Building Services Fees & Charges
All fees and charges include GST unless otherwise stated
Building consents
Council sets its building consent fees as actual and reasonable costs for the service. These are set by Council pursuant to s219 of the Building Act 2004 and s150 of the Local Government Act 2002.
There are three types of fees, two of which relate to the types of building projects being undertaken;
- Fixed fees – these are for simple projects where the costs can be easily identified before the application is made.
- Estimated fees – these are based on anticipated costs for that particular building project. The final charge is dependent on the actual hours of staff time involved in processing the application.
- Territorial Authority fees – for services included inTerritorial Authority functions.
Fixed fees
The fees for these types of consents are fixed. Additional travel time may be charged for rural consents. Fixed fees are paid at the time of issue of the building consent application. These fees include a charge from our software provider for processing every consent (currently $85).
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Project
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Base fee
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Stormwater separation (plus stormwater connection if applicable)
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$405
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Valve vented cylinders (hot water)
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$365
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Inbuilt solid fuel heaters (2 inspections)
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$510
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Free standing solid fuel heaters
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$415
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Demolition/Removal
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$405
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Swimming pools—plastic, ‘para’, blow-up, fiberglass, in ground (other pools that require construction work e.g. concrete, concrete block etc.—refer to 2A minimum)
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$405
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Spa pools
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$365
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Temporary marquee
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$365
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Schedule 1 Part 1 Clause 2 exemption
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$215 (minor)
$335 (complex)
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Estimated building consent fees
Building consent applications do not require a deposit and are charged fully when a building consent is granted. Fees are charged on actual and reasonable timeframes incurred by the Building Consent Authority (BCA) in receiving, processing, issuing, inspecting, certifying and managing the building consent process. This fee is currently made up of three parts:
- Administration fee – this part of the fee covers administration costs in receiving and vetting an application, data entry of application details, and scanning/digital storage charges. It also covers the cost of processing each building consent, building consent amendment and Project Information Memorandum (PIM) through our software provider’s system (currently $85).
- Processing fee – this part of the fee covers officer time in compliance assessments of plans/specifications, data entry into electronic storage portals, correspondence with applicants (requests for further information [RFI] etc.), building consent granting (including notification to other parties where required i.e. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [MBIE] and the Registrar General of Land (LINZ) and costs incurred in generating payment invoices.
- Consent issue fee – this part of the fee covers estimated inspection requirements including the number of inspections and also the time allocated for each inspection depending on the projects complexity (failed inspections will incur extra costs for re-inspection and will be on-charged before the issue of the CCC). This fee also includes the officer time spent on compiling any associated levies applicable to the project, i.e. BRANZ, MBIE and WDC Accreditation levy.
The estimated administration fee and processing fee are payable at the conclusion of the application assessment process. At consent issue time the applicant will be required to pay the full balance of the costs that are deemed actual and reasonable by Council.
Additional charges may be made in respect to a consent that incurs further costs such as extra inspections.
Council officer hourly rates
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Council officer
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Hourly rate
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Building Manager
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$220
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Team Leader
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$200
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Building Control Officer
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$185
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Administration Services (Technical)
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$140
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Technical/Professional council officers
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$180
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Inspection (hr)
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$180
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Auxiliary costs
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Project
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Description
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Base fee
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Administration charges
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$225
(now includes software licence fee of $85)
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CCC issue
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Scanning/digital storage
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Included in building consent fees administration
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$35
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Accreditation levy
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Payable for all non-fixed fee projects
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- $1.20 per $1,000 (max. $500)
- $1.20 per $1,000 (max. $750)
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MBIE levy
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Building work valued over $20,444 incl. GST
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$1.52 per $1,000
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BRANZ levy
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Building work valued over $20,000 incl. GST
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$1.00 per $1,000
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Non-fixed fee building consents
Non-fixed fee building consents are charged at cost based on officer time involved and the hourly rates provided above, plus the auxiliary costs also listed above.
The average fees charged for 2022/23 are provided as a guide.
Non-fixed fee building consents
Territorial authority fees
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Description
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Base fee
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Certificate of Acceptance
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$350 + staff time
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Certificate for Public Use
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$350 + staff time
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Notice to Fix fee
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$120
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Building Act Infringement fee
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$120
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Extension of time BC/CCC
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$80
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Safe & sanitary – third party report
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$325
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Building Act Notifications (LINZ)
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$176 (LINZ charge) + staff time
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Pool barrier inspection/re-inspection
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$80
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Extension of time (seismic work- general)
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$235
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Extension of time (seismic work –heritage)
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$235
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Exemption to undertake seismic work
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$235
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Earthquake-prone buildings issue of notice
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$0
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Compliance
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Description
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Base fee
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New Compliance Schedule
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$160 + $20 per feature
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Alteration to Compliance Schedule
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$160
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BWoF site audit/re-inspection
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$215
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BWoF complete and on time
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$160
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BWoF incomplete and/or late
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$180
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Infrastructure bonds
Application for all building and/or resource consents in relation to demolition, removal and relocation of buildings and the construction of new buildings within the city’s Urban Zone.
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Description
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Base fee
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Non-refundable administration and inspection fee
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$200
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Refundable infrastructure bond
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$1,500
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Development contributions
Council has a development contributions policy for Springvale Urban Expansion Area and Otamatea West. In areas not covered by the development contributions policy we will use a range of tools such as infrastructure access fees, targeted rates and private developer agreements to reflect the true cost of providing network infrastructure for growth in the district. A copy of our Development Contributions Policy can be found here.