District Planning
District planning fees are charged under the Resource Management Act 1991. Resource management infringements are
determined by statute and can be found in the Resource Management (Infringement Offences) Regulations 1999.
All our fees are “deposits” unless we identify them as “fixed”. This means we may charge additional fees if necessary to
cover the actual time involved. Our fees are set at 100% of the average time involved, except for notified applications and
plan changes.
| District Planning | Unit | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Planning advice Pre lodgement advice | actual cost (first 30 minutes free) | |
| Pre application meetings (actual cost based on hourly rate of staff attending meetings) | actual cost | |
| Planning application fees Non-notified resource consent applications, designations, and heritage orders | ||
| Land use consent | ||
| Deemed boundary activity (provided written approvals have been provided by the affected parties) | 350.00 | |
| Marginal or temporary activities | 350.00 | |
| Non-complying with District Plan amenity standards or access standards | 1,150.00 | |
| All others | 1,950.00 | |
| Subdivision consent | ||
| 1–5 lots including the balance lot | 1,950.00 | |
| 6+ lots including the balance lot | 2,550.00 | |
| Section 226 certificate (separation of title) | 1,150.00 | |
| Section 223 survey plan approval certificate | 350.00 | |
| Combined Section 223 survey plan and 224 completion approval certificate* | 825.00 | |
| Section 224 completion approval certificate (if applied separately from Section 223)* | 475.00 | |
| Section 221 consent notice application | 350.00 | |
| Subdivision Engineering Advice/Inspection/Certification plus travel cost | hour | 221.00/hour |
| Signing of Easement Instruments and other legal documentation | 200.00 | |
| New or alteration to designation or heritage order | 1,430.00 | |
| * s223 and s224 engineering approval and inspections will be charged at the hourly officer rate for ‘technical and professional staff from all other units’ as listed in the “Council staff and decision-maker charges” section | ||
| Miscellaneous resource consents | ||
| Certificate (record) of title search | 31.00 | |
| Bond preparation (Section 108A) | 1,550.00 | |
| Certificate of compliance (Section 139) | 1,150.00 | |
| Existing use certificate (Section 139A) | 1,150.00 | |
| Section 128 condition review | 1,150.00 | |
| Change/cancel consent conditions (Section 127) | 1,950.00 | |
| Change/cancel consent notice (Section 221) | 1,500.00 | |
| Extension of time (Section 125) | 1,150.00 | |
| Cancel amalgamation condition (Section 241) | 550.00 | |
| Instrument creating esplanade strip/reserve (Section 235) | 750.00 | |
| Cancellation of easements (Section 243) | 550.00 | |
| Miscellaneous approvals | ||
| Right of way approval (Section 348) | 950.00 | |
| Removal of building lines | 950.00 | |
| Overseas Investment Act certificate | 550.00 | |
| Other certificates | 550.00 | |
| District Plan amendments | ||
| Private plan change request deposit | 20,000.00 | |
| Building Act 2008 | ||
| Section 73 notification - land subject to natural hazard | 950.00 | |
| Section 75(2) certificate - building over two allotments | 950.00 | |
| Compliance and monitoring | ||
| Per inspection | per hour | 221.00 |
| Additional inspection | per hour | 221.00 |
| Travel cost | km | 1.10/km |
| Designations and Heritage Orders | ||
| Section 176A outline plan approval | 1,150.00 | |
| Waiver for requirement for outline plan | 750.00 | |
| Application for new designations | 10,000.00 | |
| Applications to alter existing designations - S181(2) | 10,000.00 | |
| Applications to alter existing designations - S181(3) | 10,000.00 | |
| Extensions of Designations | 10,000.00 | |
| Removal of Designations under S182 | 1,150.00 | |
| Applications for new heritage orders s189 | 10,000.00 | |
| Applications to alter existing heritage orders - s192 ref to s181(2) | 10,000.00 | |
| Applications to alter existing heritage orders - s192 ref to s181(3) | 10,000.00 | |
| Removal of Heritage Orders - s196 | 1,150.00 | |
| Notified and Limited Notified Resource Consent Applications | ||
| Limited notified application | 3,000.00 | |
| Public Notification | 10,000.00 | |
| Objections | ||
| Objection of Resource Management Act decisions (extra charge may be incurred in the conduct of the objection) | 1,150.00 | |
| Infringements | ||
| Resource management infringements | statutory fee | |
| Officer and decision-maker rates | ||
| Planning Administrator | per hour | 165.00 |
| Planning Officer | per hour | 221.00 |
| Technical and professional Council staff | per hour | 221.00 |
| Manager | per hour | 276.00 |
| External Specialist advice | per hour | actual cost |
| Commissioner | per hour | actual cost |
| Hearing Committee chair and panel members | per hour | actual cost |
| Land Information Memorandum | |
|---|---|
| Standard LIM (zoned Residential or Settlement as per District Plan) | 320.00 |
| Non-standard LIM (zoned Rural, Industrial and Commercial as per District Plan) | $450.00 |
| Cancellation | |
| Cancellation within 24 hours | 80% refunded |
| Cancellation within 48 hours | 60% refunded |
| Cancellation after 48 hours | no refund |