2008/09 Consent fees and charges

On this page you will find the comprehensive list of fees and charges for resource consents, building consents, inspections, and provision of property information.

The page is broken into three sections, click on any link to go directly to that section.

• Resource consents and environment policy
• Building consents and inspections
• Provision of property information

Environmental health licences

Fee information for charges relating to environmental health licences - animal control, food stalls, hairdressers, etc. - can also be found on this page.

Go to the current charges for Environmental Health Licences.

Downloadable version of 2008/09 schedule

Download a PDF version of the complete Consent Fees and Charges 2008/09 (PDF @ 940KB)

Resource Consents and Environment Policy

1. Resource consent schedule of charges

Under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), resource consent processing, monitoring, designations and plan changes will attract an initial charge under Section 3 of this Fees and Charges Schedule where appropriate.

Legal advisors and consultants engaged by Council, or reports commissioned, after discussion with the applicant, to provide expertise not available in-house will be charged to the applicant at cost, plus administration charges.

All disbursements, such as telephone calls, courier delivery services, all public notification costs, postage for notified applications and document copying charges will be recovered from the applicant at cost, plus administration charges.

Where resource consent processing is requested by an applicant to be outsourced, charges will be recovered from the applicant at cost plus administration charges.

Legal advisors and consultants engaged by Council, after discussion with the applicant, to provide expertise not available in-house will be charged to the applicant at cost, plus administration charges.

For consent services from Council’s infrastructure and Community Services Divisions, the following charges will apply.

Monitoring

1. The expected number of monitoring inspections or costs will be assessed at consent issue stage and charged as part of the consent cost. Any extra work that is required to monitor compliance with the consent conditions will be charged as additional costs and separately invoiced.
2. Resource consent monitoring charge/inspection of $100.00 per visit applies (other than where a building consent has also been issued). Monitoring charges associated with review of information required to be provided by a condition of a resource consent will be charged for at the appropriate charge out rate of the officer or specialist consultant involved.
3. Resource consents relating to the construction of a building, e.g. site coverage, height, etc, which can be monitored at the time of building construction, will be charged at $50.00 per visit.
4. Where the applicant is required or authorised to monitor the activity, the Council’s costs in receiving and reviewing the monitoring information will be charged directly to the consent holder at the appropriate charge out rate of the officer or specialist involved.

2. Heritage Buildings

Non-notified application to conserve and restore heritage building, place or object listed in the Nelson Resource Management Plan does not incur a charge.

3. Schedule of Charges

1. Where an application involves multiple consents the fee or charge is payable at the higher rate.
2. Where a subdivision consent includes additional land use consent(s) an additional charge for the land use consent(s) must be paid.
3. Additional charges under section 36 of the Resource Management Act will be imposed on those applicants where the costs of processing consents are not fully covered by the initial charge imposed at the time of application.

New Subdivisions

Type 1 Approval

Type 1 Approval is for subdivision applications lodged as 2 steps: a deposit is required for first layout plan approval then a further charge for review of each stage prior to commencement of work. This is an option for subdivisions of 11 lots or more. It includes engineering plan checking at each stage and inspection during construction.

Type 2 Approval

Type 2 Approval is one charge required for application with both layout plan and details of each stage.

There are additional charges for applications requiring notification. These charges must be paid prior to a hearing and is in addition to the initial charge paid when the application was lodged.

4. Administration charges

5. Invoicing

5.1 Where processing costs reach the level of the initial charge, monthly invoices will be sent to the applicant.

5.2 The Council has no obligation to perform any action on any application until the charges for the action have been paid in full; such payment will be required by the 20th of the month following invoice.

5.3 Where any interim invoice is disputed, work on processing the application will be stopped until the matter is resolved at the discretion of the Manager Resource Consents.

5.4 The option of monthly invoices only in lieu of initial charges may be available on strict credit conditions as follows:

5.4.1 The consent process, or Council involvement in the project, is likely to extend over a period in excess of 6 months; and

5.4.2 The total amount for invoices is likely to exceed $5,000; and

5.4.3 The applicant is in good financial standing with satisfactory credit record and agrees to abide by the Council's usual credit terms.

OR

5.4.4 The applicant is a regular customer of the Council's Consents Unit, is in good financial standing with no record of unpaid invoices, who agrees to pay each and every invoiced charge by the 20th of the month following the date of issue of the invoice. Any disputes relating to an invoiced charge must be resolved after the invoice has been paid. Failure to meet these criteria will result in the option of monthly invoices, in lieu of initial charges plus monthly invoices being withdrawn.

5.5 The decision on whether to waive the required charge and institute a system of monthly invoicing shall be made by the Manager Resource Consents or Divisional Manager Planning and Consents, having regard to the above criteria.

6. Pre-application and pre-lodgement charges

7. Environmental Policy Documents

Building Consents and Inspections

Insurance Levy

(Based on value of works)

$0.75 per $1,000 or part thereof

Building Research Association Levy

(Based on the value of works $20,000 and over)

Currently $1.00 per $1,000, or part thereof

Department of Building and Housing Levy

(Based on the value of works $20,000 and over)

Currently $1.97 per $1,000, or part thereof

1. Unauthorised Building Works reports

2. Hourly charge rates

Staff time involved in building consent, unauthorised building works and certificate of acceptance checking and inspections that are not covered by any other fee will be
charged for on a cost recovery basis as follows:

1. Outside consultants or contractors engaged by the Council to provide expertise not available inhouse for building consent related checks will be charged to the applicant at cost, plus Council’s administration costs.
2. Building Inspectors’ site inspections will be charged for as set out in number 16 ‘Inspection Fees’ of this Schedule of Fees and Charges.
3. The expected number of site inspections will be assessed at consent stage and charged as part of the Consent cost. Any extra inspections that are required to monitor compliance with the NZ Building Code will be charged as additional costs and separately invoiced.

Building Consent checking that requires the services of Council’s Asset management or Service Delivery divisions, will be charged for on a cost recovery basis as follow:

3. Project Information Memorandum

Administration fees, insurance levy and time taken to process the report will be charged for on the same basis as building consent checking.

4. Register of independent qualified persons

(able to carry out inspections for building warrants of fitness)

• Administration fee for application to be added to the register: $150.00

5. Register of suppliers of producer statements

Application for addition to the Register, fixed fee:

• Chartered Professional Engineer: $50.00
• Others: $150.00

6. Reports of building consents processed

• Photocopied details: $75.00 per annum

7. Compliance schedule applications (new buildings) and amended compliance schedules

• Administration fee: $75.00, plus recovery of staff time at the hourly rates for Building Consent checking.

8. Building warrant of fitness inspections

• $75.00 per inspection

9. Miscellaneous inspections by building inspectors

Any inspection requested not covered by any other charges will be charged at full recovery of staff time at the hourly rates for Building Consent checking, plus administration charge of $50.00 and insurance charge of $75.00.

10. Notices to require compliance with the NZ Building Code (notice to fix)

Administration fee $100.00 plus recovery of staff time at the hourly rates for Building Consent checking.

11. Photocopying charges

12. Registration of documents with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)

• Section 73 Building Act 2004: $150.00
• Section 75 Building Act 2004: $210.00
• Removal of either Section 73 or 75 Building Act 2004: $125.00

13. Code Compliance Certificates

• Category 1 Buildings: $150.00
• Category 2 Buildings: $200.00
• Category 3 Buildings: Charged on a cost recovery basis for staff at appropriate charge rate

14. Certificate for Public Use

• Fixed charge: $200.00

15. Determinations

Administration Fee of $100.00 plus recovery of staff time at the appropriate hourly rate.

16. Inspection Fees

• Inspections Administration Fee: $140.00

Provision of Property Information

Land Information Memorandum (LIM)

• Residential sites: $284.00
• Commercial and Industrial sites: $439.60

Access to Site File Documents

• Simple files – typically freehold residential: $21.00
• Complex files – typically commercial, industrial sites or larger cross-lease developments: $52.00
• Building consents, resource consents and subdivision files: $15.00
• Deposited Plans (DPs) Survey Office Plans (SOs): $15.00

Charges will allow for up to 15 minutes staff time to discuss the file contents. Beyond this time charges for staff will apply as per Building Consent checking.

• Recovery of original files stored offsite (per item): $67.00

Organisations requiring regular access to site file records can negotiate a ‘regular user’ rate for access to records and photocopying facilities as follows.

• Concession Card (5 file access)/Residential: $64.00
• Commercial/Industrial: $155.00
• Regular Users Corporate (2 or more from same company): $1,730.00
• Sole Practitioner: $865.00

Environmental Health Licences

Fees current from 1 July 2008.

In the case of food premises (general) a 50% reduction in fee is applied for those new licences that are issued in the six months prior to the expiry of the licence year.

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