Matt Jackson

Planning Consultant

Matt is a Planning Consultant based at TPG’s Tauranga office.

Matt prepares resource consent applications for private and government clients and processes consents for Councils across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato.

Prior to joining TPG, Matt spent 13 years working as a planner and property development manager in Johannesburg, South Africa where he worked for a private Build to Rent housing company, a Council development agency and a commercial property development firm. During this time Matt undertook resource and building consents, prepared plan changes and managed stakeholder relations for a priority development area for the Council. Highlights including resource consents for a 50ha industrial precinct delivering 250,000m² of new development rights and preparing the private plan change which enabled these consents. Matt took the lead in the preparation of a Council led plan change for an existing neighbourhood adjoining a high-density transit corridor to guide council infrastructure investment and ensure the development controls enabled greater housing supply.

His broad range of experience from site level projects to larger comprehensive developments and plan changes has given him excellent project management skills. He has a mind for detail, whilst also appreciating the bigger picture on projects, no matter how big or small.