Resources for building professionals

Practice notes

Practice notes provide guidance in day-to-day decisions when carrying out building work. Consent processing staff check all consent applications against these notes before a consent is issued.

These should be referred to in conjunction with the:

 

Practice notes

 Practice note

Title

AC2203 (PDF 68kb)

Removal of buildings from a property

AC2204 (PDF 89kb)

Soundproofing buildings

AC2205 (PDF 63kb)

Alterations and change of use to existing buildings

AC2206 (PDF 62kb)

Weathertightness of windows and doors

AC2207 (PDF 67kb)

Openings between buildings on two or more allotments

AC2208 (PDF 67kb)

Foundation depth for buildings outside the scope of NZS36042011

AC2209 (PDF 89kb)

Domestic smoke alarms

AC2210 (PDF 69kb)

Alternative solutions

AC2211 (PDF 65kb)

Building consents dealing with weathertightness

AC2212 (PDF 69kb)

Siting, floor levels and surveyors certificates

AC2214 (PDF 63kb)

The use and handling of grade 500E steel

AC2215 (PDF 64kb)

Types of masonry

AC2217 (PDF 69kb)

Inspection guidelines for stucco-clad buildings

AC2219 (PDF 69kb)

Minimum apartment sizes

AC2220 (PDF 64kb)

Re-cladding stucco dwellings on a cavity system

AC2221 (PDF 64kb)

Hardwired domestic smoke alarms

AC2222 (PDF 61kb)

E2 amendment 5 transitional dates

AC2224 (PDF 78kb)

Building consent amendments

AC2225 (PDF 63kb)

Design and construction of slender precast walls

AC2226 (PDF 53kb)

Applying the term reasonable and practicable to existing buildings

AC2227 (PDF 69kb)

Certificate for public use

AC2228 (PDF 85kb)

Re-clad applications

AC2229 (PDF 115kb)

Building on land subject to natural hazards

AC2230 (PDF 70kb)

Fire separation between adjacent open balconies or private open spaces of household units

AC2231 (PDF 78kb)

Construction of retaining walls

AC2232 (PDF 54kb)

Maintenance and repairs, weathertightness

AC2233 (PDF 70kb)

Residential apartment buildings on boundaries

AC2234 (PDF 63kb)

External and internal membranes

AC2235 (PDF 42kb)

Section 363 Certificate for public use and the building code certificate

AC2237 (PDF 105kb)

Application of G6 Airborne and Impact Sound

AC2238 (PDF 65kb)

Structurally fixed cavity battens

AC2239 (PDF 65kb)

Car platform stacking devices

AC2240 (PDF 72kb)

Infinity pools and safety from falling

AC2241 (PDF 75kb)

H1 Energy efficiency in small buildings

AC2242 (PDF 79kb)

House lifting and relocations

AC2243 (PDF 84kb)

Temporary public structures

AC2244 (PDF 45kb)

H1.2 timber treatment

AC2245 (PDF 66kb)

Definition of a historic building consent

AC2246 (PDF 80kb)

Pallet racking

AC2247 (PDF 66kb)

Demolition of swimming or spa pool

AC2248 (PDF 76kb)

Processing and monitoring as the result of the enquiry into the collapse of Palace Hotel

  

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