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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