Find out the fees and charges that apply for a resource consent.
Resource consent Fees
Our fees for resource consent applications are divided into two main stages. Each part will be invoiced separately.
Application Deposit Invoice
The application deposit invoice is issued when your application has been entered into our system and prepared for processing.
You will be emailed an invoice with an RM number and instructions on payment. No work will take place until the invoice has been paid, upon which it will be assigned to a planner and the statutory clock will begin. We have 20 working days to issue a decision.
If you are reapplying for consent due to an earlier application being rejected or withdrawn, you may request a deposit transfer. The deposit assigned to the former application will be moved to your new application, which will immediately start the statutory clock and flag your new consent for processing. Transferred deposits will deduct the cost of the time spent on the previous application before it was rejected or withdrawn. You will be invoiced the difference, but you can choose to wait until the Processing Invoice to pay.
Additional Fees Occurred During Processing
Additional fees may be charged during and after processing. These may include:
- Consultants’, advisors’, and specialists’ fees covering a range of expertise such as 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.
Processing Invoice
The Processing Invoice will be billed when a resource consent application has finished processing, and a decision is granted. This invoice calculates whether any refunds for unspent processing time or further charges for additional services or processing hours are due. In addition, the Processing Invoice contains a breakdown on how the processing hours were spent on your application.
Note that consents that run over statutory timeframes will be discounted in accordance with provisions in Section 36AA of the Resource Management Act.
| Application Type | 2024-2025 Processing & Administration | 2024-2025 Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-application meeting | $255 per hour with planner, engineer or monitoring officer $150 per hour with business support including administration and planning technician time Consultants charged at actual cost |
| Application type | 2024-2025 Processing & Administration | 2024-2025 Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Notified application - hearing required | Processing: up to 50 hours | $12,750.00 Additional fee of $1,000.00 for applications requiring notification in a daily newspaper |
| Limited notification | Processing: up to 35 hours Support: 1 hour Monitoring: 1 hour | $9,330.00 |
| Non-notified resource consent | Processing: up to 9 hours Business Support: 1 hour Monitoring : 1 hour | $2,700.00 |
| Non-notified resource consent - residential additions and alterations | Processing: up to 7 hours Business Support: 1 hour Monitoring : 1 hour | $2,190.00 |
| Additions & alterations | Monitoring : 1 hour | |
| Boundary deemed permitted activities | Processing: up to 3 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $915.00 |
| Marginal or temporary activity exemptions | Processing: up to 3 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $915.00 |
| All additional processing or monitoring time by planner, engineer, or monitoring officer | $255.00 per hour | |
| All additional business support time | $150.00 per hour | |
| Hearing commissioner time shall be recovered for time spent in hearings and deliberating | Council Commissioners: Chair: $116.00 per hour Members: $93.00 per hour Note: the above fees are set in accordance with local Government Members Determination 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: $510.00 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: $765.00 per hour |
| Application type | 2024-2025 Processing & Administration | 2024-2025 Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-application meeting | $255 per hour with planner, engineer or monitoring officer $150 per hour with business support including administration and planning technician time Consultants charged at actual cost | |
| Notified application - hearing required | $12,750.00 Additional fee of $1,000.00 for applications requiring notification in a daily newspaper | |
| Limited notification | Processing: Up to 35 hours Monitoring: 1 hour | $9,180.00 |
| Subdivision consent including land use consent for up to three lots | Processing: Up to 17 hours Business Support: 1 hour Monitoring: 1 hour | $4,740.00 |
| Subdivision consent including land use consent for four or more lots | Processing: Up to 27 hours Business Support: 1 hour Monitoring: 1 hour | $7,290.00 |
| Subdivision consent | Processing: Up to 13 hours Business Support: 1 hour Monitoring: 1 hour | $3,720.00 |
| Certificate under section 223 and/or 224 of the RMA | Processing & Administration: Up to 3 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $915.00 |
| Certificate under section 226 of the RMA | Processing: Up to 6 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $1,680.00 |
| Section 241 and 243 RMA application | Processing: Up to 6 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $1,680.00 |
| Rights of way | Processing: Up to 6 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $1,680.00 |
| Rights of way sealing fee | Processing: Up to 2 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $660.00 |
| Additional processing by technician/graduate or intermediate resource consents planner, engineer, administration and monitoring | ||
| Additional processing by senior/principal resource consents planner or team leader/manager, senior/principal engineer | ||
| All additional processing or monitoring time by planner, engineer or monitoring officer | $255.00 per hour | |
| All additional business support time | $150.00 per hour | |
| Hearing commissioner time shall be recovered for time spent in hearings and deliberating | Council Commissioners:Chair: $116.00 per hour Independent Commissioners: |
| Application Type | 2024-2025 Processing & Administration | 2024-2025 Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Sec 139A Existing Use Certificate application | Processing: Up to 6 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $1,680.00 |
| Certificate of Compliance | Processing: Up to 6 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $1,680.00 |
| Outline plan or waiver | Processing: Up to 6 hours Business Support: 1 hour Monitoring: 1 inspection | $1,935.00 |
| Section 10 waiver, section 37 waiver, section 125 extension, section 126 cancellation, sections 127 & 128 review (non-notified) RMA | Processing: Up to 6 hours Business Support: 1 hour | $1,680.00 |
| Certificate of Use under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 | Business Support: Up to 2 hours | $300.00 |
| Sealing fee (for urgent applications for registrable instruments) | $255.00 | |
| Certificate under Overseas Investment Act 1973 | Processing: Up to 3 hours | $765.00 |
| 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: $255.00 per hour | |
| Processing request for removal of building line | Processing: Up to 1 hour | $255.00 Additional time: $255.00 per hour Disbursements: Actual cost |
| Approval, variation or revocation of easements | Legal costs: Actual cost Officer's time: $255.00 per hour | |
Bond preparation and/or release | Processing: 2 hours | $510.00 Additional time: $255.00 per hour Disbursements: Actual cost |
| Initiative | 2024-2025 Fees |
|---|---|
| Eco Design Advisor home assessment & advice | Free |
| Advice on building to Homestar or Passive House requirements | Free |
Consents for:
| Free of charge for five hours of initial processing and one monitoring inspection, after which standard charges for the category of consent will apply |