Build a development-application lodgement checklist from the controls
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the planning controls, overlays and application form, list required reports, drawings, referrals and fees, and flag missing items in the draft pack.
- What the lawyer must review
- Confirm the current controls and the correct consent authority
- Do not treat a generated checklist as a planning approval
- Written for / version
- NZ
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording and identifying points for review. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Open each relied-on authority independently. Confirm its existence, current status, proposition and any quotation or pinpoint reference.
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.