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and more...
Planning decisions are harder than they
should be
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Requirements keep changing
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Manual processes waste time
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Reports get reworked and reformatted
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Inconsistent decisions across staff
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Outcomes are often unclear and inefficient
Not a council?
One platform to streamline planning decisions
Automated reports
Instantly generate structured, professional outputs.
Smart workflows
Guided steps through rules, consent triggers, and assessments.
GIS integration
Custom configuration
Zoning, overlays, and spatial data pulled in automatically.
Adapted to your plan, context, and preferences.
Where Rico sits in councils' architecture
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The impact of using Rico
35%
reduction
in decision-making time
100%
of planners
report more confident decisions
30+
minutes
of non-billable time saved per project
Not a council?
A unique tool, made for planners
The flexibility of Word planners love, with the efficiency and quality of a system
Hear it from our users
"Rico is a key part of our action plan to improve our timeframes and deliver a quality resource consent service, by streamlining planning assessments, removing administrative tasks and allowing our planners to focus on the planner stuff that requires their skills and expertise."
Emma Larsen
Head of Resource Consents
Bringing AI into Rico worfklow
Capture in-depth project data as you work, then put it to use – site details, checklists and plan assessments feed directly into Rico AI, for more accurate and specific outputs every time.
Use templates and past projects to shape assessments – combine project data with past projects and templates in simple prompts to get consistent, well-structured drafts ready to review.
Planner-controlled, transparent and auditable – Rico's methodical step-by-step workflow ensures planners maintain full understanding and visibility throughout the process so they can review, edit and sign off with confidence.
