Ian Cowper - Cowper Campbell | Resource Management Law

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Qualifications

LLB (Hons), University of Auckland

Admitted

1971 New Zealand

Authorships

Water Conservation Orders: a paper delivered to the New Zealand Water Conference, 1995

Investment Certainty under the Resource Management Act 1991, Ministry for the Environment.

Legal issues in Planning for the Management of Geothermal Systems.

Chapters on Nature Conservation and Water, in Environmental Law (Butterworths 1997)

Memberships

Associate Member of the New Zealand Planning Institute

Founding director of the Environmental Defence Society Inc

Founding member of the Resource Management Law Association Inc

Founding member of the Tree Council (Auckland) Inc

Experience

Ian is a respected litigator and an expert strategist. He has been practising resource management and environmental law for more than 30 years. Ian is recognised as a pre-eminent force in his field and consequently has unmatched experience.

Electricity Projects

Obtaining the first Resource Management Act approvals for the Waikato hydro system and the Cobb Power Station
Advising Mighty River Power on its recent applications to repower the Marsden B power station to run on coal.

Other Major Projects

Obtaining resource consents for new and expanded dairy processing plants throughout New Zealand
Obtaining resource consents for the establishment of medium density fibreboard and laminated veneer lumberboard manufacturing plants.

Dispute Resolution

Appearing before Councils, the Environment Court, the District Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal across the range of resource management issues
Negotiations and mediations in relation to resource management and Public Works Act issues.

Adjudicator Role

Acting as a hearings commissioner for contentious resource consent applications
Mediating resource management disputes.

Advice to Consent Authorities

Representing the Ministry for Environment on New Zealand's first call-in of consents for the Taranaki Combined Cycle power station
Providing advice to the Combined Councils considering Transpower's applications for new power lines through the Waikato Region.

Plan Provisions

Counsel in Nugent v Auckland City, a landmark case that determined the tests for a rule in a district plan
Counsel in Auckland Regional Council v Auckland City Council, which established the concept of ‘reverse sensitivity'.

Water Matters

Obtaining Water Conservation Orders on the Mohaka, Rangitikei, and a range of smaller North Island rivers
Advising Mighty River Power about Environment Waikato's water allocation policy framework.

Policy Work

Advising the Ministry of Economic Development about its waterfront stadium proposal for Auckland
Providing advice to the Ministry for the Environment about investment certainty under the Resource Management Act and minimum flow definitions for rivers.