Rico Blog

How Rico reduces ‘planning by template’ and improves critical thinking

Planners worry technology will encourage more ‘planning by template’ and lower-quality assessments Many planners are concerned that...

8 Reasons why Rico won’t be another software flop for Council planning teams

Speaking to Council planning teams, we hear some horror stories about their experience with software implementations. Large, complicated...

How software helps planning teams deal with staff turnover and fluctuations in workloads

A key challenge for planning teams is maintaining the right people amidst the constant fluctuations in workloads and changes in staff...

How manual planning assessments and templates cost planners hours and result in poorer decisions

We generally outline the process for decision-making in consent applications - from proposal to final decision - with the diagram below....

Where Rico fits into the technology landscape at Councils

Where you're most likely used to seeing software When we mention software for streamlining consent processing to Councils, most naturally...