Ascot Park, Darfield
SECTOR LOCATION We led the planning and consenting work for Torlesse Estate — a new residential neighbourhood on the eastern edge of Darfield. Our services included securing the necessary subdivision and land use consents to enable the creation of over 220 residential lots, along with supporting infrastructure such as new roads, stormwater management, and utility […]
Ecogas Hornby Christchurch Site
SECTOR LOCATION The Christchurch Office has been involved in site selection, due diligence, and resource consent applications for Ecogas’s organics processing facility at an Industrial Heavy zoned site in South Hornby, Christchurch, and follows on from the successful consenting of Ecogas’s first Anaerobic Digestion plant at Reporoa. Consents were required for land use from the […]
New Plymouth District Plan Review
SECTOR LOCATION B&A provided advice to Port Taranaki in respect to the review of the New Plymouth District Plan. B&A worked early in the process with Port Taranaki and the New Plymouth District Council planners on a Port Zone and ‘precinct plan’ for Port Taranaki, made submissions of behalf of Port Taranaki when the Proposed […]
Fern Beck
In 2017 Fern completed her Bachelor of Urban Planning (hons) degree at the University of Auckland where she was awarded the Auckland Town Planning Association Prize in Planning for her honours dissertation. During her studies she joined B&A as a planning assistant before taking up a full time role in November 2017. Fern has worked […]
Kerstin Ghisel
Kerstin began her planning career in Scotland, where she worked on a project funded by the Scottish Government that sought to remove the barriers to engagement for ethnic minority and Gypsy/Travellers within the planning system. She has a MA (Hons) in Geography and Social Anthropology and a Postgraduate Masters in Urban and Regional Planning. Kerstin […]
Eilish Robinson
Eilish holds a Bachelor of Environmental Planning from the University of Waikato graduating in 2018 and is an Intermediate Member of the New Zealand Planning Institute. She began her career in 2016 with Auckland Council as a Resource Consents Intern before spending seven years undertaking a range of roles in regulatory planning, strategy, and operations. […]
Maisie Fisher
Maisie joined Barker & Associates after gaining experience as a graduate planner at Harrison Grierson and interning at 4Sight (now SLR). She holds a Master of Planning with Distinction from the University of Otago (2023). She is a Graduate Member of the NZPI and an active member of the Canterbury/Westland Emerging Planners committee. Maisie has […]
Laurie Atkinson
Laurie is from the UK, where he gained a Bachelor with Honours degree in Urban Planning and Property Development from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He has experience in both the public and private sectors, having interned with the transport planning team at Lancashire County Council and worked as a graduate planner for a multidisciplinary firm […]
Janice Carter
Janice manages our South Island business and has a Master of Science (Hons) degree in Resource Management from Canterbury University. Janice has worked for two local authorities: Wanganui District Council and the Christchurch City Council but has spent the majority of her career to date as a planning consultant working as lead planner on a […]
South Ward Spatial Plan
SECTOR LOCATION B&A worked collaboratively with Hurunui District Council to develop the South Ward Spatial Plan, a guiding document for growth and development of the South Ward of Hurunui, including the towns of Amberley and Leithfield. The plan includes contextual information, guiding outcomes, spatial maps and key moves and an implementation plan. The spatial plan […]