Resource Consents Update – June 2026

Resource management fee changes

Some of our resource management fees are set to change from next month. 

The new fees, which were proposed in the Draft Annual Plan consulted on in February/March, were approved by councillors this week. They will come into effect for all applications lodged from 1 July 2026 onwards. 

You can view all of the fees for 2026/27 on our website.

Key changes

• Increased deposits for most land use consent categories, s127 changes to conditions, certificates of compliance, existing use certificates, and unit title subdivisions. There are no changes to the deposits for other types of subdivision or notified applications.
• An increased deposit for short-term visitor accommodation, as the original deposit set back in July 2021, when Plan Change 4 was proposed, was very low and doesn’t reflect the time required to process most of these applications. 
• A new deposit for billboards, which cost significantly more to process than other types of signage. 
• Reduced deposits for outline plans, right of way approvals, s226, s241, and s243 certificates, which now cost less to process than the current deposits.
• Hourly rate increases of $5 to $10 for all positions, which reflect the increased costs of operating the resource consenting service. 
• Increased fixed fees for floor level and wastewater certificates, which are based on one hour of an administration officer's time.
• Increase in the hourly rate for additional time spent on monitoring of conditions.

Deposit increases

We didn’t change the deposits or hourly rates for resource consent processing last year, so this year’s fees reflect changes in the cost of processing over the past two years. 

The new deposit amounts should give applicants a better upfront indication of the actual costs for different types of applications.

Please note that while some of the deposit increases are quite significant, the actual costs will continue to be calculated when processing is complete, with refunds or invoices issued as relevant.

Notices of requirement to remove designations    

Our process is changing for notices to remove a designation in full under section 182 RMA.

From now on, we won’t be taking a fee for receiving these notices or entering them into our consenting system, as this is an administrative exercise of updating the District Plan.

Please send in these notices to planchange@ccc.govt.nz

There’s no change to the process for partial removal of designations.