Schedule of Fees and Charges : Designations and Heritage Orders

All the charges and amounts listed in this schedule (unless otherwise specified) are payable in advance of any action being undertaken by the Council. Pursuant to section 36AAB(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Council need not perform the action to which the charge relates until the charge has been paid in full.

Fixed Initial Deposit Charges

Fixed Initial Deposit Charges are levied at the start of the application process and are payable at the time an application is submitted to the Council for processing. Notwithstanding that a fixed initial deposit charge may be paid the Council will commence processing the application only when it is satisfied that the information received with the application is adequate. Fixed Initial Deposit Charges are not subject to the rights of objection and appeal.

Since resource consent applications can vary significantly in their content and nature, the Council cannot set one Fixed Initial Deposit Charge that would be fair and reasonable in every case. The fixed charges shown in the schedule are the minimum Fixed Initial Deposit Charge for that particular application category. A fixed charge higher than the minimum could be required and this would be dependent on the nature and scale of each specific application (see miscellaneous section).

During the course of processing an application, the Council may charge additional charges in relation to costs incurred above the fixed charge already received. Pursuant to section 36AAB(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Council reserves the right to cease or suspend processing of any consent where any amount invoiced remains unpaid.

The Fixed Initial Deposit Charges this year have been increased to more closely reflect the actual costs of processing the applications, which will then allow for a quicker issuing of the completed consents. For the larger and more complex applications additional 'Fixed Initial Deposits' may be required or more frequent invoicing may occur.

For public notified and limited notified resource consents there is an additional 'Fixed Initial Deposit Charge', which needs to be paid before the notified process is begun, to cover the costs of notification.  For applications that require a hearing it is likely there will be further costs and applicants may be required to pay these prior to the commencement of the hearing.
Any unused portion of your deposit will be refunded.

 

Additional Charges

Additional charges will be required under section 36(5) of the Resource Management Act 1991 where the fixed charge is inadequate to enable the Council to recover its actual and reasonable costs relating to any particular application.

An additional charge to recover actual and reasonable costs will be made where the costs exceed the fixed charge paid.

Additional charges may be invoiced on a monthly basis as they are incurred.

 

Set Fees

Set fees are payable at the time of application and no additional charges will be made.

All fees and charges are inclusive of GST.

Applications for Requirements for Designations and Heritage Orders Units 2024/2025
Non-Notified Applications
The following fixed charges apply for non-notified applications for requirements for designations or heritage orders
A. Requirements for designation Fixed Initial Deposit Charge $3,300.00
B. Requirements for alteration to a designation Fixed Initial Deposit Charge $2,750.00
C. Requirements for removal of a designation Fixed Initial Deposit Charge $825.00
D. Applications to determine that a designation should not lapse under Resource Management Ac 1991 sections 184(1)(b) and 2(b) Fixed Initial Deposit Charge $660.00
E. Requirements for heritage orders Fixed Initial Deposit Charge $1,100.00
F. Requirements for the removal of heritage orders Fixed Initial Deposit Charge $825.00
G. Outline Plans (Resource Management Act 1991 section 176A) Fixed Initial Deposit Charge $600.00
H. Waiver of requirement for outline plan (Resource Management Act 1991 section 176A(2) Fixed Initial Deposit Charge $385.00
Notified Application
The fixed Charge for any notified notice of requirement or heritage order will be the fixed charge required for a non-notified application of the same type plus $6,000.00 Fixed Initial Deposit Charge As above plus $6,000.00
Monitoring
The requiring authority or heritage protection authority shall pay the actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Council in monitoring the condition of notices of requirement and heritage orders (section 36(1)(d)) Fixed initial Deposit Charge $330.00