Building consent fees

Fees for 2011/12

All fees apply from 4 April 2011

On this page you will find the comprehensive list of fees and charges for building consents for Nelson City. You can also download a complete schedule of charges.

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Pre-lodgement and Duty Building Officer

Schedule of charges for pre-lodgement and duty building officer
Schedule of Charges Fixed fee (GST incl)

Pre-lodgement meetings - Commercial Consents(residential optional)

$50.00 per 1/2hr

Schedule 1 - Exempt Building Works advice / meeting. Payable at NCC Customer Centre after appointment.

$25.00 per 1/2hr appointment

Technical advice / booked meeting with Duty Building Officer (No Building consent submitted).

Payable at NCC Customer Centre after appointment.

No fee up to 15 min appointment

$50.00 per 1/2 hour thereafter

Pre-Paid Fixed Charge Building Consents

Please note that these fees are considerably subsided and are not refundable if the consent lapses or is cancelled.
Pre-paid Fixed Charge Building Consents
Payable at the time the building consent is lodged		 Type Fixed fee (GST included)
Space heaters – all fuel types Free standing

250.00
Inbuilt

200.00
Wood Pellet Fires  

100.00
Marquees

 

 > 50m2 commercial

200.00
> 100m2 residential

150.00

Demolition (full building):

 

 Residential

200.00
Commercial

400.00
Solar Hot Water Heaters (stand-alone) Council  

No Council fee
Swimming Pool / fencing application only (allows for 1hr processing / admin and 1 inspection).  

200.00
Swimming Pool (stand alone & allows for 1hr processing and 2 NCC inspections). Engineer monitoring and inspections are charged separately.  

400.00
Application for exemption under the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987 (Hearing Panel).  

750.00
Proprietary garages up to 50m­2 (allows for 3 inspections).  

* 900.00
Bathroom alterations only. Wetfloor / wall system will require an additional inspection charge of *$100.00.  

450.00

Note: For Pre-paid Fixed Charge Building Consents any additional processing or information required over 1hr will be charged at $75/hr. All prepaid consents include planning check to NRMP

Additional inspections will be $125.00 each and invoiced before a Code Compliance Certificate is issued.

* Partial refund may be available if consent lapses or is cancelled.

All Other Building Consents

All other building consents will include the following charges:

  • Administration time (Consents Administrator and Building Inspection Co-ordinators) (see A below)
  • Fixed levies (B)
  • Processing time (dependent on the category of the building) (C)
  • Section 37 check/Project Information Memorandum (PIM) (D)
  • Code Compliance Certificate (E)

NOTE:  Building consents may also incur Development or Financial Contributions: for further information see Council’s brochure “Development Contributions, Financial Contributions, Reserve Contributions, Guide for small scale activity”.

Building Consent invoices must be paid prior to the consent being released by Council.

Administration Fees

Consent, Inspection
Administration
Building 		$ value of work Fixed fee (GST incl)

Commercial, Retail Apartments, Hotels, Industrial

Up to $250,000

300.00

$250,000 to $500,000

600.00

$500,000 to $1,000,000

1000.00

Over $1,000,000 and every $1,000,000 thereof

1000.00

Residential Use

Up to $250,000

300.00

$250,000 to $500,000

600.00

$500,000 to $1,000,000

750.00

Over $1,000,000

1000.00

Amendment Administration

NB: Processing charged at hourly rates (additional)

75.00

Fixed Levies

Levies as required by Building Act 2004 and fixed by legislation $ based on value of work

Insurance Levy

 

$0.75 per $1,000
or part of

Building Research Association New Zealand Levy (BRANZ)

$20,000 and over

$1.00 per $1,000

Department of Building and Housing Levy (DBH)

$20,000 and over

$2.01 per $1,000

Quality Assurance Levy (QA)

$20,000 and over

$1.00 per $1,000

Processing/Inspection charges

Schedule of Charges

$ Per Hour
(GST incl)

Amendment Officer

75.00

Building Consent Officer (Residential 1)

Includes pre-paid consents

75.00

Building Consent Officer (Residential 2 & 3) and (Commercial 1 & 2)

100.00

Building Consent Officer (Commercial 3)

125.00

Building Inspections (scheduled each)

100.00

Re-inspection

100.00

Additional Inspections (each)

125.00

Inspection review / assessment of consent files

100.00

Technical advisor, senior staff, engineers & IQP’s

125.00

Team Leaders of Consent & Inspection Teams

125.00

Manager Building

125.00

Divisional Manager Planning and Consents

150.00

External consultants or Council staff contractors engaged by the Council to provide expertise not available in-house for building consent related peer reviews.

At cost or $125 per hour / whichever is lesser

The expected number of site inspections will be assessed at consent stage and charged as part of the consent cost.  The inspections will be identified on the issued Building Consent.

An additional invoice will be generated prior to issuing the Code Compliance Certificate if additional inspections and processing were carried out after the building consent was issued and during the inspection and certification process.

Council will require full payment prior to issuing a Code Compliance Certificate.

Section 37 check / PIM Check / NRMP

Administration (fixed fee) $ Per Hour (GST incl)

Section 37 Certificate

75.00

Section 37 Administration

75.00

Project Information Memorandum (PIM) Certificate administration fee

75.00
Processing $Per Hour (GST incl)

Property Information Officer Residential

80.00

Property Information Officer Commercial

100.00

Code Compliance Certificates

Code Compliance Certificate (CCC)

Fixed fee (GST incl)

Residential 1 & 2

150.00 each

Commercial 1 & 2

200.00 each

Residential 3 and Commercial 3

250.00 each

Building Consents issued prior to January 2009 without a CCC

200.00

NOTE:  An additional invoice will be generated prior to issuing the Code Compliance Certificate if additional inspections, administration and processing were carried out after the building consent was issued and during the inspection and certification process. Council will require full payment prior to issuing a CCC.

Certificate of Public Use (for Public Buildings)

Certificate of Public Use and administration set fee $200.00, plus recovery of staff time at an hourly rate of $100.00 or part thereof.

Determinations, Lapsed consents, Consents issued prior to 2009

  • Preparation of submission(s) for determination prior to signing Form D2 for the Department of Building and Housing.
  • Desktop assessment of building consents and inspection of building work.
  • Lapsing of building consents after 12 months from date of issue (pre April 2011).
Determinations, Lapsed consents, Consents issued prior to 2009 GST incl

Administration (fixed fee)

100.00

Processing, peer review, preparing reports

125.00 hr

Inspections

125.00 each

Registration of documents with Land Information New Zealand

Registration of documents with Land Information New Zealand
Fixed fee (GST incl)

Section 73 Building Act 2004

200.00

Section 75 Building Act 2004

200.00

Removal of either Section 73 or 75 BA2004

200.00

Notice to Fix and Infringement Offences

Notice to Fix and Infringement Offences Fixed fee (GST incl)

Notice to Fix (each) issue and administration

150.00

Building Consent officer and/or Inspector time

Hourly rate

Infringement Offences and fixed fines as per Building (Infringement Offences, Fees and Forms) Regulations 2007, adopted by Council 19 Sept 2009.

Compliance Schedule and Building Warrant of Fitness

Compliance Schedule and Building Warrant of Fitness

Per Hour $
(GST incl)

Compliance Schedule

$150.00 each

Compliance Schedule amendment

$50.00 per specified system + any additional time to review

Building Warrant Of Fitness

$150.00 each renewal + any additional time to review 12A forms

Administration

$75.00 (per hr)

Audit / inspection / technical assessment

$100.00 (per hr)

Register of independent qualified persons (IQP’s) Application to be on register

$150.00 each

Certificate of Acceptance and Unauthorised Building Works Reports

Certificate of Acceptance Report

Fixed fee (GST incl)

Certificate of Acceptance (COA)

Section 96 BA2004

Form 9, Building (Forms) Regulations 2004
  • $450.00 fixed lodgement fee at NCC
  • $100.00hr to assess and prepare COA report
  • $200.00 COA Certificate
  • $75.00 admin fee
  • Insurance, DBH, BRANZ & QA levies
  • NCC Development or Financial Contributions if applicable
  • NCC inspection fee $100 each if required (minimum 1 inspection by NCC)
  • Compliance schedule fee if applicable
Un-authorised building works report

Fixed fee (GST incl)

Lodgement / administration fee payable on submission at NCC.

$100.00

Schedule 1 Exempt Building Works

Schedule 1 Applications Fixed fee (GST incl)

Schedule 1 – no assessment by Territorial Authority, application placed on property file

100.00

Schedule 1 (k) – Requires Territorial Authority assessment and decision. Includes administration

300.00

Certificate of Compliance (District Licensing Agency)

Building Code compliance assessment for fire safety and sanitary facilities in a building, prior to an application for a Liquor Licence.

Fixed charge $150.00 each.

Compliance schedule and building warrant of fitness will be charged separately.

Register of Suppliers of Producer Statements

Application for addition to the Register Fixed fee (GST incl)

Chartered Professional Engineers (CPENG)

$50.00

Others

$150.00

Reports of Building Consents Processed

Monthly Reports

Fixed fee (GST incl)

Photocopied details (per annum)

$75.00

Photocopying Charges

Charges Per Page

Fixed fee(GST incl)
A4

$0.20
A3

$0.50
A2

Actual cost from copy service plus staff time
A1

Actual cost from copy service plus staff time