for clients of all backgrounds. 

Based in Queenstown, Rebecca originally hails from Canterbury having held roles at the Hurunui District Council and within the Strategy and Development Group at the Christchurch City Council. She shares her time between working at the Queenstown SPG Office and being in the mountains riding bikes or skiing.

Prior to joining SPG in January 2018, Amanda has worked in both the private sector and local government. Amanda has experience in policy planning including as a reporting officer for Queenstown Lakes District Council on residential zonings and definitions, and as an expert witness on behalf of submitters seeking rezonings or amendments to proposed plans. Amanda also has extensive expertise in both resource consent preparation as a planning consultant as well as in the determination of resource consents while working in local government.