Resource Consents |
| Fees for Land Use Planning Activities |
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Section 36(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991 enables the Council to charge a fixed deposit. Section 36(3) allows for additional fees to recover actual and reasonable costs in cases here the fixed deposit is inadequate. Application costs that exceed the deposit will be subject to additional charges
at the rates and disbursements set out in the following schedules. For those applications that attract a fixed deposit, a receipt will be issued at the time of payment. A GST invoice will be issued at the completion of processing.
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Terms of payment: Payment of the deposit is due within 7 days. Payment of additional fees are due within 20 working days of the invoice date or 20th of the month, whichever is the latest.
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| Non-Notified Land Use Consents |
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Category A |
No charge
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Category B (deposit)
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$1,120.00
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Category C (deposit)
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$1,920.00
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| Notified Land Use Consents
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Limited Notified Land Use Consents (deposit)
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$6,450.00
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Publicly Notified Land Use Consents (deposit)
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$10,100.00
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| Related Land Use Consents
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Boundary Activity Notice Deposit
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$540.00
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Certificates of compliance (Section 139) (deposit)
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$1,040.00
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Change or cancellation of conditions of land use consents (Section 127(1)(b)) (deposit)
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$1,020.00
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Existing use certificate (Section 139A) (deposit)
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$1,200.00
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Extension of time for land use consents. (Section 125(1)(b)) (deposit)
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$780.00
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Marginal or Temporary Activity Notice (deposit)
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$540.00
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Outline plan of works (Section 176A) (deposit)
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$1,560.00
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Surrender of resource consent (s138)
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$220.00
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If the application is complex or significant, or specialist advice is needed, a higher deposit may be required before proceeding.
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Non-Notified Land Use Consents - Category A Applications - Pruning work or removal of a significant tree identified in schedule A1.3;
- *Murals;
- Replacing a roof of a significant building identified in schedule A1.1;
- Earthquake strengthening affecting the protected part a building or structure identified in Schedule A1.1;
- Restoration of a building or structure that has a Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Category 1 listing as detailed in Schedule A1.1;
- Additions and alteration to the protected part of a building or structure identified in Schedule A1.1 that are required to achieve compliance with fire or access requirements of the Building Code.
Category A only applies to non-notified applications, except for a tree identified in Schedule A1.3 of the District Plan. |
Non-Notified Land Use Consents - Category B Applications - Rural or rural-residential zone accessory buildings, and Residential zone accessory buildings including carports and garages);
- Dwelling alterations including decks and pergolas resulting in minor breach of bulk and location performance standard where density of residential activity complies (except as covered by Category C);
- New dwellings where density of residential activity complies (except as covered by Category C);
- Signs except for permanent hoardings
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Non-Notified Land Use Consents - Category C Applications - Retaining walls and/or Earthworks;
- Structures, which includes new dwellings and accessory buildings located in a Landscape Management Area or an Urban Landscape Conservation Area;
- New dwellings and dwelling alterations not covered by Category A or B; New buildings in a townscape/heritage precinct;
- Alteration to buildings located in a townscape/heritage precinct or to scheduled buildings not covered by Category A;
- Community support activities;
- Permanent hoarding signs;
- National Environmental Standard (Soil )
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All non-notified resource consent applications not provided for by other categories will be charged at the Category C rate (deposit and actual cost above the deposit)
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| Fees for Subdivision Activities |
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Non–Notified Subdivision Consents (deposit)
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$2,860.00
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| Notified Subdivision Consents
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Limited Notified Subdivision Consents (deposit)
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$6,450.00
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Publicly Notified Subdivision Consents (deposit)
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$10,100.00
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| Related Subdivision Consent Matters
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Approving, certification fee for survey plans (except 224(c)) (per certificate) (deposit)
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$600.00
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Bond renewal (fixed fee)
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$300.00
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Certified copy of Council Resolution (fixed fee)
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$280.00
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Change or cancellation of conditions of subdivision consents (Section 127(1) (deposit))
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$1,650.00
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Combined 223 and 224(c) application (deposit)
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$1,090.00
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Compliance with subdivision consent conditions (Section 224(c)) (deposit)
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$915.20
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Extension of time for subdivision consents (Section 125(1)(b)) (deposit)
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$840.00
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Objections to decisions of subdivision consents (Section 357) and fees (Section 357B)
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No fee
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Preparation of consent notices, certificates, bonds, partial or full release/discharge of bonds, revocation of easements (fixed fee, but any legal fees recovered at cost)
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$340.00
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s240 Covenants (deposit)
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$600.00
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s241 Amalgamation of Allotments (deposit)
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$340.00
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Section 221 application (deposit)
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$1,425.00
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Section 226 application including certification (deposit)
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$940.00
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Section 243 application (deposit)
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$650.00
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| Non-Notified Subdivision consents applications |
| All non-notified subdivision applications will be charged a deposit and actual cost above the deposit. Engineering, geotechnical and contamination input will be an additional fee that recovers actual cost. |
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Payment of Final Fee for Subdivision Applications: The final fee should be paid promptly after being sent an invoice. If there are any outstanding interim invoices they will be required to be paid before the Section 224 Certificate will be released
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| Non-Notified Land Use and Subdivision consent applications |
| If the application is complex or significant, or specialist advice is needed, a higher deposit may be required before proceeding. Fees will be discussed with the applicant in advance. Engineering, geotechnical, contamination and any other technical input will be an additional fee that recovers actual cost. |
| Planning - Other Legislation |
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Cancellation of building line restriction (Section 327A Local Government Act 1974) (deposit)
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$365.00
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Converting a cross lease into a fee simple (deposit)
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$345.00
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Overseas Investment Commission Certificate (deposit)
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$365.00
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Planning certificates for the sale of liquor (deposit)
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$305.00
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Right of way (Section 348 Local Government Act 1974) (deposit)
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$940.00
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Right of way application for sealing (Section 348 Local Government Act 1974)
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$270.00
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| Designations/Heritage Orders/Plan Changes |
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Heritage order applications (deposit and additional charges at cost)
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$3,120.00
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Minor modifications (Section 181) (deposit and additional charges at cost)
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$1,040.00
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Notice of requirement for designations (Section 168) (deposit and additional charges at cost)
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$10,400.00
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Plan changes (privately initiated) (deposit and additional charges at cost)
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$31,200.00
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Uplifting designations
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No charge
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For Designations/Heritage Orders/Plan Changes (privately initiated) following payment of the relevant deposit, the Council may, at its discretion, invoice for the additional charges at cost on a monthly basis and may stop work on the application until such time as the relevant invoice has been paid
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| Processing Costs
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Processing of notified land use and subdivision applications and any additional charges applying to any other planning application listed above will be charged at the following rates:
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Administrative Officers (per hour)
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$114.00
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Associate Senior Planner (per hour)
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$195.00
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Compliance and Monitoring Officer (per hour)
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$143.00
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Development contributions officer (per hour)
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$143.00
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External consultants processing resource consent (same hourly rate as equivalent DCC officer)
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Graduate Planner (per hour)
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$143.00
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Planner (per hour)
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$185.00
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Planning Technician (per hour)
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$131.00
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Principal Advisor/Team Leader/Specialist input (senior level) from another Council department (per hour)
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$205.00
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Reports, advice and assessment commissioned by the Council - at cost
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Senior Planner (per hour)
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$205.00
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Specialist input (junior/intermediate level) from another Council department (per hour)
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$185.00
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Refund or Cost Recovery Threshold: There is a $50 threshold either side of the final cost whereby if the amount to be refunded or recovered is less than $50 it will be absorbed to cover the processing cost
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| Disbursements |
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Photocopying (per A4 copy)
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At cost
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Postage
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At cost
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Public notices
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At cost
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Site inspections
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At cost
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Site signs
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At cost
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Vehicle usage (calculated on time basis (per min))
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$0.27
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| Hearing Costs |
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Hearing up to 3 hours (fixed fee)
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$1,000.00
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Hearings over 3 hours (per day)
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$2,000.00
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Staff attendance at hearings – cost of staff attending hearing (charged at hourly rates). For resource consents, only the processing planner and specialist from another department will be charged.
For all applications involving elected members attendance at hearings:
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| Request to Use Commissioner
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1. The applicant requesting a commissioner in accordance with Section 100A will be charged at the actual cost of the commissioner, even if submitters also make the same request. If submitters request a commissioner, and the applicant does not, then the submitters must pay for the additional costs associated
with the commissioner, with the costs being equally shared between the submitters requesting it.
2. Plan changes or Notice of Requirements which require the use of a commissioner will be charged at the actual cost of the commissioner
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| Objections
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For objections under section 357A(1)(f) or (g), where a request is made for for the objection to be considered by a hearings commissioner, there is a fixed deposit
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$940.00
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Other objections to decisions of resource consents (Section 357) and fees (Section 357B)
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No fee
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| Monitoring fees
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Monitoring fees will normally be charged at the time the consent is issued. The Council will recover additional costs from the consent holder for more than two inspection, or the complexity requires a more tailored process. Any additional monitoring costs will be charged when the monitoring has been
carried out, at the specified hourly rate. Any use of a consultant specialist will be at cost.
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| Consent Monitoring |
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Monitoring of activities subject to requirements of the HSNO Act (fixed fee)
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$335.00
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Reports, advice, and assessment commissioned by the Council
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At cost
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Resource Consent monitoring fee for first visit (fixed fee when resource consent granted)
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$335.00
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Resource Consent monitoring fee for second visit (fixed fee when resource consent granted)
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$335.00
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Resource Consent monitoring fee for visits after the first two or where the complexity of the resource consent requires more tailored monitoring (per hour)
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State of the Environment monitoring fee (fixed fee)
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$140.00
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Terms of payment: Payment of additional fees are due within 20 working days of the invoice date or 20th of the month, whichever is the latest
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| Development Contributions |
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Objections (Full cost recovery for commissioners, council staff and other support) (deposit)
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$520.00
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Remissions, unusual developments and deferral of payment (deposit)
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$520.00
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The Local Government Act provides for full cost recovery. Application costs that exceed the deposit will be subject to additional charges at the rates and disbursements set out in this schedule. For those applications that attract a fixed deposit, a receipt will be issued at the time of payment. A
GST invoice will be issued at the completion of processing. Commissioners are selected and appointed independently of Council and their full costs will be recovered. The full development contribution must be paid before a RMA certificate will be issued.
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| Pre-application meeting |
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Pre-application meeting and advice will be charged at the hourly rate of staff involved (includes administration, research and assessment, meeting attendance, and providing advice). The cost will be recovered when a subsequent resource consent application is processed |
