Nelson City Council

1.1

All activities (other than listed below)

$900

1.2

Subdivision

$1,300

1.3

Bore permits;

Certificate of Compliance;

Change of consent conditions or consent notice;

Culverts, weirs and other minor structures on the bed of watercourses;

Existing Use Certificate;

Extension of lapsing period;

Gravel extraction;

Outline Plan approvals;

Relocate building;

Removal of trees listed in the Nelson Resource Management Plan;

Replacement Permits;

Signs;

Transfer/part transfer of Permits

$500

1.4

Notified Applications:  Additional charges for applications requiring notification/ limited notification.

(This charge must be paid prior to notifying the application and is in addition to the initial charge paid when the application is lodged).

$5,000

1.5

Removal of trees listed in the Nelson Resource Management Plan that are confirmed in writing by a qualified arborist as diseased or a threat to public safety.

No charge

1.6

Heritage Buildings:  Non-notified application to conserve and restore heritage building, place or object listed in the Nelson Resource Management Plan.

No Charge

1.7

Private Plan changes (Note: Council’s policy is to recover 95% of the costs involved for the whole process from the applicant).

$5,000

1.8

Heritage Orders

$3,500

2.1.1

Council Staff – all staff time inclusive of overhead component associated with processing and assessing applications.

$131.00 per hour

2.1.2

Hearings Panel Charges:

-  per Councillor as Commissioner (rate set by Remuneration Authority)

$76.50 per hour

-  Councillor as Chairperson

$95.63 per hour

-  Independent Commissioner (requested by applicant)

Cost

-  Independent Commissioner (requested by submitter)

Cost less Councillor rate (applicant to pay the Councillor rate)

-  Independent Commissioner(s) required for expertise or due to conflict of interest issues

Cost

2.1.3

Legal advisors and consultants engaged by Council, or reports commissioned, after discussion with the applicant, to provide expertise not available in-house under s.92(2) RMA.

Cost plus administration charges

2.1.4

Experts and consultants engaged by Council to undertake assessment of an application where the complexity of the application necessitates external expertise, or where resource consent processing is required to be outsourced due to conflict of interest issues (this is not a s92(2) RMA commissioning).

Cost plus administration charges

2.1.5

All disbursements, such as telephone calls, courier delivery services, all public notification costs, postage for notified applications and document copying charges.

Cost plus administration charges

2.1.6

Consultants engaged by the Council where skills are normally able to be provided by in-house staff or when Council staff workloads are unusually high.

$131.00 per hour

2.1.7

Urban Design Panel reviews a proposal before a resource consent application is lodged

No charge

2.1.8

The applicant agrees (as per 2.1.3 above) to the Urban Design Panel reviewing the proposal after a resource consent application is lodged

Cost plus administration charges

2.4.1

Insurance levy – for each resource consent.

$30.00

2.4.2

Street naming and numbering (costs of reporting to Hearings Panel and advising all statutory agencies).

Council staff hourly rate in 2.1.1 above

2.4.3

Street numbering – application for alteration.

$125.00

2.4.4

Documents for execution – easement documents, caveats, covenants and other documents to be registered with LINZ; presented after subdivision processed or where not associated with a subdivision application.

$175.00 for each document

2.4.5

Certificate under Overseas Investment Act.

$385.00

2.4.6

Confirmation of compliance with the Nelson Resource Management Plan for NZ Qualifications Authority.

$385.00

2.4.7

Confirmation of compliance with the Nelson Resource Management Plan for liquor licence applications.

$40.00

2.4.8

Section 357 Administration charge.

$255.00

2.4.9

Private right-of-way – review against existing names and advising all statutory agencies where appropriate.

$225.00

2.4.10

Authentication report for small-scale solid-fuel burning appliance or open fire.

$70.00

2.4.11

Removal of designation.

$305.00

2.4.12

Swing Mooring annual charge (monitoring costs are additional, refer 2.3 above).

$75.00

Pre-application discussion with staff on feasibility of a proposal that may not proceed to a resource consent.

First half hour – no charge.  Additional time charged on an hourly basis at the appropriate Council staff charge out rate – as per 2.1.

Nelson Resource Management Plan - Text (hard copy)

$150.00

Nelson Resource Management Plan - Maps (hard copy)

$150.00

CD ROM – combined Nelson Resource Management Plan and Nelson Air Quality Plan – updated annually in Spring

$15.00 annually

Nelson Resource Management Plan - hard copy updates issued as required

$25 annually for text

$25 annually for maps

Nelson Air Quality Plan

$50.00