Preliminary results are now available.
In general, you must have building consent before you start any building work.
Check out the government's Buildit tool to answer a few questions about your upcoming project to see if it needs building consent, or could qualify as exempt building work.
Apply for building consent
Getting started with our new online portal for building consent applications.
Check out examples of construction and reno work that typically require building consent.
Find out about the types of building work you can do without a consent, and what you need to do to ensure you're still working within the rules.
If your building plans change, you need to let us know.
What else we might need to support your building consent application.
Replicating standardised building design for a streamlined building consent process.
This allows us to assess, monitor and issue consents.
Use the checklists on this page to support your application for a building consent for minor building work.