Alert Christmas hours

Building consent office closed over Christmas

Our building consent office will close from midday on 20 December 2024 to 5 January 2025. We will reopen at 9am on 6 January 2025.
We will not process applications from 20 December 2024 to 10 January 2025. Remaining processing times will resume on 13 January 2025.
If you submitted your application during this period, your processing time will begin from Monday 13 January 2025.
Building inspections will be carried out over this period at a reduced capacity. Reclad and durability inspections will not be available.

Alert Restrictions on new water and wastewater connections

Watercare has placed restrictions on new water and wastewater connections in parts of Auckland.

Before applying for a resource or building consent, visit Watercare to learn if your project may be impacted.

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Apply for a building consent

How to apply for a building consent

Apply online

We only accept online applications for building consents.

Complete the relevant lodgement checklist and upload it with your application.

There is also a form to complete if you intend to provide producer statements during the construction phase of your project.

Before you apply, you can check our document naming standards. See Guidelines for online building consent applications.

Apply now

If you are unable to apply online

Visit one of our libraries with council services for assistance if you cannot:

apply for a building consent online
provide digital copies of your plans or documents.

Our staff will accept your documents for an additional charge. The charge covers our costs for scanning your documents into our digital building consent system.

Lodgement checklist and producer statement agreement

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AC1009 Lodgement checklist – Commercial AC1009 Lodgement checklist – Commercial PDF 1.5 MB
AC1011 Lodgement checklist – Residential AC1011 Lodgement checklist – Residential PDF 1.5 MB
AC2326 Agreement to provide a producer statement during construction AC2326 Agreement to provide a producer statement during construction PDF 228.8 KB

Application help

If you need help, read our guide on the online application process.

Building consents online application guide

PDF download 5.5 MB

You can also call us on 09 301 0101 and ask to speak with our building and planning help desk.

Payment information

Deposits

Deposits must be paid at the time of application.

To find out how much your deposit will be, use the Building and resource consent deposit calculator.

Application fees for building consents

Fees are indicative pricing only

You should know

Once work is completed you will need to apply for a Code Compliance Certificate (CCC). CCC applications including fixed fee consents will cover the costs of processing and administration overheads to support the delivery of our services. This fixed fee is non-refundable and excludes subsidised applications.

Read fee table.
Description	Fixed fee (non-refundable, no additional charges)	Inspection deposit (portion of deposit charged for inspection)	Total
Project value up to $4,999	$880	$390	$1270

Read fee table.
Description	Processing deposit (portion of deposit charged for processing)	Inspection deposit (portion of deposit charged for inspection)	Total deposit
Project value $5,000 to $19,999	$1200	$780	$1980
Project value $20,000 to $99,999	$2000	$975	$2975
Project value $100,000 to $499,999	$3400	$1998	$5398
Project value $500,000 - $999,999	$5000	$2664	$7664
Project value $1,000,000 and over	$7200	$3330	$10530

When applying online, you can pay by credit card, Online EFTPOS or Account2Account.

A card payment fee of 1.75 per cent applies for credit and debit card payments.

What happens next

It can take us up to 20 working days to assess your building consent application.

You need to pay all outstanding fees before we can issue your consent.

Your allocated service manager will contact you if we need more information.

If you have lodged your consent online, you can access and track:

resource consents
building consents
required inspections
advice notes and conditions
CCC applications
licencing applications.

We will also let you know the outcome of your application by email and post.

For more information about our process, visit How we assess your building consent application.

Find your invoice online

You can now view your invoice on myAUCKLAND.

Go to the Actions menu of the specific consent and select either View invoices and payments or View details.

Building a dam

For information about a building consent for a dam, visit Waikato Regional Council website.