Building Consents

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Fees and Charges - 2024 - 25

Please note:

In addition to the fee for a building consent, other fees may be applicable.
Additional processing/inspection fees will be charged at the hourly rate for extra processing and inspections as required. If engineering/design peer reviews are required by Council officers, then the costs will be charged as additional to the below fees.

Provisions to the schedule above

Where Council Officers do not have the qualifications to certify or approve any building work, the fee for the building consent shall be charged on the following basis:

The scheduled fee for the issue of a building consent shall be charged, plus all actual and reasonable costs for the provision of contracted certification(s).
Such additional charge(s) shall be estimated at the time of application of the consent and a deposit of this amount will be required.

The applicant shall pay the actual and reasonable costs of the service(s) provided, less the deposit, prior to the issue of any certificates. Alternatively, any excess will be refunded.

All fees have an additional Alpha One charge that needs to be added to these fees. Please refer to the Alpha One table that follows for these charges.

BUILDING CONSENT FEES COMMENCING 1st JULY 2023 (BUILDING ACT 2004)

All fees and charges are shown GST inclusive

Building Consent Fees (Building Act 2004)	2024-25
New - Commercial	$ 5,060
New - Industrial	$ 5,060
Alterations – Commercial	$ 2,850
Alterations – Industrial	$ 2,850
New – Residential – Standard	$ 3,700
New – Residential – Brick	$ 4,100
New – Residential – Standard Owner/builder exemption	$ 4,700
New – Residential – Brick Owner/builder exemption	$ 5,100
Rural – Minor building	$ 1020
Dairy shed	$ 2,640
Dairy shed – with WC	$ 3,040
Dwelling additions / alterations	$1,920
Relocated buildings	$ 2,640
Garage/accessory	$ 1000
Garage/sleep out	$ 2,275
Swimming pool	$ 770
Aerials/Masts/Shades	$ 875
Plumbing	$ 750
Drainage	$ 550
Heaters Freestanding	$ 400
Heaters Inbuilt (cavity and final inspection)	$ 500
Demolition	$ 570
Carport	$ 700
Certificate of Title	$25
Solar water heating (Residential only)	Alpha One fee applies

Alpha One fee

Estimated Value of Work	2024-25
$1 - $124,999	$86.25
$125,000 - $499,999	$258.75
$500,000 - $999,999	$431.25
$1 Million - $5 Million (capped at $5 Million)	0.0375% of Estimated value of work + GST

Building Consent Fees continued	2024-25
Sewer connection admin fee	Please see section 32 'Sewer connections'
Water connection admin fee (Installation cost on request)	Please see section 45 'Water connections'
Compliance schedules (plus $20.00 per item listed)	$ 400

Other Building Consent Fees	2024-25
Project Information Memorandum (PIM) – no charge if issued with building consent	$ 200
Extension of time for existing building consent	$ 130
Building warrant of fitness processing (annual fee)	$ 130
Building warrant of fitness – 2nd reminder notice	$ 200
Additional processing fee (per hour) Including processing extensive further information requests, timeframe exceeding expectation.	$ 200
Simple inspections within the district - less than 30 minutes of staff time (general in nature, not pursuant to a consent) (per inspection)	$ 200
Inspection for certificate or change of use of building (per inspection)	$ 200
Additional inspection	$ 200
Certificate of public use	$ 400
Request for exempt work	$ 200
Inspection of buildings outside district	$200 plus IRD vehicle cost rate/km
Auditing of building or site with Compliance Schedule	$ 130 for the first half an hour, $ 200 per hour thereafter
Simple request for information – less than 30 minutes of staff time (other than a LIM or a certificate of any type)	No charge
Spa/swimming pool compliance inspection	$ 200
Application for waiver of building code requirements	Actual and reasonable costs
Monthly statistical printout of building works	$170/year or $20/month
Photocopying charge for electronic building consents	Actual costs - see section 26 'Photo copying costs'
Building consent amendment	Actual and reasonable costs, minimum charge of $ 200
Structural checking	Actual costs
Registration of certificates issued under section 73 of the Building Act 2004	Actual costs
Certificate issued under section 77 of the Building Act 2004	Actual costs
Building Control Authority (BCA) – fee per $1000 of value over $20,000	$ 3.50
Amusement devices (Amusement Devices Regulations 1978) Fee set by Statute	First device $11.50, subsequent devices $2.30
Notice to Fix issued under section 164 of the Building Act 2004.	$ 400
Revaluation Fees (for all work over $9,999)	$150

Levies – set by statute	2024-25
Building research levy (BRANZ) – buildings over $20,000. Fee per $1000 of value	$1
Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment – buildings from $20,444. Fee per $1000 of value	$1.75

Peer Review

If any peer review is required by Council’s Building Control Officers, then the cost of this will be charged additional to the above fees.

1) Where Council Officers do not have the qualifications to certify or approve any building work, the fee for the building consent shall be charged on the following basis.1a. The scheduled fee for the issue of a building consent shall be charged, plus all actual and reasonable costs for the provision of contracted certification(s).1b. Such additional charge(s) shall be estimated at the time of application of the consent and a deposit of this amount will be required.

2) The applicant shall pay the actual and reasonable costs of the service(s) provided, less the deposit in 1b above, prior to the issue of any certificates. Alternatively, any excess will be refunded.

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