Building Work Description

Describe the building work completed and the dates and value of the work.

Describe the building work should ideally cover:

  • the type of building work, such as removal, demolition, alteration, relocation, fit-out or construction.

  • the structures affected by the building work, such as single storey, 3-bedroom residential dwelling, retaining wall and garage, multi-unit residential development, mixed-use office and retail centre, or distribution warehouse.

Enter the date you started the building work and Enter the date you completed the building work may be exact or estimated dates.

Enter the estimated total value of the building work is the full cost to complete the building work covered by this application. The amount must include GST. Authorities use this amount when determining the building levy the building owner or developer must pay.

Reason is one of:

  • The owner, or the owner’s predecessor in title, carried out building work for which a building consent was required, but a building consent was not obtained

  • A building consent could not practicably be obtained in advance because the building work had to be carried out urgently

  • The building consent authority that granted the building consent is unable or refuses to issue a code compliance certificate in relation to the building work, and no other building consent authority will agree to issue a code compliance certificate for the building work

Reason for urgency is available when the reason is that a building consent could not practicably be obtained in advance due to urgency and narrows down the urgency reason to be either of:

  • For the purpose of saving or protecting life or health or preventing serious damage to property as follows

  • In order to ensure that a specified system was maintained in a safe condition or made safe

Detailed explanation should capture the details for the reason for application when a consent was not applied for or when the reason was urgency.

Consent number and Issued by are available and required when the reason is that the authority is unable or refused to issue a code compliance certificate (CCC).

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.

Did the work involve any of these?

Building over a boundary should be selected when your application relates to the construction of a building on land that is comprised of two or more allotments of one or more existing subdivisions that are held by the owner in fee simple, such as freehold. In this situation, the territorial authority must issue a certificate detailing limitations and restrictions on transfer or lease of the land (Section 75 of the Building Act 2004).

Work on a building or site with any cultural or heritage significance should be selected when the proposed work affects a historic place, historic area, wāhi tapu, or wāhi tapu area that has been entered on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero, as required under Section 39 of the Building Act 2004.