Our work

Primary and High School Projects

Planz Consultants Limited has supported the Ministry of Education and various school Boards of Trustees across a wide range of primary and high school projects.

These initiatives include everything from complete campus replacements to new classroom blocks and heritage building restorations.

The scope of work involves preparing Outline Plans and obtaining necessary resource consents to ensure compliance and successful project delivery. In addition to public schools, Planz Consultants Limited has provided critical planning advice and secured consents for private and special character schools, enabling the development and enhancement of their educational facilities.

School Examples:

  • Mastery Schools NZ: A new school for children with academic learning difficulties, within the Industrial General Zone.
  • Spreydon Primary: Complete replacement school campus.
  • Wigram Primary: Complete replacement school campus.
  • Lyttelton Primary: Complete replacement school campus, including heritage works.
  • Beckenham Primary: New classroom blocks and hall.
  • Cashmere Primary: New classroom blocks.
  • Somerfield Primary: New classroom blocks.
  • Pegasus Primary: Additions and alterations to classroom blocks.
  • Halswell Residential College: New classrooms and student residential accommodation.
  • St Bede’s College: New chapel and sports pavilion.
  • Cashmere High School: New classroom blocks.
  • Christchurch Boys High School: Repairs and alterations to listed Deans farm heritage buildings.
  • Christchurch Girl’s High School: Additions to staffroom facilities and repairs and alterations to listed heritage building Acland House.

Private and Special Character Schools:

  • Christ’s College: New ‘Flowers’ boarding house, rowing facility, District Plan evidence, planning advice on new indoor pool and gymnasium.
  • Rangi Ruru: New performing arts facility, artificial turf sports courts.
  • St Margaret’s College: Master Plan review, protected tree removal.
  • Medbury College: Performing arts building, new staff parking area.
  • Cathedral Grammar: Library extension and repairs and alterations to a listed heritage building.
  • St Marks Primary: Notice of Requirement for designation.
  • Middleton Grange: Notice of Requirement for designation.
  • Aidanfield Primary: Notice of Requirement for designation.
  • Hillview Christian School: Notice of Requirement for designation.
  • Various Catholic schools in Christchurch, Waimakariri, Mackenzie, and Timaru Districts: Notice of Requirement for designation.

Related Projects

University of Canterbury, Tupuarangi Student Accommodation

Tupuārangi Student Accommodation

Planz Consultants played a key role in securing resource consent for Tupuārangi, a 283-bed student accommodation facility standing 26.56 metres high on Homestead Lane, part of the University of Canterbury campus in Ilam.