Find out about Hutt City Council's fees and charges for building consents.
Plan Ahead to Save Time
Talk to Council before submitting your application in a pre-application meeting – we will make sure the right people are around the table to help you. Book a pre-application meeting.
Save time and apply online – making sure you supply all the correct information & all forms are completed correctly (including signatures!).
How to pay
All fees and charges are listed on your Council invoice. You can pay by bank transfer, debit or credit card, or in person at the Council office, 30 Laings Road. There is no surcharge on credit card payments.
Building consent fees
2026-2027 financial year: 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027
PDF Downloadable - Building consent fees list for 2026-2027 financial year
Estimate your initial Building Consent fees with our 2026-2027 fee estimate calculator
Our application fees include GST and cover initial time spent on administration, processing and the specified number of inspection hours.
They don’t include:
- additional administration, processing and inspection fees
- disbursement costs
- consultants’ fees (at cost)
- the BRANZ levy ($1.15 per $1,000 for works valued at $20,000 and over)
- the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) levy ($1.75 per $1,000 for works valued at $65,000 and over)
- BCA Accreditation Levy ($1.00 per $1,000 for works valued at $20,000 and over) (non-refundable)
We’ll advise any additional fees once the application process is complete.
Council’s digital lodgement fees cover the licensing and operation of our Council’s Building Consent portal. Refer to the Digital lodgement fee section for details.
Your approved consents will be sent electronically unless you request a hardcopy. Additional fees apply for hardcopy applications/issue of consents, and applications not submitted via the Council’s Building Consent portal. Refer to the Hardcopy lodgements and documents issued for consent fee section.
Initial fees and additional fees
Initial fees can be paid anytime from the invoice being received and must be paid before approved applications are issued by Council. The processing of your application will continue when you receive the invoice. Further charges will be invoiced for disbursements and if additional time is spent processing the application.
Terms of payment
Payment of additional consenting, administration, disbursements and consultants’ fees shall be paid before application is issued. Additional inspection fees shall be paid before Code Compliance Certificate is issued.
Late payment will incur:
- an additional administrative fee - lesser of 10% of the overdue amount or $357.50
- all costs and expenses (including debt collection or legal fees) associated with recovery of the overdue
amount.
Application Fee Refunds
You can withdraw your building consent application before it has been granted by Council.
If you withdraw or cancel your application, any refund will reflect the time our team have already spent processing it.
| Description | 2026-2027 Fees |
|---|---|
| Standard pre-application meeting Includes 2 hours of processing/meeting time for residential and commercial | Residential: $520.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $560.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Pre-application meeting including Fire Engineering Brief (FEB) Includes 4 hours of processing/meeting time | $1,120.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Description | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|
| Free standing and Inbuilt wood burners | $86.00 fixed fee |
| Building Consent (Form 2) - includes minor works | $166.00 fixed fee |
| Amendment to Building Consent (Form 2) | |
| Project Information Memorandum and Building Consent (Form 2) | |
| Project Information Memorandum Only (Form 2) | |
| Certificate of Acceptance (Form 8) | |
| Certificate of Public Use (Form 15) | |
| Schedule 1 Discretionary Exemption from a Building Consent | |
| Owner Supplied Information |
If you are lodging your application outside of Council’s Building Consent portal, you will also incur a digital lodgement fee. Refer to above Digital lodgement fees list.
Note that for 2025/26 year only – there are no digital lodgement fees for Free standing and Inbuilt wood burners.
| Description | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|
| Hardcopy application documents or Electronic applications that are not submitted via Council’s Building Consent portal | Residential: $520.00 Commercial: $560.00 |
| Hardcopy CCC application documents or Electronic CCC applications that are not submitted via Council’s Building Consent portal | Residential: $260.00 Commercial: $280.00 |
| Code Compliance Certificates (CCCs) for Building Consents older than five years. | Refer to list for CCC & B2 Modification |
| Printed issued Residential Consent documents | $260.00 per hour |
| Printed issued Commercial Consent documents | $280.00 per hour |
Excludes other associated fees such as code compliance certificate application fee.
Our Building Consent application fees include the following charges:
- Processing time: Time spent assessing and making decisions on an application or request.
- Administration time: Time spent on administrative, coordination, and record-keeping tasks.
- Inspection time: Time spent preparing for, travelling to, conducting, and documenting inspections/audits. Please note that building inspections have a minimum charge of one hour per inspection.
| Description | Processing & Inspections included | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Free standing and Inbuilt fire Fast Track - five days | 1.5 hours processing 0.5 hours admin 1 hour inspection time | Residential: $735.00 Commercial: $785.00 |
| Minor works (minor drainage) | 2 hours processing 0.5 hours admin 2 hours inspection time | Residential: $1,125.00 Commercial: $1,205.00 |
| Up to and including $5,000 | 3 hours processing 0.5 hours admin 2 hours inspection time | Residential: $1,385.00 Commercial: $1,485.00 |
| Up to and including $10,000 | 5 hours processing 1 hour admin 2 hours inspection time | Residential: $1,990.00 Commercial: $2,130.00 |
| Up to and including $19,999 | 5.5 hours processing 1.5 hours admin 3 hours inspection time | Residential: $2,465.00 Commercial: $2,635.00 |
| Up to and including $50,000 | 7 hours processing 1.5 hours admin 4 hours inspection time | Residential: $3,115.00 Commercial: $3,335.00 |
| Up to and including $100,000 | 8 hours processing 1.5 hours admin 5 hours inspection time | Residential: $3,635.00 Commercial: $3,895.00 |
| Up to and including $200,000 | 10 hours processing 1.5 hours admin 6 hours inspection time | Residential: $4,415.00 Commercial: $4,735.00 |
| Up to and including $300,000 | 11 hours processing 1.5 hours admin 7 hours inspection time | Residential: $4,935.00 Commercial: $5,295.00 |
| Up to and including $500,000 | 12 hours processing 2.5 hours admin 8 hours inspection time | Residential: $5,625.00 Commercial: $6,025.00 |
| Up to and including $1,000,000 | 16 hours processing 2.5 hours admin 8 hours inspection time | Residential: $6,665.00 Commercial: $7,145.00 |
| Up to and including $2,000,000 | 20 hours processing 2.5 hours admin 9 hours inspection time | Residential: $7,965.00 Commercial: $8,545.00 |
| Over $2,000,000 | 22 hours processing 3 hours admin 10 hours inspection time | Residential: $8,830.00 Commercial: $9,470.00 |
| Fast Track - processed within 10 working days (conditions apply - applications will be accepted on a case-by-case basis only) | Residential: Two times application fee Additional time: $520.00 per hour Commercial: Two times application fee $560.00 per hour |
| Description | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|
| Amendment to building consent |
Residential: $690.00 (includes 2 hours processing and 1 hour admin) Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $730.00 (includes 2 hours processing and 1 hour admin) Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Extension of time |
Residential: $520.00 (non-refundable) Commercial: $560.00 (nonrefundable) |
| Certificate for Public Use |
Residential: $950.00 (includes 2 hours processing, 1 hour admin and 1 hour inspection time) Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $1,010.00 (includes 2 hours processing, 1 hour admin and 1 hour inspection time) Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
|
All additional processing and admin (per hour) - except where a different rate is listed |
Admin only: $170.00 Residential: $260.00 Commercial: $280.00 |
|
Building inspections – minimum charge of 1 hour per inspection |
Residential: $260.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $280.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Restricted Building Work (for works $20,000 and over) | Residential: $130.00 |
| BCA Accreditation Levy (for works $20,000 and over) | $1.00 per $1,000.00 project value (nonrefundable) |
| New Compliance Schedule (CS) or amendment to CS | $270.00 per hour |
Consents for:
| Free Additional hours and/or inspections |
| Section 72 - building on land subject to natural hazards | Actual cost |
| Section 75 - building on two or more allotments | Actual cost |
| Structural checking fee | Actual cost |
| Description | Processing & Inspections included | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Code Compliance Certificate (Application Fee for all building work included in an issued building consent, excluding freestanding and in-built fires) | Residential: 1.5 hours of processing 1 hour of admin Commercial: 3.5 hours of processing 1 hour of admin | Residential: $560.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $1,150.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Code of Compliance Certificates (CCC) for building consents older than 5 years | Residential: 1.5 hours of processing 1 hour of admin 1 hour inspection time CCC hardcopy lodgement fee Commercial: 3.5 hours of processing 1 hour of admin 1 hour inspection time CCC hardcopy lodgement fee | Residential: $1,080.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $1,710.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Amendment to building consent including B2 Durability Modification | Residential: 2 hours processing 1 hour admin Commercial: 2 hours processing 1 hour admin | Residential: $690.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $730.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| All additional processing and admin (per hour) - except where a different rate is listed | Admin only: $170.00 Residential: $260.00 Commercial: $280.00 |
| Description | Processing & Inspections included | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule 1 exemption - minor works including exemption for blown insulation | up to 1 hour processing and 1 hour admin time | Residential: $430.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $450.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Schedule 1 exemption - all others | up to 4 hours processing and 1 hour admin time | Residential: $1,210.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $1,290.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Project Information Memorandum (PIM) This fee also applies to PIMs for non-consented stand-alone small dwellings | 2 hours processing 1 hour admin time | Residential: $690.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $730.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour |
| Notice to fix | Residential: $260.00 Additional time: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $280.00 Additional time: $280.00 per hour | |
| Owner supplied information | Residential: $260.00 Commercial: $280.00 |
| Description | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|
| Works under $100,000 | $1,340.00 (non-refundable) + normal building consent fee + any levies required e.g. MBIE levy Additional time: Residential: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $280.00 per hour Additional processing time will be charged at the end of the process |
| Works $100,000 and over | $3,900.00 (non-refundable) + normal building consent fee + any levies required e.g. MBIE levy Additional time: Residential: $260.00 per hour Commercial: $280.00 per hour Additional processing time will be charged at the end of the process |
| New Compliance Schedule (CS) or amendment to CS | $270.00 per hour |
| Description | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|
| BWoF Registration: 1-2 specified systems |
$135.00 includes 0.5 hours of processing |
| BWoF Registration: 3-8 specified systems |
$270.00 includes 1 hour of processing |
| BWoF Registration: 9 or more specified systems |
$540.00 includes 2 hours of processing |
| BWoF/CS audit | $270.00 per hour |
| BWoF/CS audit follow up | $270.00 per hour |
| New CS or amendment to CS | $270.00 per hour |
| Notice to fix |
Residential: $250.00 per hour Commercial: $270.00 per hour |
| Dangerous, affected, or insanitary building notice |
Residential: $250.00 per hour Commercial: $270.00 per hour |
| Infringement notice | $270.00 per hour plus the fee as per Schedule 1, Building (Infringement Offences, Fees, and Forms) Regulations 2007 |
| Additional time - except where a different rate is listed | $270.00 per hour |
Building Warrant of Fitness (BWoF) fee terms
Registration fees must be paid between the BWoF renewal date and the 20th of the following month.
Late payments
If payment is not received by the 20th of the month following the renewal date of your BWoF, the following will apply:
- an additional administrative fee - lesser of 10% of the overdue amount or $357.50
- all costs and expenses (including debt collection or legal fees) associated with recovery of the overdue amount.
Building Warrant of Fitness Audit fee terms
Terms of payment
Payment to be made before the 20th of the following month.
Late payment
If payment is not received by the 20th of the month following, the following will apply:
- an additional administrative fee - lesser of 10% of the overdue amount or $357.50
- all costs and expenses (including debt collection or legal fees) associated with recovery of the overdue amount.
| Description | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|
| Issuing Earthquake Prone Building Notice | $270.00 per hour |
| Extension of time | $270.00 per hour |
| Exemption | $270.00 per hour |
| Additional time | $270.00 per hour |
| Earthquake prone building on MBIE register | $270.00 per building |
| Description | 2026-2027 Fee |
|---|---|
| Pool audit inspection (includes empty pools) | $250.00 per hour |
| Pool re-inspection | $125.00 per 0.5 hour |
| Pools receipt of IQPI report | $125.00 (first 0.5 hour) Additional time: $250.00 per hour |
| Applications for waivers under section 67A of the Building Act 2004 | $400.00 Additional time: $250.00 per hour |
| Notice to fix | $250.00 per hour |
Pools late payment terms
If payment is not received by the 20th of the month following the date of the invoice, the following will apply:
- an additional administrative fee - lesser of 10% of the overdue amount or $357.50
- all costs and expenses (including debt collection or legal fees) associated with recovery of the overdue amount.
These fees are payable for subdivision and development of land, as detailed in Council’s Policy on Development and Financial Contributions
Contact details
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