The National Party today introduced an election policy which would see a six-month time limit on planning consents for medium-sized buildings.
Prime Minister John Key made the policy announcement during a visit to Tauranga.
The new time limit would affect subdivisions, retail development, infrastructure and industrial development.
The policy would mean local authorities had a six-month time limit for processing resource consent applications - some of which are currently taking as much as two years.
- Bay of Plenty Times
