Partners need to commit to the partnership by meeting

In return, we’ll commit to help ensure the success of the programme for our partners.

Being a partner of our Professional Partnership Programme means that not only are you meeting the programmes criteria and expectations, but you’re also actively engaging in the programme.

Actively engaging in the programme means you

  • keep us informed (eg projected workloads, heads up on anything usual, staffing updates, change in contact details, etc),
  • follow application requirements consistently,
  • receive minimal processing RFIs,
  • have minimal serious inspection issues,
  • keep current with legislative changes and council requirements, and
  • submit the majority of your consent applications through the programme.

You will be contacted if we think you’re not engaging or meeting the criteria of the programme to find out if there’s reason for lack of engagement and see if we can help with a way forward.

We'll then monitor your participation over an advised period of time, and which may result in you being removed from the programme if there’s still little engagement by you, or you’re still not meeting the programmes criteria and expectations.