We recover costs for processing applications based on the specified hourly rate of the planners and specialists involved. These costs are for resource consents, notices of requirement, private plan change requests and fast-track approvals.
Check Annual resource consent charges, Building consent fees and charges and Fast-track approvals for more information.
There is a document handling charge for any plans and documents that our staff have to scan into our digital resource consent system. This charge is per application and only applies where that application is payable online.
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Document handling charge – scanning of plans or documents into digital consent system (per submission) | $105 |
Submit all the required information with your application to avoid further processing costs. If you have any questions about what you need to provide, contact us on 09 301 0101.
You must include the relevant lodgement deposit with your resource consent, notices of requirement, private plan change request and fast-track approvals to cover application processing costs.
If the actual cost is less than the deposit amount, we will refund the difference.
If the actual cost exceeds the deposit amount, which happens in most cases, we will invoice you for the additional costs.
If you are applying for a building or resource consent, use the building and resource consent deposit calculator to find out how much your deposit will be.
The initial pre-application appraisal will involve one or two planning and development engineering staff. Other specialists will be included as required.
Any additional costs (including charges by external specialists) will be invoiced where actual costs exceed the deposit paid.
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Resource consent advice | $1000 |
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Technical Level 1: Planning, Urban design, Compliance, Monitoring, Investigation, Environmental health, Licensing, other | $198 |
| Technical Level 2: Planning, Engineering, Monitoring, Subdivisions, Other – All Senior, Intermediate | $228 |
| Technical level 3: Manager, Project lead, Legal services, Team leaders, Principals, Fire engineers and Premium service | $240 |
| Administration (all areas) | $126 |
| Description | Deposit |
|---|---|
| Residential | $6500 |
| Non-residential | $4500 |
| Approvals under the Auckland Council Signage Bylaw – Fixed fee (not refundable, no additional charges) | $1780 |
| Skylights; Stormwater Management Area – Flow (SMAF only) | $500 |
| Solar panels in special character overlay – Fixed fee (not refundable, no additional charges) | $511 |
| Tree works (excludes pruning or to undertake works within the protected root zone of notable (scheduled) trees, which does not incur a deposit or charge) – Fixed fee (not refundable, no additional charges) | $685 |
| Description | Deposit |
|---|---|
| All (with the exception of those below) | $5000 |
| Cross-lease, unit title, boundary adjustment | $2000 |
| Approval of rights of way, cancellation of amalgamation conditions and covenants, cancellation of easement conditions, s226 consents, discharges of encumbrances and other non-resource management matters relating to subdivisions | $1100 |
| Description | Deposit |
|---|---|
| Coastal structures, activities and occupation | $7000 |
| Contaminated sites, landfills, discharge contaminants to air | $7000 |
| Discharge of stormwater, domestic wastewater or other contaminants | $7000 |
| Earthworks and sediment | $7000 |
| Transfer of coastal, water or discharge permit to another site | $7000 |
| Water take, use and diversion | $7000 |
| Works in, on, under or over the bed of a lake, river, stream | $7000 |
| Description | Deposit |
|---|---|
| Complex projects | $30000 |
| Simple projects | $10000 |
| Description | Deposit |
|---|---|
| Minor alteration to an existing designation | $5000 |
| Notice of requirement – Pre-application appraisal | $577 |
| Uplift an existing designation | $1000 |
| Notice of requirement – complex new notice or alteration to designation | $30000 |
| Description | Deposit |
|---|---|
| Certificate of compliance; existing use rights | $1850 |
| Consent transfer or consent surrender (not refundable) | $256 |
| Deemed Permitted Boundary Activity | $1000 |
| Drill or alter a bore | $600 |
| Extension of lapse date | $1900 |
| Multiple / bundle applications for any combination of two or more: land use, subdivision or regional consent | $12000 |
| Outline plan of works | $2000 |
| Partial consent transfer (charged at actual cost) | $256 |
| Renewal – Discharge of stormwater, domestic wastewater or other contaminants | $4000 |
| s357 Objection hearing deposit | $1500 |
| Urgent consent transfer – Fixed fee (not refundable, no additional charges) | $358 |
| Variation or cancellation under RMA s127, review of conditions | $4400 |
| Variation or cancellation under RMA s221, review of conditions | $3500 |
| Waiver of outline plan | $500 |
| Description | Deposit |
|---|---|
| Fully notified | $20000 |
| Hearing deposit (where complex, a higher deposit will be required | $3000 |
| Limited notified | $10000 |
| Tree works (excludes pruning or to undertake works within the protected root zone of notable (scheduled) trees, which does not incur a deposit or charge) – Fixed fee (not refundable, no additional charges) | $1124 |
| Description | Deposit |
|---|---|
| All other monitoring activity: base fee applied on application approval (not refundable, additional work above the base fee will be charged per hour) | $199 |
| Permitted activities including, but not limited to, dairy farms, forestry and those covered by freshwater regulations are charged on an hourly basis | $199 |
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Approval of engineering works (major) and consent to drainage works – construction of private drains through adjoining premises of works on private land | $2500 |
| Approval of engineering works (minor) and common access way | $1200 |
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Weekly (annual subscription) | $1906 |
| Monthly (annual subscription) | $914 |
| Single request (monthly or weekly report) | $175 |
We send reminder letters once your invoice is overdue.
Depending on the value of your invoice, we also use the services of a third party company to call you. This is an automated call with a recorded message. The company is based in Hamilton and the number is 07 981 5623.
