Set up a credit approved account

Why set up a credit approved account with us 

You can open an account with us if you are a company, charity or trust and regularly request work from council on credit terms.

Your credit approved account can be used for buying:

• building and resource consents (including engineering consents)
• Land Information Memorandums (LIMs)
• property information (files and reports)
• cemetery services
• refuse station services (Waitākere and Waiheke Island).

How to set up a customer account 

Complete the application form and return it to us, including the appropriate documentation.

Make sure that you:

• complete the application form in full so we can assess your credit and finance details correctly
• sign the application form and accept our terms and conditions of credit
• tell us what goods or services you will need from us
• supply the appropriate documentation with your application.

Documentation to include 

Companies: 

• certificate of incorporation - available on the New Zealand Companies Office website.
• copy of the photo identification of the person signing the form (the director of the company).
• If the signatory is not a company director, please attach delegated authority from the director.

Charities and societies: 

• registration certificate (charities) - available on the New Zealand Companies Office website.
• incorporation certificate (societies) - available on the New Zealand Companies Office website.
• a copy of the photo identification of the person signing the form.

Trusts 

• trust deed (inclusive of all trustees)
• a copy of the photo identification of the person signing the form.