Experience and Collaboration

With over 25 years experience working within local councils let us work with you to build your skills and knowledge and develop a system that works.

Helping you get to Compliant

We provide training tailored to your needs. Whether you have one DCP or 10, or a combination of DCPs and ICPs. We can also provide ongoing support to complete mandatory reporting. Including providing support in the event skilled DCP staff are unavailable.

Our Process

Evaluate

Together, we explore the nature of your challenges and how best to design a solution that meets your needs. We're keen to provide the support and training you need for staff to maximise the efficacy of DCP and ICP reserves and achieve compliance at same time. 

Collaborate Openly

You’re part of the process. We keep communication open and provide recommendations to customize solutions.

Plan with Purpose

Every project is different. We stay flexible and responsive to make sure the process fits your flow—not the other way around.

Ongoing Assistance

When we deliver, it’s not just a finished product—it’s a solution you can trust, backed by real care and effort.

Our Services

    • Provision of training and financial forecasting for CIL/DIL collections.

    • Review of current Practices for CIL/DIL collection.

    • Training and review for land equalisation and calculation methodology.

    • Compliance with Planning Environment Act 1987. Local Government Act 1989. Building Act 1993 and Land Valuations Act 1960.

    • Support for 5 yearly reviews for DCPs/ICPs.

    • Templates for calculating the finances for the DCPs/ICPs lifetime to predetermine the financial surplus/deficit.

    • Support to create customised policy to unlock the potential of your DCP/ICP reserves.

    • Support to create customised Guidelines for implementation of DCPs/ICPs.

    • Prepare strategies based on legal advice to support decision making and cash flow management.

    • Early Acquisition of land.

    • Early Delivery of Community Facilities.

    • Delivery of Community Facilities by developers.

    • Annual activity reporting in accordance with the Ministerial Direction.

    • Annual activity reporting via the DTP Portal.

    • Customise templates for financial record keeping, compliance and ultimate 5 yearly reviews.

    • Training on account keeping and compliance.

    • Customised levy collection procedures with templates to achieve maximum collection.

    • Exceptions reporting to ensure maximum levy collection and comply with audit report processes.

    • Advice on best practice for audit compliance.

    • Support for reviewing drafting s173 agreements.

    • Preparation and negotiation of financial terms for complex s173 agreements.

    • Training on s173 preparation and ending.

    • Training for s173 agreement (WIK offsets) and financial delegations.

    • Training to recognising Public Open Space and calculations and financial forecasting.

    • Vital record keeping

    • Services for the upgrade of maps for legibility, project identification and visual enhancement to support communications.

    • Net Developable Area (NDA) Calculation and Levy charging for DCP/ICP and Public Open Space.

    • Preparation of 5 Year review template with individual DCP data.

    • Support for 5 year review and data entry from Council sources.

    • Data Entry to provide DCP/ICP admin support/backfill staff.

    • Admin support to populate new software upload docs and project data entry from council sources.

    • Group Training provided on topics of your choice, such as

      • Intro to Planning Admin for DCPs/ICPs

      • Benefits of doing 5 Yearly Reviews for DCPs/ICPs

      • Calculating NDA

      • Recognising Inner Public Purpose Land (ICP Growth)

      • Public Open Space and compliance with financial forecasts

      • CIL Collection Processes, Indexation & Forecasting

      • DIL Collection Processes & Exemptions

      • DIL Collection and Existing Use Rights

      • Negotiating complex s173 agreements

      • Introduction to DCPs/ICPs (101)

      • Managing DCPs/ICPs and Compliance for Planners

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