Pre-application meeting

Pre-application meetings are highly recommended, especially for more complex applications.  

Meetings are confidential and allow you to discuss the early stages of your project. Formal decisions cannot be made during or on the basis of the pre-application meeting; and any representations made by the council are not legally binding. 

Chat with our Duty Planner who will help answer any preliminary questions and will help you determine if you need to book a pre-application meeting.  

Once you have spoken to a duty planner to determine if a meeting is right for you, please complete a pre-application meeting form.

• Hand deliver: drop the form in to either Gorge Road (Queenstown) or Ardmore Street (Wānaka) Customer Service reception. 

• Email: resourceconsent@qldc.govt.nz  

• Post: Resource Consents, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348. 

There will be no charge for the first hour of our time (including the review of information submitted prior to the meeting). Any time spent (including site visits and reviewing material and meetings) will be charged at standard hourly rates. 

Planning Engineering Fees Other Charges 1 July 2024

If an external specialist such as a landscape architect or noise expert is required, their time will be charged to you at a rate that has been pre-agreed with QLDC. 

We’ll organise the meeting, with the appropriate specialists (for example, urban designers or traffic engineers) based on the information you provide us in your pre-application meeting form. The appropriate specialists will be there to ensure we can answer your questions and are able to raise any potential issues or concerns early on. 

At least three days before the meeting you should: 

1. Provide the planner with details on your project, proposal overview and concept plans (If information has not been submitted with the application form). 

2. Let the planner know who will be attending the meeting from the applicant’s side. 

3. Let the planner know if there is anything in particular you wish to discuss. 

The pre-application meeting will be most effective if you provide us with as much information as possible ahead of time.  

Please note, at this meeting the planner cannot determine if your resource consent: 

• Will be approved. 

• Needs to be notified. 

• Has any affected parties. 

We will advise on those points after we’ve received and assessed your application.

The QLDC planner will provide you with minutes of the meeting. These will also be kept on file (confidentially) at QLDC.  

Please quote your pre-application reference number in your resource consent application form.