Council fees and charges for resource management applications for 2025/26.

The current fees are listed below.

  • Fees and charges are set under section 150 and in accordance with section 83 of the Local Government Act 2002, and section 36 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
  • Set under the Special Consultative Procedure.
  • Fees are set under the 2025/26 Annual Plan.
  • GST inclusive (15%).

All fees are deposits unless otherwise listed as a total fee.

Please note that the deposits do not always cover all of the costs of processing an application. Where processing costs exceed the specified deposit the additional costs will be invoiced separately.

The required fee/deposit must be paid before any processing of the application will commence (excluding on-account customers).

If an application falls into more than one fee category the higher fee applies.

More information about resource consent fees. 

Resource consent applications

Item Deposit or fee
Additions, alterations, accessory buildings, and home occupations - all zones  $2,000.00
One or two new residential units (including Older Persons' Housing Units) – all zones $2,500.00
Three or more residential units (total on-site, including any existing units) – all zones $4,000.00
Short-term visitor accommodation in a residential unit (e.g. Airbnb, holiday home) $1,000.00
Signage $2,500.00
Earthworks and retaining walls $2,500.00
Telecommunications  $2,500.00
All other non-residential applications $4,500.00
Felling a protected tree that is diseased, unhealthy or hazardous No charge
Pruning a protected tree where necessary to remove a hazard or for tree health No charge
Other non-notified applications for works to protected trees (including trees on public land) $1,800.00

Other land use applications

Item Deposit or fee
Amendments within the scope of existing resource consent (immaterial changes which do not warrant a s.127 application) $350.00
s.87BA Permitted boundary activity $800.00
s.125 Extension of consent lapse period $1,800.00
s.127 Change or cancellation of consent condition(s) $1,800.00
s.139 Certificate of compliance $1,200.00
s.139A Existing use certificate $1,500.00
s.176A Outline plan $4,500.00
s.176A(2) Waiver of outline plan  $800.00
s.138 Partial surrender of resource consent (Total fee) $475.00
s.138 Full surrender of resource consent (Total fee) $275.00
s.128 Review of conditions Actual cost
s.87BB Marginal or temporary non-compliance Actual cost
Road/private way naming unrelated to a current subdivision consent (e.g. retirement village) Actual cost

Subdivision consents - deposit

Item Deposit or fee
Fee simple subdivision consents, including boundary adjustments and change of tenure:  
Up to 3 lots $2,500.00
More than 3 lots (deposit capped at $20,000) $750.00 per lot
Cross lease subdivision consents, including cross lease updates $1,500.00
Unit title subdivision consents $2,000.00
Combined applications (subdivisions involving non-compliance with land use rules) Subdivision deposit applies

Other subdivision applications

Item Deposit or fee
s.348 Right of Way approval $1,500.00
s.127 Change or cancellation of consent condition(s) $1,800.00
s.221 Variation/Cancellation of consent notice $1,500.00
Where this relates to a diseased, unhealthy or hazardous tree protected by a condition of subdivision consent  No charge
s.125 Extension of consent lapse period $1,800.00
s.138 Partial surrender of resource consent (Total fee) $475.00
s.138 Full surrender of resource consent (Total fee)
 $275.00
s.223 and/or s.224 re-certification after payment of final invoice $300.00
s.226 Certification $530.00
s.241 Cancellation of amalgamation $530.00
s.243 Surrender of easements $530.00
s.348 LGA certification $530.00

Item Deposit
Limited notified application $10,000.00
Publicly notified application $15,000.00

Item Deposit
Notice of requirement for a new designation under Section 168/168A $15,000.00
Notice of requirement for alteration of a designation (other than a notice under Section 181(3)) $10,000.00
Notice of requirement for alteration of a designation under Section 181(3) $2,500.00
Notice to withdraw requirement under Section 168(4) $1,000.00
Notice to remove a designation (in whole or in part) under Section 182 $1,000.00

Item Deposit or Fee
Minimum floor level certificate (Total fee) $130.00
Wastewater capacity certificate (Total fee) $130.00
Rockfall AIFR certificate (deposit) $2,000.00
Quarry site rehabilitation plan certification and reviews (Rule 17.8.3.14) Actual cost
Tree removal certificate No charge
Other District Plan certificates, including Event Management Plan Certification - (deposit) $300.00

Item Fee
Preparation, registration or cancellation of bond, covenant or other legal instrument Actual cost
Preparation and registration of encumbrance for family flat or older person’s housing (Total fee) $560.00
Discharge of encumbrance (Total fee) $600.00

If the actual cost of processing exceeds the deposit paid, an invoice will be sent for the additional fees. Alternatively, the balance of the deposit will be refunded if it is not required. Interim invoices may be issued.

The time taken to process an application (including any pre-application time) and undertake associated post-consent work, including road naming, property addressing and GIS, will be charged at the relevant scheduled hourly rate, plus the actual cost of any external specialists/consultants/commissioners, and disbursements.  Time will be charged at the hourly rate applicable at the time the work was carried out. Fees are payable by the applicant, in accordance with section 36 of the RMA.

The subdivision consent fees include consent processing, engineering design acceptance, construction audits and clearances, and certification. Additional fees are required to be paid before the Section 224 certificate will be released. Bond and maintenance/defect liability clearance fees will be invoiced at the relevant time.

The hourly rates and fees below also apply where the Council is required to provide input into applications processed by other authorities, including Fast-track Approvals Act applications.

Current hourly rates

Item Fee
Administration $130.00/hour
Planner Level 2 and Planning Technician $200.00/hour
Planner Level 3, Subdivisions Engineer and specialist input (non-senior level) $215.00/hour
Senior Planner, Senior Subdivisions Engineer, Principal Advisor, Team Leader, Manager and specialist input (senior level) $245.00/hour
External Specialists and Consultants Actual cost
Where a Commissioner is required to make a decision on an application Actual cost
Cost of Councillors/Community Board Members sitting on Hearings Panels Actual cost
Reports commissioned by the Council Actual cost
Disbursements (including advertising and service of documents) Actual cost
Consent management fee (fixed fee included in the total processing fees for every resource consent application) $100.00
Consultant management fee (fixed fee for applications processed by external consultant) $100.00

A 25% discount on the total processing fees is available for not-for-profit community organisations and social/community housing providers, up to a maximum of $5,000 for housing providers and $2,500 for other organisations.

Refer to our resource management fees page for more information. 

Resource consent monitoring

These fees are additional to the processing fees for every resource consent that requires monitoring of conditions. The monitoring programme administration fee, verification of documentation fee and initial inspection fee will be charged at the time the consent is issued. Multiple inspection fees may apply where more than one monitoring inspection is required.

The Council will recover additional costs from the consent holder if more than one inspection, or additional monitoring activities (including those relating to non-compliance with consent conditions), are required. Any additional monitoring time will be charged when the monitoring has been carried out, at the specified hourly rate. 

Item Fee
Monitoring Program Administration fee (also applicable to variations and amendments) $117.00
Residential monitoring fee verification of documentation submitted to confirm compliance with conditions $70.00
Residential consent monitoring fee for the first monitoring inspection $133.00
Commercial consent monitoring fee for the first monitoring inspection $201.00
Hourly rate for additional monitoring (including travel, monitoring assessment, specialist input, and associated file management/administration) $187.00/hour

Monitoring of permitted activities under a National Environmental Standard

Item Fee
Monitoring programme administration fee (also applicable to any amendments)  $117.00
Permitted activity monitoring inspection fee $201.00
The Council will recover the additional cost from the person or organisation carrying out the permitted activity if further inspections or additional monitoring activities are required (including those relating to non-compliance with permitted activity regulations).
Hourly rate for additional monitoring (including travel, monitoring assessment, specialist input, and associated file management/administration)  $187.00/hour

Monitoring of permitted activities under the District Plan

Item Fee
Hourly rate for additional monitoring (including travel, monitoring assessment, specialist input, and associated file management/administration)  $187.00/hour

For objections under section 357A(f) or (g), where a request is made for the objection to be considered by a hearings commissioner, the cost of considering and making a decision on the objection will be charged as follows:

  • Commissioner - Actual costs
  • Officer time - as per the hourly rates above

Development contributions may be payable in addition to the consent processing charges.

Please refer to the Development Contributions Policy, and Development contribution services fees for estimates and objections.

Actual costs will be charged, based on the hourly rate of staff involved.

Includes time spent on administration, research and assessment, meeting attendance (as applicable) and provision of advice. 

Debt recovery

Where the Council has issued an invoice for the payment of any fee or charge and the amount invoiced has not been paid by the stated due date on the invoice, the Council may commence debt recovery action.

The Council reserves the right to charge interest, payable from the date the debt became due, and recover costs incurred in pursuing recovery of the debt on a solicitor/client basis as outlined in the Fees and Charges Schedule of the Annual Plan.