The regulatory picture for a forest block, in minutes rather than a day.
Enter the Record of Title references. ForestCheck reads the erosion classification, land use capability and a 1 m LiDAR slope model, then hands you the GIS layers and a cited report of what each NES-CF activity is likely to require.
How it works
Tell it which property
Enter the titles, pick them on a map, or upload your own boundary shapefile.
It reads the sources
Title boundaries, erosion susceptibility, LUC, LiDAR slope, indigenous cover and protected areas, measured over your block. Usually two to three minutes.
You download the results
A link arrives by email: the GIS layers ready for QGIS or ArcGIS, and a PDF report for the client file. No account needed.
What you get
The layers you would otherwise build by hand
- Property boundary, erosion susceptibility zones and the harvest assessable area
- 1 m slope model, with ground steeper than 25° mapped
- Harvest terrain classes
- Indigenous forest and protected land netted off to an operable area
- Everything in NZTM 2000, one GeoPackage
And a report for the file
- Each regulated NES-CF activity checked against this property
- The regulation cited for every finding
- Where the council plan may be stricter, under regulation 6
- Anything that could not be read reported as a gap, never left out
Pricing is per property, scaled by area, and will be published at launch.
Who it is for
Forestry consultants, forest managers and valuers who pull this information together for purchases, harvest planning and planting proposals — often several times a month, from several different government and council websites.
Register your interest
ForestCheck is being tested against real assessments before it opens. Leave your email and you will hear when it does — nothing else, and you can ask to be removed at any time.
The two questions about your work are optional. They help decide what gets built first.
Questions
Is this planning advice?
No. It is an indicative screening of publicly available data. It tells you what the data shows about the block and which rules that points to, with sources, so you can decide what needs a closer look. It does not replace a planner, a forestry consultant or the council.
Where does the data come from?
Public government sources: Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, the Ministry for Primary Industries, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and Stats NZ. Every figure in the report states the source it came from.
Which regions does it cover?
The national layers cover all of New Zealand. Council-specific rules vary, and the report says plainly where the district or regional plan needs checking.
When will it open?
When the testing against real assessments is finished. Register above and you will be told first.