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Development daily / weekly workflow

What a developer or development manager should do each day and week

Property development is controlled by information flow. This workflow keeps consultant progress, design, consents, budget, programme, risks, funding, market conditions, council, builder, sales, and decisions visible.

Daily controlsWeekly reportingDecision discipline

Daily workflow

  1. 1Open the action list, risk register, decision register, consent tracker, RFI tracker, budget, cashflow, programme, and latest email actions.
  2. 2Check urgent deadlines: offer conditions, council RFIs, consultant deliverables, finance conditions, tender dates, construction milestones, CCC/title/settlement requirements.
  3. 3Chase blockers early and record who owns each response.
  4. 4Update feasibility when cost, revenue, finance, design, consent, construction, or market evidence changes.
  5. 5Record every decision with source documents and approval conditions.
  6. 6Send short updates to the developer or trainer showing what changed, what is blocked, what is at risk, and what decision is needed.

Weekly workflow

  1. 1Run a weekly development meeting or written review.
  2. 2Review consultant progress, design progress, consent progress, budget, programme, risk, funding, market, sales, construction, and settlement actions.
  3. 3Update decision and risk registers before the meeting so discussions are specific.
  4. 4Compare current feasibility against the last approved version.
  5. 5Confirm next week's top five actions and who owns them.
  6. 6File the weekly report and source documents.
DailyWorkflow

Morning development control check

What to do

  • Check urgent consultant, lawyer, lender, council, builder, and agent emails.
  • Check today-specific due dates, consent/RFI deadlines, offer conditions, and settlement dates.
  • Update the action list and decide what must be chased before midday.

Evidence to keep

  • Updated action list
  • email/file notes
  • risk register entries
DailyWorkflow

Consultant progress

What to do

  • Check design, planning, engineering, survey, QS, legal, accounting, valuation, and agent tasks.
  • Ask for dates, blockers, missing inputs, and decisions needed.
  • Record delays and update programme.

Evidence to keep

  • Consultant tracker
  • meeting notes
  • programme update
WeeklyWorkflow

Budget and feasibility control

What to do

  • Update committed costs, forecast costs, contingency, finance costs, and revenue assumptions.
  • Compare current feasibility with the version used for the last approval.
  • Flag any margin movement immediately.

Evidence to keep

  • Feasibility version
  • budget report
  • decision register
WeeklyWorkflow

Consent and council follow-up

What to do

  • Review resource consent, building consent, engineering approval, inspection, and CCC trackers.
  • Confirm RFI owners and deadlines.
  • Record any council advice and source documents.

Evidence to keep

  • Consent tracker
  • RFI tracker
  • council meeting notes
WeeklyWorkflow

Funding and cashflow

What to do

  • Check lender conditions, valuation/QS requirements, drawdown evidence, equity needs, and cashflow timing.
  • Update accountant and developer where GST/tax/cash timing may change.

Evidence to keep

  • Cashflow forecast
  • lender condition tracker
  • accountant notes
WeeklyWorkflow

Market and sales

What to do

  • Check comparable sales, buyer feedback, listing competition, campaign performance, presales, and settlement risks.
  • Update GRV assumptions if evidence changes.

Evidence to keep

  • Sales tracker
  • market notes
  • agent report
MilestoneWorkflow

Decision register discipline

What to do

  • Before each major commitment, record the decision, evidence, assumptions, professional advice, risks, and approver.
  • Do not let verbal decisions replace written records.

Evidence to keep

  • Decision register
  • approval email
  • supporting source pack
WeeklyWorkflow

Weekly developer report

What to do

  • Summarise scope, cost, programme, risk, consents, finance, sales, and decisions needed.
  • Keep it short enough to read but specific enough to act on.

Evidence to keep

  • Weekly report
  • updated registers
  • dashboard screenshot/export

Source / Where to check

Relevant professional advice

Planner, surveyor, architect, engineer, quantity surveyor, lawyer, accountant, lender, valuer, real estate agent, and other project specialists must confirm site-specific decisions.

Auckland Council resource consent

Check council guidance, application requirements, RFI process, consent conditions, approved plans, engineering approvals, and monitoring requirements for site-specific development approvals.

Auckland Council building consents

Auckland Council explains local building consent processes, CCC, related certificates, producer statements, LBP notification, and whether resource consent may also be needed.

Inland Revenue property guidance

Use IRD property guidance for tax topics such as income tax, GST, rental income, property sales, and entity records. Confirm project-specific treatment with an accountant or tax adviser.