Building consent

In general, you must have building consent before you start any building work.

Get started

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

New building consent application portal

Getting started with our new online portal for building consent applications.

When do you need building consent?

Check out examples of construction and reno work that typically require building consent.

Exempt building work

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.

Making a change to your building consent

If your building plans change, you need to let us know.

Compliance with other legislation

What else we might need to support your building consent application.

MultiProof building consents

Replicating standardised building design for a streamlined building consent process.

Building consent for minor building work

Use the checklists on this page to support your application for a building consent for minor building work.