Building Information and Consents
If you are planning to build or renovate your home or business premises, almost everything you build needs to meet a number of standards and regulations.
Kaikōura District Council is the Building Consent Authority for our district, providing building consent for work that needs approval and inspection under the Building Act.
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All the information you need to get started on your building project |
 Application forms for building consents and information on deposits and fees |
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Information on how long the Council has to process a consent and what aspects need to be taken into account before approving it |
Information on how the Council inspects consent conditions, whether they have been followed |
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Information on code compliance certificates, why you need them, how to apply, time frames and compliance with your CCC |
Information on the management of earthquake prone buildings and making changes to an EQ prone building |
Related Links
Helpful information about building from a variety of sources:
- Kaikoura District Councils building and regulatory team
- Licensed Building Practitioners
- Building Guide
- Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ)
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
- Independent Qualified Person Register
- New Zealand Building Act 2004
- New Zealand Building Code Compliance
- Accessible Facilities Checklist
- the Ministry of Business Innovation and Deployment's Building CodeHub search tool - find out what you'll need from designing to construction for buildings that are compliant with the building code.
- Guidance for designers and building applicants considering building code elements when putting together a residential building consent application
- A calculator to help work out how many toilet pans, basins and urinals to include in buildings
- Contact us if you have a complaint about the Building Consent Authority
Last update: 9 May 2018
