For Waikato planners
Drafting for planners working across the Waikato.
Dendra holds the district and city plans of ten councils in the Waikato region, built from official council sources. Forward a brief for a site in any of them and a draft Google Doc comes back for you to check and refine.
- Hamilton City, Waikato District, Waipā, Taupō and six more councils
- Site lookups from the LINZ parcel and each council's public map service, where one exists
- Plan changes and appeals flagged, so drafts do not present them as operative
Council by council
What Dendra holds for each Waikato council.
District and city plans
- Hamilton City. Operative district plan chapters and plan change decisions. PC 14 decisions are held but flagged as not operative. Zone from the council's map service.
- Waikato District. The operative in part district plan from the council's ePlan, with appeals flagged. Zone and hazard, heritage and other layers from the council's map service.
- Waipā District. The latest complete council copy of each plan section. Some recent plan changes are not included yet, and drafts flag this.
- Thames-Coromandel District. The operative in part district plan, with appeals flagged. Zone from the council's map service.
- Taupō District. The operative district plan, with pending plan changes held separately as not operative. The planning maps are not held, so the zone comes from the council's map service and drafts say so.
More Waikato councils
- Matamata-Piako District. The district plan from the council's ePlan, with recent and proposed plan changes flagged.
- South Waikato District. The council's online district plan, with proposed Plan Change 4 flagged.
- Ōtorohanga District. The Operative District Plan 2014. The plan uses Effects Areas rather than zones, and site lookups read them.
- Hauraki District. District plan text. The council does not publish a zoning map service, so drafts flag the zone for you to confirm.
- Waitomo District. The Proposed District Plan appeals version, and the 2009 operative plan where rules are under appeal. No zoning map service, so drafts flag the zone for you to confirm.
National instruments
The Resource Management Act, the National Planning Standards, the NES for contaminated soil (with the HAIL list) and the NES for freshwater. RMA amendments that are not yet in force are flagged.
Not held yet
Regional plans, including the Waikato Regional Plan, are not in Dendra's library yet. Where a draft touches regional rules, it marks them for you to check. All coverage
Pricing
Founding partner pricing.
For the first 10 planning teams: 40% off the list price for the first two years. Prices exclude GST. 90-day money-back guarantee. Full pricing details
- One plannerFounding price
Solo planner
$750/month + GST
List price
$1,250. Founding price for your first 24 months.- 4 AEEs a month
- Unlimited pre-assessments
- Unlimited council replies
- 2 to 5 plannersFounding price
Practice
$2,100/month + GST
List price
$3,500. Founding price for your first 24 months.- 15 AEEs a month
- Unlimited pre-assessments
- Unlimited council replies
Questions
What planners ask us.
Which Waikato councils does Dendra cover?
Hamilton City, Waikato District, Waipā, Thames-Coromandel, Hauraki, Matamata-Piako, Ōtorohanga, South Waikato, Taupō and Waitomo district plans, built from official council sources.
Does Dendra include the Waikato Regional Plan?
Not yet. Regional plans are not in Dendra's library. Where a draft touches regional rules, it marks them for you to check.
How does Dendra handle plan changes and appeals?
Plan changes, appeals and provisions that are not yet operative are held separately and flagged. They are listed among the things to check, so a draft does not present them as operative.
What if a council has no zoning map service?
Hauraki and Waitomo do not publish one. For sites there, the draft flags the zone for you to confirm instead of guessing.
Request a walkthrough
See Dendra on a job like yours.
Tell us about your firm and the councils you work with. A person reads every enquiry and replies by email.
What happens next
- 1We reply by email to arrange a walkthrough of Dendra on an example job.
- 2We set your firm up with you by email: your planners, a few reports you are happy with, and your letterhead.
- 3You accept the terms and set up monthly billing through Stripe.
- 4You forward your first job.