| 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. | ||||||||||
| Commercial | ||||||||||
| Demolition Commercial | $1,364.00 | |||||||||
| Commercial Minor Works (including but not limited to installing a steel beam, installation of a sink, installation of a door) |
$1,144.00 | |||||||||
| Small Commercial building works | $2,525.00 | |||||||||
| Internal Fit out and Alterations | $5,014.00 | |||||||||
| Up to 2 Storey | $9,338.00 | |||||||||
| More than 2 storeys and/or > $1,000,000 | $12,836.00 | |
| More than 2 storeys and/or > $1,000,000 | plus additional hourly rate where applicable | per hour | $219.00 |
| Request for Further Information during processing - minimum of 1 hour charged | per hour | $219.00 |
| Residential | ||||||||||
| Solar and retrofit insulation | Free | |||||||||
| Minor Works | $574.00 | |
| Spa pools | $1,364.00 | |
| Swimming Pools | $1,364.00 | |
| Garages | $1,481.00 | |
| Small Building Works | $1,481.00 | |
| Outbuilding Habitable | $2,525.00 | |
| Alterations and Additions | $2,743.00 | |
| Dwelling Single Storey | $5,487.00 | |
| Dwelling 2 Storey | $7,422.00 | |
| Dwelling 3 Storey or More | $11,510.00 | |
| Attached Residential Units | plus per unit charge after 1st unit | per unit | $2,507.00 |
| Demolition Residential | $1,144.00 | |
| Relocatable | $1,900.00 | |
| Project Information Memorandum | |||||||||
| Commercial | |||||||||
| Commercial Demolition | $337.00 | ||||||||
| Commercial Minor Works | $337.00 | ||||||||
| Internal Fit out | $555.00 | ||||||||
| Up to 2 Storeys | $555.00 | ||||||||
| For all Other Commercial Projects | $773.00 | ||||||||
| Residential | |||||||||
| Minor Works | $337.00 | ||||||||
| Spa Pools | $337.00 | ||||||||
| Swimming Pools | $337.00 | ||||||||
| Garages | $446.00 | ||||||||
| Small Building Works | $446.00 | ||||||||
| Outbuilding Habitable | $446.00 | ||||||||
| Alterations and Additions | $446.00 | ||||||||
| All Dwellings | $555.00 | ||||||||
| Demolition Residential | $337.00 | ||||||||
| Additional Building Consent Related Fees | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Engineering Audit Fee | $265.00 | |
| External consultancy fees | Actual costs | Actual costs |
| Water, Stormwater and Waste Services charges Including but not limited to: Service Connections/Disconnections, CCTV Surveys, Trade waste |
Refer Wastewater, Stormwater and Water fees and charges | Refer Wastewater, Stormwater and Water fees and charges |
| Additional Inspections | per hour | $237.00 |
| On-site Minor Variation | $237.00 | |
| Inspection of Building to be Shifted in to/within Hamilton City | $237.00 | |
| Inspection of Building to be Shifted in to/within Hamilton City | per km | $0.89 |
| Inspection of Building to be Shifted in to/within Hamilton City | per hour | $237.00 |
| Inspection of Amusement Devices | $11.50 | |
| Amendments to a Building Consent Application | per hour | $219.00 |
| Application to Extend Time For Which a Building Consent is Valid | $118.00 | |
| Urgent Residential Code Compliance Certificate (CCC) | $472.00 | |
| Code Compliance Certificate | $472.00 | |
| Commercial Code Compliance Certificate | $946.00 | |
| Copy of Code Compliance Certificate | $57.00 | |
| Pre-application meeting to lodge a Building Consent | $178.00 | |
| Building Control Hourly Rates | |||||||||
| Applications Officer | per hour | $118.00 | |||||||
| Building Review Officer | per hour | $219.00 | |||||||
| Building Inspector | per hour | $237.00 | |||||||
| Compliance and Monitoring Officer | per hour | $237.00 | |||||||
| Team Leader | per hour | $273.00 | |||||||
| Manager | per hour | $296.00 | |||||||
| Building Warrant of Fitness and Compliance Schedule | ||||||||
| Processing annual Building Warrant of Fitness | $118.00 | |||||||
| New and amendment of a Compliance Schedule | $237.00 | |||||||
| New and amendment of a Compliance Schedule | per system or feature | $113.00 |
| Replacement Compliance Schedule and Warrant of Fitness Statement | $57.00 | |
| Inspection of Compliance Schedule Maintenance and Reporting Procedures | $237.00 | |
| Compliance Schedule Re-inspection | per hour | $237.00 | |||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) | |||||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) - A4 | per page | $2.33 | |||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) - A3 | per page | $3.50 | |||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) - A2 | per page | $3.50 | |||||||
| Document Management (Digitisation) - A0 | per page | $3.50 | |||||||
| Electronic Data Management | ||||||||
| Value of work less than $20,000 | Free | |||||||
| Residential | $159.00 | |||||||
| Commercial | $318.00 | |||||||
| Other Applications | ||||||||
| Application for Waiver or Modification to the Building Code. Additional inspection charges may also apply. |
$674.00 | |||||||
| Request for exemption from building consent | $328.00 | |||||||
| Commercial request for exemption from building consent | $546.00 | |||||||
| Certificate of Acceptance Application (COA) | $711.00 | |
| Commercial Certificate of Acceptance Application (COA) | $944.00 | |
| Change of Use Application | $557.00 | |
| Certificate of Public Use (CPU) | $709.00 | |
| Liquor Licence - Compliance with Building Code Certificate | $237.00 | |
| Section 77-83 - Building Act 2004 | $557.00 | |
| Section 73-74 Fee | $338.00 | |
| Certificate of Title | $57.00 | |
| Replacement Earthquake-Prone Building Notice | $57.00 | |
| Functions Relating to Earthquake-Prone Buildings | $219.00 | |
| Photocopying and printing | |||||||||
| Photocopying and Printing - A4 | per page | $1.60 | |||||||
| Photocopying and Printing - A3 | per page | $2.90 | |||||||
| Swimming Pool & Fencing Compliance | ||||||||
| 3 yearly pool audit - first visit | $237.00 | |||||||
| Additional audit visits | per hour | $237.00 |
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