City Council fees and charges for consenting and compliance group 2020/2021.
Any functions or services that are provided but are not specifically detailed in this schedule will be charged at the relevant officer charge out rate.
All deposits and fixed fees will be invoiced at the time of lodgement with the Council and must be paid as soon as practicable. Our normal payment terms are 30 days from the date of the invoice however, all deposits and fixed fee invoices are payable within two working days from the date of invoice. Applications that are not accepted at the time they are submitted will incur administration costs.
Where this document refers to Residential, Commercial 1, 2 or 3 or Industrial this is the complexity of work according to the National BCA Competency Assessment System Levels.
| Consent type | Fee |
| Solid or liquid fuel heaters | $390 |
| Amendment of a solid or liquid fuel heater consent: change location or change to a non-comparable type of heater e.g. in-built to freestanding or dry to wet | $280 |
This deposit is payable for all residential and commercial consent applications and is non-refundable.
Actual costs will be calculated at the time of the processing decision.
New buildings, additions and alterations.
| Value of work | Fee |
| $0 to $19,999 | $1,200 |
| $20,000 to $100,000 | $1,400 |
| Over $100,000 to $300,000 | $2,000 |
| Over $300,000 to $500,000 | $2,800 |
| Over $500,000 | $3,800 |
New buildings, additions and alterations.
| Value of work | Fee |
| $0 to $19,999 | $1,550 |
| $20,000 to $100,000 | $2,670 |
| Over $100,000 to $500,000 | $4,000 |
| Over $500,000 to $1m | $5,850 |
| Over $1m | $7,990 |
| Type | Fee |
| Minor Variation | $185 |
| Residential (deposit – non-refundable) | $495 |
| Commercial/industrial (deposit – non-refundable) | $740 |
| Amendment to modify building code clause B2 – Durability (deposit – non-refundable) | $162.50 |
| Type | Fee |
| Registration of section 73 certificates under the Building Act 2004. (Hazard notice) | $420 |
| Registration of section 75 certificates under the Building Act 2004. (Building across allotment boundaries) | $420 |
| Building Consent Authority Covenant due to a condition for granting a waiver under section 67 of the Building Act 2004 | Actual cost |
| Value of work | Fees |
| Up to $300,000 | $1,750 |
| Over $300,000 to $500,000 | $1,900 |
| Over $500,000 | $2,500 |
Where the actual time of an inspection exceeds 1 hour then additional fees will be charged. These additional inspection fees will be based on the fee per inspection and charged in 15-minute increments.
Please note that the time taken for a building inspection is not necessarily all on-site. Officer time associated with inspection of a building will be charged, and this may include assessment, communications and decisions made off-site.
| Type | Fee |
| Residential (excluding multi-storey apartment buildings) | $200 |
| Commercial (including multi-storey apartment buildings and industrial) | $255 |
Provided that where the cost to process a notice to fix exceeds the scheduled fee then additional time will be charged at the relevant officer charge out rate.
| Type | Fee |
| Notice to fix - non-refundable deposit | $370 |
| Extension of time to start work on an issued building consent | $150 |
Provided that where the cost to process a certificate for public use exceeds the scheduled fee then additional time will be charged at the relevant officer charge out rate.
| Type | Fee |
| Commercial 1 and Commercial 2 | $430 |
| Commercial 3 | $850 |
Where the cost to make a code compliance certificate decision exceeds the fee paid then additional time will be charged at the relevant officer charge out rate.
| Type | Fee |
| Residential solid or liquid fuel heater (cost is part of flat application fee for solid or liquid fuel heater as shown above) | $100 |
| Residential minor building work | $126 |
| Residential accessory buildings and residential alterations | $220 |
| Residential new dwelling (excluding multi-storey apartment buildings) | $360 |
| Commercial 1 & 2, Residential multi-storey apartment buildings + alterations to a commercial 3 building less than or equal to $500,000 | $550 |
| Commercial 3 over $500,000 | $1,200 |
Provided that where the cost to process a compliance schedule exceeds the scheduled fee then additional time will be charged at the relevant officer charge out rate.
| Type | Fee |
| Application for amendment to a compliance schedule | $125 Plus $40 per system |
| Annual base fee for administering a Building warrant of fitness (BWOF) | $125 |
| Annual variable fee for administering a Building warrant of fitness (BWOF) per system* | $40 |
| Issue compliance schedule or amended compliance schedule with code compliance certificate | $200 |
| BWOF audit fee | $250 |
* Multiple features i.e. a Type 2 and a Type 4 fire alarm system within one compliance schedule is under the same specified system and recognised as one charge.
Please note that this fee applies whether the decision is to approve or decline the application.
| Type | Fee |
| Residential Exemptions | $590 |
| Commercial Exemptions | $800 |
| Marquees Exemptions | $490 |
Where the cost to process a certificate of acceptance exceeds the deposit then the additional cost will be charged at the relevant officer charge out rate.
S97(e) fees are separate and additional to processing costs and apply to all applications under S96(1)a.
| Residential certificate of acceptance applications (excluding multi-storey apartment buildings) - value of work: | Fee |
| $0 to $19,999 | $1,200 |
| $20,000 to $100,000 | $1,400 |
| Over $100,000 to $300,000 | $2,000 |
| Over $300,000 to $500,000 | $2,800 |
| Over $500,000 | $3,800 |
| Commercial certificate of acceptance applications (including multi-storey apartment buildings and industrial) - value of work: | Fee |
| $0 to $19,999 | $1,550 |
| $20,000 to $100,000 | $2,670 |
| Over $100,000 to $500,000 | $4,000 |
| Over $500,000 to $1m | $5,850 |
| Over $1m | $7,990 |
In the case of an application for a certificate of acceptance under Section 96(1)(a) of the Building Act 2004, the application must be accompanied by any fees, charges or levies that would have been payable had the owner, or the owner’s predecessor in title, applied for a building consent before carrying out the building work.
This is calculated on a case by case basis for each application and must be paid before processing starts.
Provided that where the cost to process a PIM exceeds the deposit then additional time will be charged at the relevant officer charge out rate.
| Type | Fee |
| Residential | $360 |
| Commercial/Industrial | $485 |
Where the cost to process a change of use exceeds the deposit then the additional cost will be charged at the relevant officer charge out rate.
| Type | Fee |
| Primary purpose where use of building changes | $540 |
| Type | Fee |
| Document storage fee for consents issued by other Building Consent Authorities | Actual costs based on the officer charge out rate. |
| Administration and management fee (applicable to all building consents without fixed fees and to certificates of acceptance) | $175 |
| Building Research Levy (set by legislation) The Building Research Levy Act 1969 requires the Council to collect a levy of $1 per $1,000 value (or part thereof) of building work valued at $20,000 or more. This is often referred to as the BRANZ levy. | ($1 per $1,000 value (or part thereof) of building work valued at $20,000 or more) |
| Building Levy (set by legislation) The Building Act 2004 requires the Council to collect a levy of $1.75 per $1,000 value (or part thereof) of building work valued at $20,444 or more. |
($1.75 per $1,000 (or part thereof) of building work valued at $20,444 or more) |
| Residential Accreditation Levy ($0.40 for every $1,000 of estimated value) An accreditation levy is payable on all building consents to cover Council costs of meeting the standards and criteria required under Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006. | $0.40 |
| Commercial Accreditation Levy ($0.60 for every $1,000 of estimated value) An accreditation levy is payable on all building consents to cover Council costs of meeting the standards and criteria required under Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006. | $0.60 |
| Application for Exemption for an Earthquake Prone Building (deposit) | $610 |
| Application for an Extension of time for a Heritage Earthquake Prone Building (deposit) | $610 |
| Assessment of information related to a Building’s EQP status (deposit) | $610 |
| Notification of works to be placed on property file | $65 |
| Electronic file management charge | $52 |
Note that additional roles may be added during the period that this schedule applies, and the rate charged will be the existing role that is closest to the new role.
| Type | Fee |
| Rate 1: Building Support Officer, Inspections Support Officer | $120 |
| Rate 2: Code Compliance Assessors, Vetting & Allocation Officers | $180 |
| Rate 3: Building Consent/Control Officer, Building Inspector, Case Manager, External Contractor (Inspections and Processing), Specialist input from another council department | $210 |
| Rate 4: Specialist, Senior Building Consent/Control Officer, Senior Building Inspector, Specialist input from another council department | $245 |
| Rate 5: Specialist Engineer, Principal Building Official, External Specialist, Specialist input from another council department | $275 |
| Rate 6: Senior Engineer, Team Manager, Senior External Specialist, Specialist input from another council department | $294 |
The partnership approvals service is available for projects where a case management approach will assist with the rebuild of the city.
Examples are projects that are high profile, either in terms of the site or the proposed development, high dollar value, highly complex, or customers with multiple projects.
| Type | Fee |
| Case manager hourly charge out rate | $210 |
| Individual agreements for service may be available to customers | By negotiation |
Officer time and administration costs pre and post meeting will be incorporated into the total cost of service.
| Type | Fee |
| Pre-application meetings | Actual costs recovered based on charge out rate of officers in attendance. |
Requests for estimates of development contributions where no building consent, resource consent, subdivision consent or service connection has been applied for.
| Type | Fee |
| Estimate of development contributions (Fixed fee) | $95 |
You can get an estimate of your development contributions (fixed fee applies) or use our development contributions look-up.
| Type | Fee |
| Deposit required before processing of the objection will commence | $1,000 |
| Development contributions commissioners | Actual cost |
| Secretarial costs (hourly rate) | $100 |
| Administrative costs - Development Contributions Assessors (hourly rate) | $150 |
| Administrative costs - Team Leader/Manager level (hourly rate) | $200 |
| Disbursements | Actual cost |
Refer to fees stated within the applicable application forms.
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