Melissa Kurihara
About
Melissa is a chartered town planner with 15 years' experience, working for both public sector and private sector organisations.
Melissa's expertise spans strategic planning, infrastructure assessment, policy development and delivery and community and stakeholder engagement.
Melissa has a strong track record in plan making, having provided support to numerous Local Planning Authorities. Her involvement runs from initial options analysis, evidence gathering/production and policy drafting through to defence of policy at Examination in Public. She has a keen interest in planning and the water environment.
Melissa regularly provides planning expert witness services at planning inquiry, with a particular focus on five year land supply assessment, residential developments and strategic housing land availability assessments (SHLAAs).
