Novo Group Limited

With planning, traffic, and landscape/urban design expertise under one roof and a land use planning and development focus, Novo Group is uniquely placed to provide integrated advice to clients that deliver better development outcomes and greater consenting efficiency and certainty.

Based in central Christchurch, Auckland and Queenstown Lakes, we have built a team of committed, personable, experienced professionals who not only leverage their own knowledge, network and experience but also can draw on the vast experiences of the entire team to ensure high-quality outcomes for our clients.

An Exceptional Experience

We provide a comprehensive service, including project team liaison, preparation of consent applications and assessments, coordination of other experts, Council-liaison, and presentation of expert evidence at Environment Court and council hearings.

Expert Advice

Our planning advice adds value to projects large or small. We recognise that clients are less interested in rules and the planning process than the outcome, and they want to maximise their opportunities, whilst minimising timeframes, costs and risks. With this in mind, we utilise our planning expertise to navigate the process and provide focused, relevant advice to clients where it counts.

Key Services

Our client-focused approach underpins our following key planning services:

• Site scoping, due diligence, development feasibility, and risk identification/resolution.
• Site layout and building design guidance.
• Council liaison, including pre-application and Urban Design Panel meetings.
• Project/consent management, including briefing/coordination of other experts.
• Assessments of effects (AEE), including comprehensive assessments for complex projects, or focused assessments for smaller/simple projects.
• Expert evidence.
• Master planning, plan changes, submissions, development contributions, consultation, and other planning processes.

An Exceptional Experience

Our traffic engineers and transport planners have experience presenting evidence before the Environment Court and are respected for providing clear and commercially sound advice.

Expert Advice

Our transport engineers and planners specialise working within a resource management environment and providing technical advice that is directly relevant to designers, planners and the planning processes they work to. We have specialist knowledge of design guidelines, engineering standards, traffic survey data, and the practical transportation requirements of developments. However, our ability to provide clear conclusions, direction and design advice within a resource management framework to clients, designers, planners and Councils is what sets us apart.

Key Services

Our technical expertise and plain-language advice underscores the following key transport services:

• Parking and access layout design advice.
• Integrated Transport Assessments (ITA) and Traffic Impact Assessments (TIA).
• Expert evidence.
• Road and intersection design.
• Parking demand and trip generation analysis.
• Road safety audits.

An Exceptional Experience

Our landscape team provide resource and environmental design – a valuable asset in urban planning, visual and ecological effects assessments, photomontages, resource management and landscape site analysis.

Expert Advice

We integrate the required disciplines of planning, engineering, architecture and landscape design from across the Novo Group’s expert team. This enables us to deliver comprehensive, effective and robust advice.

Key Services

Our landscape architecture and urban design service offering is comprehensive and includes a diverse range of services, including:

• Landscaping/planting plans.
• Masterplanning, site massing/organisation, concept planning.
• Sketches / 3D representations / cross sections.
• Visual impact assessments (VA).
• CPTED assessments.
• Expert evidence.

An Exceptional Experience

Great urban design aims to create useful, safe, sustainable, and economically sound places.

Expert Advice

We integrate the required disciplines of planning, engineering, architecture and landscape design from across the Novo Group’s expert team. This enables us to deliver comprehensive, effective and robust advice.

Key Services

Our landscape architecture and urban design service offering is comprehensive and includes a diverse range of services, including:

• Masterplanning, site massing/organisation, concept planning.
• Sketches / 3D representations / cross sections.
• Visual impact assessments (VA).
• Urban design assessments.
• CPTED assessments.
• Expert evidence.