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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.
Application fees
The resource consent application fees cover only the cost of processing your application. If we approve your application you might also have to pay:
- additional processing fees
- consultants’, advisors’ and specialists’ fees (at cost)
- the costs of disbursements, such as venue hire for hearings, photocopying, catering, postage and public notifications (at cost)
- monitoring fees while the work's underway, to cover costs for site visits, research, photos, communications and administration
Any consents that are over statutory timeframes will be discounted in accordance with the provisions in s36AA of the RMA.
| 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 activities | Processing/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 | |
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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 | |
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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 consent | Processing/Administration: Up to 16 hours Monitoring: 1 hour | $3,111.00 |
| Subdivision consent including certificate under section 223 of the RMA | Processing/Administration: Up to 14 hours Monitoring: 1 hour | $2,700.00 |
| Certificate under section 224 of the RMA | Processing/Administration: Up to 3 hours by senior/team leader | $600.00 |
| Certificate under section 226 of the RMA | Processing/Administration: Up to 6 hours | $1,080.00 |
| Section 241 and 243 RMA application | Processing/Administration: Up to 6 hours | $1,080.00 |
| Rights of way | Processing/Administration: Up to 6 hours | $1,080.00 |
| Rights of way sealing fee | Processing/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 type | Processing/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 release | Processing/Administration: 2 hours by senior/team leader | $400.00 Additional time: $200.00 per hour Disbursements: Actual cost |
| Processing request for removal of building line | Processing/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 |
| Initiative | Processing/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 assessment | Processing/Administration: Up to 8 hours | $1,500.00 Additional time: $180.00 per hour |
| All additional monitoring inspections | $180.00 per hour |
Property developers and new home builders are adding value to our city and helping us to grow. Their activities often require us to invest in new infrastructure, recreational facilities and community services.
To help cover the costs of these investments (and relieve other ratepayers from paying for them), we charge:
- development contribution fees which go towards paying for growth-related infrastructure such as water, wastewater, stormwater, transport and roading services
- reserves fees which go towards expanding our network of parks, reserves, playgrounds and sports grounds.
These fees apply to anyone:
- subdividing land and creating new lots, or selling part of a lot (often the backyard) to enable another house to be built
- building another house on a lot that already has one
- building a retail, commercial or industrial (non-residential) building
- expanding the floor area of a non-residential building by more than 10m2
- changing the use of a non-residential building, but only if that change is accompanied by a more intensive use of the building. For example, converting a warehouse to offices would mean a significant increase in traffic and water/wastewater use
- using a residential building for non-residential purposes
- altering or adding to an existing house or flat and in doing so creating a separate, self-contained dwelling
- connecting new water, wastewater and stormwater services. This typically applies when someone plans to sublet or sell part of a non-residential building that doesn’t yet have these services.
- You won’t have to pay the fee if you’re doing additions or alterations to your home, or if you’ve already paid it as part of the fee for a resource consent.
Development and Financial Contributions Policy 2021-2031
How much will it cost?
Development Contributions
Development contributions are calculated differently depending on:
- whether the property is residential or non-residential
- which part of the city the property is in
- how large the new or additional floor area is
- for non-residential properties whether the development is for retail, commercial or industrial purposes
If you would like to get an idea of the development contributions payable try our calculator. For non-residential development you will need the gross floor area and the new impervious area. For residential development you will need the number of units and their size.
Development Contributions calculator
Development Contributions info sheet 2022/2023
Reserve contributions
Reserve contributions are up to 7.5% of the value of a new allotment created by a subdivision.
- for rural lots up to a maximum of $5,000
- for residential lots up to a maximum of $10,000
- there is no maximum for non-residential lots.