Development Assessment team changes in City Development


Following recent recruitment activity and internal reviews, there are some changes to key staff and reporting lines within the Planning Assessment and Major Assessment Sections of City Development.

Major Assessment Section

  • The Central Assessment team will be realigned to report to the Executive Coordinator of Major Assessment, Steve Brett and will now sit within the Major Assessment Section.
  • The Central Assessment team will continue to coordinate the assessment all development applications in Divisions 6, 7, and 10. However, they will now also coordinate the assessment of applications in Division 12.
  • The Major Assessment team will continue to assess major development proposals across the City.
  • The Major Assessment and Central Assessment teams will remain separate teams under the supervision of Phil Zappala (Major Assessment) and Jemma Glover (Central Assessment), with Steve Brett overseeing both teams within the Major Assessment Section.

Planning Assessment Section

  • As mentioned above, the Central Assessment team will no longer be part of the Planning Assessment Section.
  • Development applications in Division 8 will now be assessed by the South Assessment Team (Adam Brown’s team) in the Planning Assessment Section.
  • The South Assessment team will coordinate all applications in Divisions 8, 9, 11, 13 and 14 under Adam Brown’s Supervision.
  • Andrew Powell and Emma McGregor are the two Supervisors of the North Assessment Team.
  • There are no changes to the Fast Track Team or Planning Enquiries Centre.
  • Roger Sharpe is the Executive Coordinator for all teams within the Planning Assessment Section.

Current applications that are affected by the changes above will continue to be assessed by the current planning officer and supervisor in most instances. However, Officers will contact applicants to advise if there are any changes to the allocated assessment officer.

For reference, a list of the Supervisors and contact numbers for each team is provided below:

Major Assessment Section

Major Assessment Team – Phil Zappala (5582 8689)

Central Assessment Team – Divisions 6, 7, 10, 12 – Jemma Glover (5582 9854)

Planning Assessment Section

North Assessment Team – Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 – Andrew Powell (5582 8289) & Emma McGregor (5582 9852)

South Assessment Team – Divisions 8, 9, 11, 13 and 14 – Adam Brown (5582 8737)

Fast Track Team – Wiremu Cherrington (5582 8694)

Planning Enquiries Centre – 5582 8708