Resource Consents Fees

This page sets out the Administrative Charges under the Resource Management Act 1991.

These fees were set by resolution of Council at its Strategy, Finance and Regulatory Committee meeting held on 16 June 2011 (Item #47/11), and adopted by Council at its meeting held on 29 June 2011 (Item #93/11).

Fees apply from 1 July 2011 and include GST.

Fixed and Additional Fees

The dollar amounts shown in the 'Fixed' fee column represent a reasonable average of the cost of processing each particular type of application.  They act as a deposit.

If the time spent processing the application is greater than the time covered by the fixed fee then Council will recover the additional processing cost at the hourly rate shown as the 'Additional (per hour)' column via an invoice to the applicant.

The invoice may also include a monitoring fee if applicable, and the cost of any specialist advice or other costs set out in the schedules below.

Non-Notified Resource Consents

Type of Application

Processing time
included for
fixed charge

Fixed

Additional
(per hour)
Minor land use application (note 1)

5

$617

$124
All other non-notified land use applications

10

$1,238

$124
All other non-notified subdivision applications

10

$1,238

$124
Section 10 Waivers

1

$124

$124
Section 37 Waivers

1

$124

$124
Section 125 extensions

1

$124

$124
Section 126 cancellation

1

$124

$124
Section 127

1

$124

$124
Section 128 review

1

$124

$124

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Notified Resource Consent and Service of Notice

Type of Application

Processing time
included for
fixed charge

Fixed

Additional
(per hour)
Notified land use application

30

$3,698

$124
Notified subdivision application

30

$3,698

$124
Limited notified application

30

$3,698

$124
Section 10 Waivers

5

$617

$124
Section 37 Waivers

5

$617

$124
Section 125 extensions

5

$617

$124
Section 126 cancellation

5

$617

$124
Section 127

5

$617

$124
Section 128 review

5

$617

$124
Hearing costs (note 3, note 4)  

Actual

 -

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Monitoring

Type of Application

Processing time
included for
fixed charge

Fixed

Additional
(per hour)
Per inspection (note 2)

1

$124

$124

Certificate of Compliance

Type of Application

Processing time
included for
fixed charge

Fixed

Additional
(per hour)
Existing use certificate

5

$617

$124
Certificate of compliance

5

$617

$124

Designations and Heritage Orders

Type of Application

Processing time
included for
fixed charge

Fixed

Additional
(per hour)
Applications for new designations (note 5)

50

$6,617

$124
Applications to alter existing designations - s181(2)

50

$6,617

$124
Applications to alter existing designations - s181(3)

5

$617

$124
Consideration of Outline Plans

5

$617

$124
Extensions to designations

5

$617

$124
Removal of Designations under s182 (note 6)

5

$617

$124
Applications for new heritage orders s189 (note 5)

50

$6,617

$124
Applications to alter existing heritage orders - s192 ref to s181(2)

50

$6,617

$124
Applications to alter existing heritage orders - s192 ref to s181(3)

5

$617

$124
Removal of heritage orders - s196

5

$617

$124
Hearing costs (note 3)

 -

Actual

  -
Commissioner costs (note 3)

 -

Actual

 -

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Plan Changes

Type of Application

Processing time
included for
fixed charge

Fixed

Additional
(per hour)
Private Plan Change Request - Council adopted, Council accepted, Council rejected (note 7)

* Up to 85 hours of Officer time (excluding other Council costs)

$10,000 Deposit only  

$124
Hearing costs (note 3, note 4)

-

Actual

-
Commissioner costs (note 3)

-

Actual

-

Others

Type of Application

Processing time
included for
fixed charge

Fixed

Additional
(per hour)
Section 221 consent notices

1

$124

$124
Section 222 completion certificates

1

$124

$124
Section 223 sealing only

1

$124

$124
Section 223 and s224(c)/(f) jointly

1

$124

$124
Section 225

1

$124

$124
Section 226 certification

1

$124

$124
Section 240 cancel covenant

1

$124

$124
Section 241 amalgamation

1

$124

$124
Section 243 certification

1

$124

$124
Bond preparation and release

1

$124

$124
Section 348 Local Government Act

1

$124

$124
Right of Way

1

$124

$124
Sale of Liquor Act Statement

1

$124

$124
Certificate of Fitness LMVD

1

$124

$124
Overseas Investment Certificate

1

$124

$124
Removal of Building Line(s)

1

$124

$124
Section 402 approval

1

$124

$124

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Specific Service Charges

Type of Application

Processing time
included for
fixed charge

Fixed

Additional (per hour)
Officer time hourly charge

 

$124

$124
Advertising and public notification (local) (note 3)

 

Actual

-
Advertising and public notification (regional) (note 3)

 

Actual

-
Hearings commissioner/s (requested by applicant)

 

Actual

-
Hearing commissioner/s  (where not requested by applicant)

 

Actual, or the equivalent attendance time of 3 Councillors based on the "Councillor Attendance" rates listed below, whichever is the lesser

-
Councillor attendance - resource consent hearings: Chair (Members) (note 4)

 

$85/hr ($68/Councillor per hour)

-
Councillor attendance at hearings for plan changes: Chair (Members) (note 4)

 

$85/hr ($68/Councillor per hour)

-
Specialists advice (note 8)

 

Actual

-

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Notes

Note 1
Minor land use application means an application for a land use activity (excluding non-residential activities in the Suburban Zone) that:

  • in the Suburban Zone, does not comply with the Suburban Zone permitted activity standards; or
  • in the Rural Zone, is a controlled activity; and
  • for which applicants provide evidence of consultation in accordance with the Fourth Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Note 2
The monitoring charge becomes payable upon grant of resource consent, and/or confirmation of a requirement for designation.  In addition, the Council will recover additional costs from the consent holder for officer time should more than one inspection and associated activities be required, based on the ‘officer time hourly rate’.

Note 3
“Actual” means the actual and reasonable cost of the activity that is being charged for and includes hearing, commissioner, advertising and public notification costs, and costs relating to printing, production and distribution of material.  In respect of plan changes and heritage orders, these charges will not be recovered on plan changes adopted by Council.

Note 4
The full costs will be charged for the chair and up to 2 committee members’ involvement (a total of 3 councillors) in hearings for plan changes and notified resource consents.  The level of the charge will be based on the attendance fees for councillors prescribed by legislation, and may include additional time spent by Councillors in formal pre-hearing meetings, formal committee deliberations and at formal site inspections as part of a group inspection or as part of a pre-hearing meeting. 

The costs of councillor involvement in hearings for council-adopted plan changes; or designations and heritage orders under Part 8 of the RMA will not be recovered.

Note 5
This charge does not apply to applications for existing designations to be rolled over at time of plan review.

Note 6
This charge applies to recovering costs associated with removing a designation, or part of a designation, from the District Plan planning maps and text and updating these documents.

Note 7 **
The full and actual costs of processing any Private Plan Change request shall be recovered.  All Private Plan Change requests will require the payment of an initial deposit of $10,000.  The initial deposit covers the initial decision to accept or adopt the plan change in whole or in part, mail out, processing submissions, officers report, hearing and decision, providing that the deposit only covers the plan change application process to the extent that the officer time at $124.00 per hour and Council’s actual costs do not exceed $10,000.  If Council’s actual costs are more than $10,000 then the additional costs shall be recovered in full or as agreed to with the applicant. 

Note 8
Consultant’s and legal fees associated with the processing of a consent or certificate (including specialist technical or legal advice); or where a consent involves creating legal instruments, will be charged at cost and recovered in full. 

** For the sake of clarity the words "initial fixed fee" have been replaced with "initial deposit".

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