The Resource Management Act is officially bound for the scrapheap

The Government's replacing the hefty legislation with two new laws - one based around planning, and the other on the environment.

The new laws will cut consent and permit numbers by 46-percent, and speed up those still required.

Changes also allow people to claim regulatory relief, if they're negatively affected by council planning decisions.

Act leader David Seymour says it's a gamechanger.

He's encouraging people to engage and submit on the changes.