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Consents and licences

Christchurch City Council is responsible for ensuring that our city is a healthy and safe place to live. The Council achieves this through the monitoring and enforcement of city rules and regulations.

Building consents
Forms, guides and fees
Apply for a building consent
Processing applications
Building inspections
Certifying building work
Planning your building project
Customer complaints policy
Building Consent Authority accreditation

Business licences and approvals
Food licencing
Alcohol licencing
Health licencing
Temporary road closures
Residential swimming and spa pools
Signage
Public spaces
Filming
Psychoactive substances
Waste
Hazardous substances
Easter Sunday trading hours
Offensive trade

Construction requirements
Construction Standard Specifications (CSS)
Infrastructure Design Standards (IDS)
Approved contractors
Approved materials
Christchurch City Council Benchmarks
Three waters contractor portal
Traffic signal operation and design
Network Utility Operators
Engineering plan acceptance for three waters assets
Building Information Management (BIM)
Construction environmental management
Authority to access Council owned confined spaces
Tenders and contracts
Subdivision landscape assets

Earthquake-prone buildings (EPB)
Earthquake-prone building query

Land and zoning
Making land available for housing
Land Use Recovery Plan (LURP)
Technical categories information
Planning zones and rules

Development contributions
About development contributions
Development contributions policy
Development contributions assessments and charges
Development contributions rebate schemes
Estimate of development contributions charge
Reconsideration or objection to assessment
Development contributions catchment maps

LIMs and other property services
Land Information Memorandum (LIM)
Property files
Ratepayer details and land titles
Guidance for home buyers and sellers
Eco design advisor free service
Project information memorandum
Pre-application advice services
Drainage plans for your property
Aerial photographs of your property
List of building consents issued
Weathertight building issues
Fees & Charges - Regulatory & property information
Sustainability advice
Property numbering
Building warrant of fitness

News and information

Find out about any changes to how building consents and inspections are done, the latest processing timeframes, resource consent news, and subdivision bulletins.

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Residential repair and rebuild
Earthquake insurance claim settlement
Earthquake repairs and rebuilds
Renting an earthquake damaged property
Advisory and support services

Resource consents
Understanding the process
Before you apply
Resource consent activities
Apply for resource consent

Using Online Services

Use our Online Services to apply for building and resource consents, to track your applications, avoid scanning fees and reduce application processing time.