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Dunedin City Council – Kaunihera-a-rohe o Otepoti

Building services

The Dunedin City Council (DCC) is an accredited Building Consent Authority (BCA). A BCA is responsible for performing certain building control functions under the Building Act, such as processing and issuing building consents, inspecting and certifying that completed building work is compliant and issuing notices to fix and compliance schedules.

Building Services, a business unit within the Dunedin City Council administers these functions and our trained professionals are committed to providing quality customer service and helping you obtain your consent as fast as possible while ensuring your project meets relevant legislative and building code requirements.

Disclosing information

Building information, including plans, documents or reports, and the personal information you have provided, or that the DCC holds about you in respect of any application, notice, form or certificate under the Building Act, is held on a publicly available register.  The DCC needs to collect your personal information, such as your name and contact details in order to contact you if required.

Under the Building Act this information can be made available on request.  You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is incorrect.

If you would like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at privacy@dcc.govt.nz or phone 03 477 4000. The DCC privacy policy can be found here.

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Building forms, guides and fees

The building basics

Planning your project

Before you start

Apply for a building consent

Processing applications

Starting work and inspections

Compliance and certifying

Amusement devices

Southern Building Controls Group (SBCG)

Building Services newsletter

Complaints

Building forms, guides and fees

This page provides information on Building forms, guides and fees.

The building basics

The Dunedin City Council’s Building Services team is here to help make sure your homes are safe, healthy and fit for purpose, and that the steps you need to work through are simple, clear and efficient.

Planning your project

This page provides information on Planning your project.

Before you start

This page provides information on Before you start.

Apply for a building consent

This page provides information on Apply for a building consent.

Processing applications

This page provides information on Processing applications.

Starting work and inspections

This page contains information on building inspections, building location certificate requirements, how to apply for an extension of time to start work, how to book an inspection and our charges, as well as how to withdraw a building consent if you no longer wish to do the work.

Compliance and certifying

This page provides information on Compliance and certifying.

Amusement devices

Amusement devices come under the control of WorkSafe New Zealand and need to be registered.

Southern Building Controls Group (SBCG)

The SBCG was formed in 2006 as a way of collaborating between individual Councils to combine ideas and resources and form a regional approach towards regulatory processes under the Building Act 2004.

Building Services newsletter

In this online newsletter you will find useful building related information and be kept up to date with what is happening in the department.

Complaints

This page provides information on Complaints.

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