Sweetman Planning Services

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Putting the positive back into planning.

Planning, policy, environment

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Sweetman Planning Services (SPS) operates throughout New Zealand and offers specialist, best practice and independent planning and policy advice.

Specialising in the RMA, wider natural resource planning and policy, with particular strengths in local government and Maori planning issues, SPS was started by Gina Sweetman who is highly qualified, an accredited Hearings Commissioner, and a Councillor of the prestigious New Zealand Planning Institute. Gina has a wealth of experience in


Best practice, training and guidance
Council reviews and audits
Team and project management and leadership
Māori planning issues
Central and local government processes, policy development, implementation and evaluation
Plan development, change and reviews
Resource consent processing
RMA, Treaty, Takutai Moana, Aquaculture, Freshwater and Climate Change



SPS provides best value service to clients, with an honest and no-nonsense approach. SPS “tells it straight” and allows clients to make informed judgments on the basis of this advice.