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All fees include GST and are payable under either the Resource Management Act 1991, Sale of Liquor Act 1989 or the Local Government Act 2002. Fees are not refundable if your application is declined or withdrawn. Additional charges may apply (see below).

Application fees cover the cost of processing your application only. After you start building there are charges to cover the Council's monitoring costs, such as site visits, research, photos, communications and administration.

Resource Consent Fees (91Kb PDF)

Resource Consent Fees
Service Charge
Pre-application meetings: planner / advisor / compliance officer - per hour / per officer $150
Non-notified consent: subdivision and/or land use - up to 8 hrs planner / advisor, 1 hr admin, $45 disbursements $1,500
Limited notified consent: subdivision and/or land use - up to 30 hrs planner / advisor, 8 hr admin, $580 disbursements $8,000
Fully notified consent: subdivision and/or land use (includes $1,500 towards cost of public notices) - up to 75 hrs planner / advisor, 8 hr admin, $830 disbursements $15,000
All other approvals including:
  • Non-notified consent application for earthworks only;
  • Outline plan approval;
  • Certificate of Compliance;
  • Extension of time (s125);
  • Change or cancellation of conditions (s127);
  • Consents notices (s221);
  • Amalgamations (s241);
  • Easements (s243), Right of Way or similar
- up to 6 hrs planner / advisor, 1 hr admin,
$55 disbursements		 $1,040
Certificates: Town Planning, Sale of Liquor, Overseas Investments, LMVD - up to 2 hrs planner / advisor, 1 hr admin $385
Fast Track - non-notified consents only - issued within 10 days (conditions apply, applications will be accepted on a case-by-case basis) 2 x normal fee
Fast Track - non-notified consents only - issued within 5 days (conditions apply, applications will be accepted on a case-by-case basis) 3 x normal fee

Additional Charges
Service Charge
Cost of all disbursements ie venue hire, photocopying, catering, postage, public notification variable based on actual cost
Councillor costs per hour for any hearing:
  • Chairperson
  • Other
  • Specialist consultant report (including consultant planners)
  • $87
  • $70
  • variable based on actual cost
Independent Commissioners variable based on actual cost
Additional hours (per hour):
  • All consents: additional processing hours (per hr) planner / advisor / compliance officer
  • All consents: additional processing hours (per hr) administrative officer
  • $150

  • $85

Bylaw Application
Service Charge
Applications relating to signs (eg commercial sex premises) - up to 6 hrs $900

Compliance Monitoring
Service Charge
Monitoring administration of Resource Consents: subdivision or land use - minimum of 1 hr, then based on actual time over and above that $150
Cost of disbursements eg materials, consultant investigations variable based on actual cost
Additional hours (per hr):
  • planner / expert / compliance officer
  • administrative officer
  • $150
  • $85

Subdivision Certification
Service Charge
Certification for s224(c):
  • up to 4 hrs
  • $600
Certification for s223, s224(f), s226 etc:
  • up to 2 hrs
  • combination of 2 or more - up to 4 hrs
  • $300
  • $600
All other RMA, Building Act, Unit Titles Act and LGA certificates, sealing, transfer documents etc - up to 2 hrs (disbursements, eg photocopying will be charged separately) $300
Bonds: preparation and/or release
- up to 2 hrs
$300

Terms & Late Payment

Initial & Additional Fees

Fees must be paid before applications are processed. Further charges will be invoiced if additional time is spent processing requests and/or disbursements.

Terms of Payment

Payment of additional fees is due by the 20th of the month following invoice processing.

Late payment will incur:

  • an additional administrative fee (lesser of 10% of the overdue amount or $300)
  • all costs and expenses (including debt collection or legal fees) associated with recovery of the overdue amount
  • daily interest (rate of 15% pa) from the date of default.

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