Application type

Set general information about the type of application you are making and whether it is part of a series of staged construction projects. 

 

Have you had a pre-application meeting for this project with the authority? Select Yes to record key details of a pre-application meeting. Add any documents from the pre-application meeting to your application in the upload step of the application form.

  • Reference number is required. If you do not have it, select Do not have a reference number? and the system sets Reference number to Pre-application meeting reference not provided.

  • Date of the meeting displays a calendar for you to select a date or you can type the date in the format year-month-day.

  • Name of the staff member records one or more names of authority staff.

Are there previous consents associated with this project? Select Yes to record details of other consents.

  • Consent number is the full number provided on the original building consent, such as BCN/2023/555 or BCN1123. Building consent number format is set by the issuing authority.

  • Issued by is the name of the authority that issued the previous consent, such as Central Hawke's Bay District Council.

  • Other comments is available to provide any other information relevant to the previous consent, to help the authority to process your application.

Is this project part of a staged construction? If you have agreed staged construction with your authority, select Yes to record details of this stage of the construction. You must have approval before applying for a staged building consent.

Stages could be a stage for each separate building, as part of a project for constructing a group of buildings, or staging the construction or alteration of a single building.

Staged projects result in a series of building consents that are cumulative. The plans and specifications at each stage are required to include the building work approved in earlier stages.

  • What stage of your project does this application relate to? sets the description for the stage for the building work covered by the current application, such as "Units 1-10", "1" or some other description. Use the stage description agreed with your authority.

  • Total number of stages is the number of stages for the full construction project including this and any previous and subsequent applications.

  • Have you made changes to building work approved in a previous stage? Select Yes to provide details of the changes made.

Design certification questions relate to national and council product assurance and certification schemes, such as the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment's (MBIE) MultiProof, CodeMark and BuiltReady schemes.

Are you using a multiple use approval standardised design? relates to designs pre-approved by MBIE or your council as complying with the NZ Building Code. Select Yes to provide details of the design.

  • Which standardised design scheme are you using? sets whether you are using design approved under the MBIE MultiProof scheme, your council's multiple use approval scheme or that has a DINEX / CodeMark certification.

  • Multiple use approval number is the approval or certificate number unique to the design you are using. This field is available only for National or Council multiple use approval schemes.

Does the design include modular components from a BuiltReady manufacturer? relates to MBIE's BuiltReady offsite manufacturer certification scheme. The first certified manufacturers are expected in 2023.