Introduction Councils and planning consultancies are increasingly exploring the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) into planning...

The Challenge We're Tackling Resource consent processing has traditionally been a fragmented journey, with consultants and councils...

Announcement: We are excited to have started working with Selwyn District Council (SDC) to help use our technology to streamline their...

Technology plays a vital role in local government operations. But when it comes to software, a critical question arises: build or...

In the world of planning decisions, tradition often reigns supreme. Experienced planners have typically developed their own approaches...

Planning reports are getting longer and that’s making it harder to clearly communicate relevant information. I hear complaints of this...

Planning can get complicated. That makes ensuring consistent quality assessments across teams of all different skills and approaches...

Rico has some similarities to templates, but is fundamentally different Most planners currently use templates for producing planning...

It's well known that systems play a crucial role in distinguishing successful organisations and teams from unsuccessful ones. Without...

Planners use Rico for similar reasons Accountants use Xero - it removes manual work not worth a professional consultant's time. In the...

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

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

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

RFIs are a pain! This video dives into the root causes of RFIs and reveals how Rico helps planners avoid these and achieve consistently...

Introduction Rico conducted a study to analyse the effect of the recently proposed amendment to the RMA to enable housing supply on the...

A couple of years ago, if you mentioned ‘software’ to someone working in a small or medium sized business (SMB), the likes of Word and...

A major concern for those preparing and submitting resource consent applications isn’t just what’s in the application, but what might...

E7 Taking, using, damming and diversion of water and drilling - is a less obvious AUP consideration - but one which has been resulting in...

E27 Transport is one of the, if not the most, complicated sections of the Unitary Plan. What’s more, its rules affect most projects. This...