This page lists forms, checksheets and guides relating to building consents.
We recommend submitting your building application online. More information about using our online service can be found here (new window). You don't need to complete the PDF application form when using our online service (the online form is the application form).
You need to be a registered user (new window) to submit an application online. However, you don't need to be a registered user to request a property search or to notify us about exempt building work.
The application forms below are for applications being submitted in paper copy only. Paper applications will be accepted, however once accepted the application is scanned into electronic format which slightly increases costs and processing time.
Check sheets are required for most applications. Select the appropriate application check sheet and other relevant forms below.
If you have difficulty accessing these forms or require a form that is not listed below (e.g. a Durability Modification form), please contact Building Services on 03 477 4000 or email building@dcc.govt.nz.
1. Application checksheets (required for most building applications)
- Building Relocation/Siting Changes (PDF, 801.9 KB, new window)
- Certificate of Acceptance (PDF, 429.8 KB, new window)
- Commercial Building Work (PDF, 1.0 MB, new window)
- Exterior Structures (PDF, 398.4 KB, new window)
- Marquees and Tents (PDF, 357.6 KB, new window)
- Minor Residential Internal Alterations (PDF, 384.5 KB, new window)
- Minor Residential Plumbing and Drainage (PDF, 399.5 KB, new window)
- New Unlined Sheds, Garages & Carports (PDF, 771.8 KB, new window)
- Project Information Memorandum (PDF, 213.2 KB, new window)
- Residential Building Work (PDF, 856.0 KB, new window)
- Solid Fuel Heating Appliance (PDF, 304.4 KB, new window)
2. Application form (for applications lodged in paper copy only)
- Certificate for Public Use (PDF, 262.4 KB, new window)
- Certificate of Acceptance (PDF, 375.0 KB, new window)
- Change of Use of a Building Notification (PDF, 244.0 KB, new window)
- Code Compliance Certificate (PDF, 547.0 KB, new window)
- Discretionary exemption from building consent (PDF, 295.8 KB, new window)
- Exempt Building Work Notification (PDF, 244.0 KB, new window)
- Minor Variation to a Building Consent (PDF, 276.1 KB, new window)
- Project Information Memorandum and/or Building Consent (PDF, 458.0 KB, new window)
3. Other application forms
- Alternative Solution (PDF, 356.4 KB, new window)
- Approval of private drains-in-common (PDF, 284.2 KB, new window)
- Building Location Certificate Template (PDF, 179.1 KB, new window)
- Domestic Pressure Foul Sewer System Installation Declaration (PDF, 155.2 KB, new window)
- Producer Statement Approved Author (PDF, 263.2 KB, new window)
- Waiver modification (PDF, 687.7 KB, new window)
- Waterproofing & basement tanking systems declaration (PDF, 153.7 KB, new window)
4. Guides
- Alterations to Existing Buildings (PDF, 106.4 KB, new window)
- Applying for an exemption from building consent (PDF, 231.6 KB, new window)
- As-Built Drainage Plan Template (PDF, 328.3 KB, new window)
- Building Consent Charges Guide (PDF, 85.1 KB, new window)
- Building Consent Information Sheet (PDF, 63.7 KB, new window)
- Building Location Certificate Guidance (PDF, 536.4 KB, new window)
- Building a tree house (PDF, 136.3 KB, new window)
- Building on Land Subject to Natural Hazards (PDF, 187.6 KB, new window)
- Building over or near a Council drain (PDF, 311.8 KB, new window)
- Building work that does not require a building consent (PDF, 8.8 MB, new window)
- Check Sheet & Guidance - Construction of building on 2 or more allotments (PDF, 266.9 KB, new window)
- DCC Fire Design Guidance (PDF, 180.2 KB, new window)
- Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) Check Sheet (PDF, 225.5 KB, new window)
- Instructions for submitting further information online (PDF, 332.7 KB, new window)
- Modular Off-Site Construction and Building Products (PDF, 160.8 KB, new window)
- Planning Information Checklist for Complex Residential Buildings (PDF, 322.8 KB, new window)
- Planning Information Checklist for Simple Residential Buildings (PDF, 212.6 KB, new window)
- Restricted Building Work (PDF, 57.9 KB, new window)
- Retrofitting Thermal Insulation in Existing Buildings (PDF, 257.1 KB, new window)
- Rumpus Room Definition Guide (PDF, 161.5 KB, new window)
- Seismic Strengthening Guidelines (PDF, 46.2 KB, new window)
- Setting up a home-based business (PDF, 130.8 KB, new window)
- Site Location Information (PDF, 505.6 KB, new window)
- Tiny Home Guidance (PDF, 2.1 MB, new window)
5. Compliance Schedule and Specified System forms
Important note - the specified system forms have editable fields which are 'live' up until the point of printing in hard copy or to PDF. Combining identical 'live' editable forms can cause the written fields within the forms to merge and important detail to be overwritten. To mitigate this please print each form to PDF once you have filled it in and then combine all the forms into one file/PDF's at this point.
Before using the following forms please visit our Compliance schedule and building warrant of fitness page.
- 1. Specified System List for building consent applications (SBCG 27) (PDF, 404.1 KB, new window)
- 2. Specified System Form for building consent applications (SBCG SSBC) (PDF, 218.6 KB, new window)
- 3. Specified System Form for code compliance certificate applications or amended compliance schedules (SBCG SSCCC) (PDF, 275.9 KB, new window)
- 4. SBCG 11 Application for Amendment to Compliance Schedule (PDF, 228.5 KB, new window)
- Commercial building warrant of fitness - what you need to know (PDF, 783.1 KB, new window)
- SS Form guidance for building consent applications - Updated December 2023 (PDF, 2.8 MB, new window)
- SS Form guidance for CCC applications or amended compliance schedules - Updated December 2023 (PDF, 2.2 MB, new window)