Example charges for consent applications

The changes we propose to the Fees and Charges Policy will allow for full recovery of actual and reasonable costs for resource consent applications.

The changes proposed are an increase in hourly charge-out rates for Consents Planners and Senior Consents Planners, of $31.75 and $29.00 respectively, see Table 1.

These charge-out rates cover the systems, overheads, equipment and salaries for the planners for the time taken to assess and process the individual consent application.

Table 2 shows three sample consent applications with current costs and proposed costs.

Note: examples have been calculated showing the increase for a Consents Planner only and will vary for Senior Consents Planner hourly rates or a combination of officers.

We recommend that all consent applicants seek pre-application advice to keep application costs to a minimum. The first hour of pre-application advice is free.