Building Consents

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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 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

Type	Administration Fee	Inspection Fee	Technical Processing Fee	Total Fees
New Commercial	600.00	2160.00	1800.00	4560.00
New Industrial	600.00	2160.00	1800.00	4560.00
Alterations Commercial	400.00	1080.00	1080.00	2560.00
Alterations Industrial	400.00	1080.00	1080.00	2560.00
New Residential Standard	450.00	1440.00	1440.00	3330.00
New Residential Bricks	450.00	1800.00	1440.00	3690.00
New Residential Standard Owner/builder exemption	450.00	2160.00	1620.00	4230.00
New Residential Bricks Owner/builder exemption	450.00	2340.00	1800.00	4590.00
Rural Minor Building	200.00	360.00	360.00	920.00
Dairy Shed	400.00	1080.00	900.00	2380.00
Dairy Shed with WC	400.00	1240.00	1080.00	2720.00
Dwelling Additions	280.00	900.00	540.00	1720.00
Relocated Buildings	400.00	900.00	900.00	2200.00
Garage/Accessory	200.00	360.00	360.00	920.00
Garage - Sleep out	250.00	1080.00	720.00	2050.00
Swimming Pool	150.00	360.00	180.00	690.00
Aerial/Masts/Shades	250.00	360.00	180.00	790.00
Plumbing	130.00	360.00	180.00	670.00
Drainage	130.00	180.00	180.00	490.00
Heaters	100.00	180.00	90.00	370.00
Demolition	150.00	180.00	180.00	510.00
Carport	130.00	360.00	130.00	620.00
Solar water heating (Residential Only)			Alphaone fees applies	Alphaone fees applies

INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CHARGES TO THE ABOVE FEE ON ALL CONSENTS

Estimate value of work	Alphaone fee
$1 - $124,999	$86.25 (75.00 +GST)
$125,000 - $499,999	$258.75 ($225.00 +GST)
$500,000 - $999,999	$431.25 (375.00 +GST)
$1 Million - $5 Million (capped at $5 Million	0.0375% of Estimated value of work + GST

BRANZ LEVY	$1.00 per $1000 dollars levy is payable on each consent valued at over $20,000
MBIE LEVY	$1.75 per $1000 dollars levy is payable on each consent valued at over $20,444
BCA LEVY	$3.50 per $1000 dollars levy is payable on each consent valued at over $20,000
REVALUATION FEE	$135.00 for all work over $9,999

Type	Total Fees
Project Information Memorandum (PIM)	180.00	no charge if issued with building consent
Certificate of Title	21.00
Sewer Connection fee	215.00	Installation cost on request
Water Connection fee	215.00	Installation cost on request
Rural ID Number	118.00
Compliance Schedules	180.00	Plus $10.00 per item listed
BWOF Processing (annual fee)	120.00	Receiving annual Building Warrant of Fitness
BWOF 2nd reminder notice	180.00
Audit Building with Compliance Schedules	120.00 for 1st half an hour, 180.00 per hour thereafter
Additional Inspection	180.00
Additional Processing fee	180.00	Includes processing extensive further information requests, timeframe exceeding expectation
Certificate of Public Use	250.00
Request for Exemption of Work	180.00
Building Consent Amendment	Minimum 180.00	Actual and reasonable costs, no less than the minimum
Extension of time for existing BC	120.00
Spa/Swimming Pool Compliance Inspection	180.00
Application to waiver/modify Building Code requirements	Actual & reasonable costs
Monthly statistical printout	155/ year or 17.00 / month
Notice to Fix issued under sec 164 Of the Building Act 2004	360.00
Registration of certificate issued under section 73 of the BA 2004	Actual Costs
Registration of certificate issued under section 77 of the BA 2004	Actual Costs

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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