| Building Consents | |||||||||
| Building Consent fees are excluding document management fees. Additional fees may also apply - see additional building consent related fees. Building consent fees are owed once you have submitted your application and will be required to be paid in full before granting. | |||||||||
| Residential | |||||||||
| Solar and retrofit insulation | Free | ||||||||
| Minor Works | $594.00 | |
| Spa Pools | $1,412.00 | |
| Swimming Pools | $1,412.00 | |
| Garages | $1,533.00 | |
| Small Building Works | $1,533.00 | |
| Outbuilding Habitable | $2,613.00 | |
| Alterations and Additions | $2,839.00 | |
| Dwelling Single Storey | $5,679.00 | |
| Dwelling 2 Storey | $7,682.00 | |
| Dwelling 3 Storey or More | $11,913.00 | |
| Attached Residential Units | plus per unit charge after 1st unit | per unit | $2,595.00 |
| Demolition Residential | $1,184.00 | ||||||||
| Relocatable | $1,967.00 | ||||||||
| Commercial | |||||||||
| Demolition Commercial | $1,412.00 | ||||||||
| Commercial Minor Works | $1,184.00 | |
| Small Commercial building works | $2,613.00 | |
| More than 2 storeys and/or > $1,000,000 | $13,285.00 | |
| More than 2 storeys and/or > $1,000,000 | plus additional hourly rate where applicable | per hour | $227.00 |
| Request for further information during processing - minimum of 1 hour charged | per hour | $227.00 |
| Internal Fit out and Alterations | $5,189.00 | |
| Up to 2 storey | $9,665.00 | |
| Project Information Memorandum | ||||||||
| Residential | ||||||||
| Minor Works | $349.00 | |||||||
| Spa Pools | $349.00 | |||||||
| Swimming Pools | $349.00 | |||||||
| Garages | $462.00 | |||||||
| Small Building Works | $462.00 | |||||||
| Outbuilding Habitable | $462.00 | |||||||
| Alterations and Additions | $462.00 | |||||||
| Demolition Residential | $349.00 | |||||||
| All Dwellings | $574.00 | |||||||
| Commercial | ||||||||
| Demolition Commercial | $349.00 | |||||||
| Commercial Minor Works | $349.00 | |||||||
| Internal Fit out | $574.00 | |||||||
| Up to 2 Storeys | $574.00 | |||||||
| For all Other Commercial Projects | $800.00 | |||||||
| Additional Building Consent fees | |||||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) | |||||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) - A4 | per page | $2.40 | |||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) - A3 | per page | $3.60 | |||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) - A2 | per page | $3.60 | |||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) - A0 | per page | $3.60 | |||||||
| Electronic Data Management | ||||||||
| Residential | $165.00 | |||||||
| Commercial | $329.00 | |||||||
| Value of work less than $20,000 | Free | |||||||
| Levies | |||||||||
| Building Accreditation Levy 50 cents per $1,000 of building value | per $1000 | $0.50 | |||||||
| BRANZ Levy $1.00 per $1,000 on projects $20,000 and over | per $1000 | $1.00 | |||||||
| MBIE Levy $1.75 per $1,000 on projects $65,000 and over | per $1000 | $1.75 | |||||||
| Compliance Certificate | |||||||||
| Urgent Residential Code Compliance Certificate (CCC) | $489.00 | ||||||||
| Code Compliance Certificate | $489.00 | ||||||||
| Commercial Code Compliance Certificate | $979.00 | ||||||||
| Copy of Code Compliance Certificate | $59.00 | |||||||
| Inspection of building to be shifted in to/within Hamilton City | ||||||||
| Inspection | $245.00 | |||||||
| plus mileage outside of city | per km | $0.92 |
| plus outside of city travel time for Inspector | per hour | $245.00 |
| Other Building Consent Related Fees | ||||||||
| Engineering Audit Fee | $274.00 | |||||||
| External consultancy fees | Actual costs | |
| Additional Inspections | per hour | $245.00 |
| On-site Minor Variation | $245.00 | |
| Inspection of Amusement Devices | $11.50 | |
| Amendments to a Building Consent Application | per hour | $227.00 |
| Application to extend time for which a building consent is valid | $122.00 | |||||||
| Pre-application meeting to lodge a Building Consent | $184.00 | |||||||
| Water, Stormwater and Wastewater services charges Including but not limited to: Service Connections/Disconnections, CCTV Surveys, Trade waste |
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| Building Warrant of Fitness and Compliance Schedule | ||||||||
| Processing annual Building Warrant of Fitness | $122.00 | |||||||
| New and amendment of a Compliance Schedule | $245.00 | |||||||
| New and amendment of a Compliance Schedule | plus charge per system or feature | per system or feature | $117.00 |
| Replacement Compliance Schedule and Warrant of Fitness Statement | $59.00 | |
| Inspection of Compliance Schedule Maintenance and Reporting Procedures | $245.00 | |
| Compliance Schedule Re-inspection | per hour | $245.00 | |||||||
| Swimming Pool & Fencing Compliance | |||||||||
| Additional Pool Monitoring Audit | per hour | $245.00 | |||||||
| Other Applications | ||||||||
| Request for exemption from building consent | $339.00 | |||||||
| Commercial request for exemption from building consent | $565.00 | |||||||
| Certificate of Acceptance Application (COA) | $736.00 | |
| Commercial Certificate of Acceptance Application (COA) | $977.00 | |
| Change of Use Application | $577.00 | |
| Certificate of Public Use (CPU) | $734.00 | |
| Urgent Certificate of Public Use (CPU) | $1,017.00 | |
| Liquor Licence - Compliance with Building Code Certificate | $245.00 | |
| Section 77-83 - Building Act 2004 | $577.00 | |
| Section 73-74 Fee | $350.00 | |
| Certificate of Title | $59.00 | |
| Replacement Earthquake-Prone Building Notice | $59.00 | |
| Functions Relating to Earthquake-Prone Buildings | $227.00 | |
| Application for Waiver or Modification to the Building Code. Additional inspection charges may also apply. |
$698.00 | |
| Building Control Hourly Rates | |||||||||
| Applications Officer | per hour | $122.00 | |||||||
| Building Review Officer | per hour | $227.00 | |||||||
| Building Inspector | per hour | $245.00 | |||||||
| Compliance and Monitoring Officer | per hour | $245.00 | |||||||
| Team Leader | per hour | $283.00 | |||||||
| Manager | per hour | $306.00 | |||||||
| Photocopying and printing | |||||||||
| Photocopying and Printing - A4 | per page | $1.70 | |||||||
| Photocopying and Printing - A3 | per page | $3.00 | |||||||
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