Apply for building consent online

No money is required up front. We'll send you an invoice once we've completed our initial check.

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Fee calculator

Before you start you might want to take a look at our Fee Calculator. It's designed to help you plan your project by estimating your initial Building Consent fees. 

Apply online

Once you have all relevant forms completed and saved you can apply online. 

Building consents

To apply for a building consent:

1. Read our section on applying for a building consent
2. Download and complete the relevant forms and save a copy:
1. Application for Building consent
2. Commercial checklist (PDF 110.0 KB)
3. LBP Certificate of Design Work
4. LBP Record of Building Work (PDF 810.9 KB)
5. Residential checklist (PDF 104.1 KB)
6. Free Standing Woodburner Installed (PDF 357.4 KB)
7. Inbuilt Woodburner Installed (PDF 362 KB)
8. Woodburner checklist (PDF 62.3 KB)
9. Authorised Woodburners
10. Advice of Licensed Building Practitioner (PDF 516.5 KB)
11. Amendment to a Building consent
12. Application for Extension of Time for a Building Consent (PDF 204 KB)
13. Notice of Change to Builder
14. Statutory Declaration of Owner/Builder
3. Make sure you have all relevant forms saved and then apply online. 

Code Compliance Certificate

• Find out more about Code of Compliance Certificates
• Code Compliance Certificate Application form

Amendment to building consent

• Find out more
• View or complete the form: Amendment to a Building consent (PDF 964 kb).

Certificate of Acceptance

Find out more about certificates of acceptance

• Application for Certificate of Acceptance form
• Certificate of Acceptance checklist

Certificate for Public Use

• Find out more
• View or complete a form
• Application for Certificate for Public Use
• Certificate for Public Use checklist

Extension of Time for Building Consent

Find out how long a building consent lasts

Application for extension of time for a building consent (PDF 204 KB)

Application for Exemption from Building Consent

Find out more about when you don't need building consent

• Application for Exemption from Building Consent form (PDF 469.9 KB)

Certificate of Use

• Find out more
• Application for certificate of use for premises form (PDF 1.1 MB)

Owner Supplied Property Information

Owner Supplied Property Information form (PDF 720.1 KB)

Resource consents

Find out more about applying for a resource consent online

• Application for Resource consent form
• Assessment of Environmental Effects form
• Approval of person affected by an application for Resource consent form

Permitted boundary activity

Find out if you need a resource consent.

• Application for permitted boundary activity form
• Permitted boundary activity - written approval form

Section 223/224 RMA Certification

Find out what happens once you have subdivision consent.

Outline Plan

Application for Outline Plan form (PDF 935.6 KB)

We're proud to be part of the Simpli project, a partnership between central and local government working towards improving performance, consistency and service delivery, including standardised forms, across the building consent system.