April 2018 Newsletter

Here’s the latest information about building consents and resource consents from Waikato District Council. It’s April already – this year is flying by!

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Team updates

Read the latest update from our Building Consents and Resource Consents teams here.

Staff profile: Leanne Beal

Meet our new Building Review Team Leader Leanne Beal.

Processing statistics: Dwellings still slightly down on last year

To see the latest numbers for building consent and resource consent applications click here.

What's happening: Ngaruawahia becomes a Fitness hub
For more information about the new Ngaruawahia Fitness Trail, please click here.

Process focus: Implications of the Proposed District Plan in regards to processing of Resource Consent applications

Council is intending on publicly notifying a new district plan (Proposed District Plan) in the coming months. To find out what this will mean for resource consent applications, continue reading.

Changes to be aware of

Development Contributions consultation – appendices and levies
The Appendices to the DC Policy are now out for review and we want your Feedback! Click here to find out more.

Reduced road setback
When resource consents are assessed, Council’s Roading team, as the Roading Authority, is sometimes an affected person… Continue reading.

Vesting stormwater reserves
For an important step when vesting a stormwater reserve as part of a subdivision click here.

Building within 5m of buried council infrastructure, CCTV and requirements
We’ve put a new form and guideline on our website to help customers when proposing to build with 5m of buried council infrastructure… Continue reading.

Natural Hazards Reminder - risk assessments for subdivision
To find out what this means for applicants/agents preparing a subdivision resource consent application, click here.

Small tweaks to earthworks practice notes for the Waikato section of the District Plan
To read about some minor clarifications we’ve made to some of our earthworks practice notes, please click here.

Helpful tips

Each quarter we’ll include some tips and reminders that we hope will be helpful for you when you are compiling an application or when interacting with us. This quarter we have tips on:

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