District Planning

Pursuant to Section 36, 36(1) and 36(3) of the Resource Management Act 1991, Council may require the person who is liable to pay one or more of the below charge, to also pay an addittional charge to recover actual and reasonable costs in respect of the matter concerned.

Note: These fees relate to the minimum charge only payable prior to assessing the application. Consents will not be processed until payment has cleared. Actual fee payable includes the cost of time taken to process each application, memorandum, consent, notice, certificate or schedule, the cost of disbursements, plus any inspections required.

 UnitFee
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)   $377.00
Marginal or temporary activities   $377.00
Non-complying with District Plan amenity standards or access standards   $1,240.00
All others   $2,064.00
Subdivision consent
1-5 lots including the balance lot   $2,064.00
6+ lots including the balance lot   $2,735.00
Section 226 certificate (separation of title)   $1,240.00
Section 223 survey plan approval certificate   $379.00
Combined Section 223 survey plan and 224 completion approval certificate *   $895.00
Section 224 completion approval certificate (if applied separately from Section
223) *
  $516.00
Section 221 consent notice application  $379.00
Subdivision Engineering Advice/Inspection/Certification plus travel cost per hour $258.00
Signing of Easement Instruments and other legal documentation   $207.00
* 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
New or alteration to designation or heritage order   $1,548.00

Miscellaneous resource consents

Certificate (record) of title search   $32.00
Bond preparation (Section 108A)   $1,650.00
Certificate of compliance (Section 139)   $1,240.00
Existing use certificate (Section 139A)   $1,240.00
Section 128 condition review   $1,240.00
Change/cancel consent conditions (Section 127)   $2,064.00
Extension of time (Section 125)   $1,240.00
Change/cancel consent notice (Section 221)  $1,600.00
Cancel amalgamation condition (Section 241)   $594.00
Instrument creating esplanade strip/reserve (Section 235)   $594.00
Cancellation of easements (Section 243)   $594.00

Miscellaneous approvals

Right of way approval (Section 348)   $1,032.00
Removal of building lines   $1,032.00
Overseas Investment Act certificate   $594.00
Other certificates   $594.00

District Plan amendments

Private plan change request deposit   $20,640.00

Compliance and monitoring

Per inspection per hour $235.00
Additional inspection per hour $235.00
Travel cost km $1.14/km

Designations and Heritage Orders

Section 176A outline plan approval   $1,240.00
Waiver for requirement for outline plan   $810.00
Application for new designations   $10,320.00
Applications to alter existing designations - S181(2)   $10,320.00
Applications to alter existing designations - S181(3)   $10,320.00
Extensions of Designations   $10,320.00
Removal of Designations under S182   $1,187.00
Applications for new heritage orders s189   $10,320.00
Applications to alter existing heritage orders - s192 ref to s181(2)   $10,320.00
Applications to alter existing heritage orders - s192 ref to s181(3)   $10,320.00
Removal of Heritage Orders - s196   $1,187.00

Notified and Limited Notified Resource Consent Applications

Limited notified application   $3,096.00
Public Notification   $10,320.00

Objections

Objection of Resource Management Act decisions
(extra charge may be incurred in the conduct of the objection)
  $1,240.00

Infringements

Resource management infringements   statutory fee

Officer and decision-maker rates

Planning Administrator per hour $170.00
Planning Technician per hour $190.00
Planning Officer per hour $232.00
Technical and professional Council staff per hour $232.00
Land Development Engineer per hour $232.00
Manager per hour $300.00
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 (LIM)

Standard LIM
(zoned Residential or Settlement as per District Plan)
 $345.00
Non-standard LIM
(zoned Rural, Industrial and Commercial as per District Plan)
 $490.00
Cancellation  
Cancellation within 24 hours 80% refunded
Cancellation within 48 hours 60% refunded
Cancellation after 48 hours no refund