Resource consent charges and fees

Find out the fees and charges that apply for a resource consent.


Resource consent fees

All fees include GST and are payable under section 36 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Our fees are divided into three parts and will be invoiced in stages.

  • Application Deposit
  • Intermediate Invoices
  • Final Invoice

The resource consent Application Deposit covers only part the cost of processing your application and is a deposit for work that will take place.

Monthly Intermediate Invoices are sent if your application is approved and cover fees for:

  • additional processing fees
  • consultants’, advisors’ and specialists’ fees covering a range of expertise eg heritage, geotechnical, ecological, noise control, traffic management etc
  • Costs related to public notification and hearings, such as venue hire, photocopying, catering and postage
  • monitoring fees while the work is underway, including site visits, research, photos, communications and administration

The Final Invoice takes into account the deposit already paid, any further payments for the services mentioned above and any discounts owed to you.

Consents that run over statutory timeframes will be discounted in accordance with provisions in Section 36AA of the Resource Management Act.

Application type Processing/Administration 2022/2023 Fee
Pre-application meetings  $180.00 per hour with technician/graduate or intermediate resource consents planner, engineer

$200.00 per hour with senior/principal resource consents planner or team leader/manager, senior/principal engineer

Consultants charged at actual cost
Notified application - hearing required Processing/Administration: Up to 50 hours at the senior rate $10,000.00
Additional fee of $1,000.00 for applications requiring notification in a daily newspaper
Notified application - no hearing required Processing/Administration: Up to 35 hours
Monitoring: 1 hour
$6,480.00
Limited notification Processing/Administration: Up to 35 hours
Monitoring: 1 hour
$6,480.00
Non-notified resource consent Processing/Administration: Up to 7 hours
Monitoring: 1 hour
$1,440.00
Non-notified resource consent - residential additions and alterations Processing/Administration: Up to 5 hours
Monitoring: 1 hour 
$1,080.00
Boundary deemed permitted activitiesProcessing/Administration: Up to 3 hours $540.00
Marginal or temporary activity exemptions Processing/Administration: Up to 3 hours $540.00
Additional processing by technician/graduate or intermediate resource consents planner, engineer, administration and monitoring   $180.00 per hour
Additional processing by senior/principal resource consents planner or team leader/manager, senior/principal engineer   $200.00 per hour
Hearing commissioner time shall be recovered for time spent in hearings and deliberating  Council Commissioners:
Chair: $100.00 per hour
Members: $80.00 per hour
Independent Commissioners:
Chair: Actual Cost
Member of hearing panel: Actual Cost
Fast Track - non-notified consents only - issued within 10 days
Note: conditions apply, applications will be accepted on a case by case basis
  Two times the normal fee
Additional processing time: $360.00 per hour 
Fast Track - non-notified consents only - issued within 5 days
Note: conditions apply, applications will be accepted on a case by case basis
  Three times the normal fee
Additional processing time: $540.00 per hour

Application type Processing/Administration 2022/2023 Fee
Pre-application meeting  $180.00 per hour with technician/graduate or intermediate resource consents planner, engineer

$200.00 per hour with senior/principal resource consents planner or team leader/manager, senior/principal engineer

Consultants charged at actual cost
Notified application - hearing required Processing/Administration: Up to 50 hours at the senior rate $10,000.00
Additional fee of $1,000.00 for applications requiring notification in a daily newspaper
Notified application - no hearing required Processing/Administration: Up to 37 hours
Monitoring: 1 hour 
$6,840.00
Limited notification Processing/Administration: Up to 35 hours
Monitoring: 1 hour 
$6,480.00
Subdivision consent  including land use consentProcessing/Administration: Up to 16 hours
Monitoring: 1 hour 
$3,111.00
Subdivision consent including certificate under section 223 of the RMAProcessing/Administration: Up to 14 hours
Monitoring: 1 hour
$2,700.00
Certificate under section 224 of the RMAProcessing/Administration: Up to 3 hours by senior/team leader$600.00
Certificate under section 226 of the RMAProcessing/Administration: Up to 6 hours$1,080.00
Section 241 and 243 RMA applicationProcessing/Administration: Up to 6 hours$1,080.00
Rights of wayProcessing/Administration: Up to 6 hours$1,080.00
Rights of way sealing feeProcessing/Administration: Up to 2 hours by senior/team leader$400.00
Additional processing by technician/graduate or intermediate resource consents planner, engineer, administration and monitoring $180.00 per  hour
Additional processing by senior/principal resource consents planner or team leader/manager, senior/principal engineer $200.00 per hour
Hearing commissioner time shall be recovered for time spent in hearings and deliberating Council Commissioners:
Chair: $100.00 per hour
Members: $80.00 per hour
Independent Commissioners:
Chair: Actual Cost
Member of hearing panel: Actual Cost

Application typeProcessing/Administration 2022/2023 Fee
Sec 139A Existing Use Certificate application Processing/Administration: Up to 6 hours $1,080.00
Certificate of Compliance Processing/Administration: Up to 6 hours $1,080.00
Outline plan or waiver Processing/Administration: Up to 6 hours
Monitoring: 1 inspection 
$1,260.00
Section 10 waiver, section 37 waiver, section 125 extension, section 126 cancellation, sections 127 & 128 review (non-notified) RMA Processing/Administration: Up to 6 hours $1,080.00
Bond preparation and/or releaseProcessing/Administration: 2 hours by senior/team leader$400.00
Additional time: $200.00 per hour
Disbursements: Actual cost
Processing request for removal of building lineProcessing/Administration: Up to 1 hour$180.00
Additional time: $180.00 per hour
Disbursements: Actual cost 
Certificate of Use under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012   $360.00
Sealing fee (for urgent applications for registrable instruments)   $200.00
Certificate under Overseas Investment Act 1973   $540.00
Cost of disbursements i.e. venue hire, photocopying, catering, postage, public notification   Actual cost
Independent consultants, advisors, specialists   Actual cost invoiced monthly
Discharge or withdrawal of registrable instruments Legal costs: Actual cost
Officer's time: $180.00 per hour 
Approval, variation or revocation of easements Legal costs: Actual cost
Officer's time: $180.00 per hour

InitiativeProcessing/Administration 2022/2023 Fee
Eco Design Advisor home visit (2 hours)   Free
Domestic solar hot water heating panels Processing/Administration: Up to 5 hours
Monitoring: 1 inspection
Free
Additional time: Standard charges for the category of consent will apply 
Solar water heating systems
Hot water systems i.e. wetbacks associated with wood pallet stoves or low-emission wood burners
Hot water heat pump systems
Home Star certified assessmentProcessing/Administration: Up to 8 hours$1,500.00
Additional time: $180.00 per hour 
All additional monitoring inspections $180.00 per hour