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Identification and analysis of building consent, inspection and approval costs: Appendix 2

Questionnaire sent to Councils

Council Name:
Contact Person:
Phone: Email:
Specific Data
  2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
Total number of building consents issued            
Total value of building work consented            
Total revenue from consent fees            
Total building control costs            
Building control funding:            
% User charges            
% Rates            
 
Does Council charge for processing on a per consent basis or per hour basis?
Did the basis for charging change in the period 2000/01 to 2006/07?
If so, when?
Rate per hour (if applicable):
Does Council charge for inspections on a per inspection basis, or a per hour basis?
Did the basis for charging change in the period 2000/01 to 2006/07?
If so, when?
Rate per inspection:
Rate per hour:
Has the number of inspections changed for the building types listed below?
  Number of inspections required - 2001 Number of inspections required - 2007
Brick house, slab floor, single storey, trussed roof    
Single storey warehouse, slab floor, concrete columns, tilt-up precast walls, steel roof    
Single storey retail, two shops, slab floor, driven timber piles, steel columns, tilt-up precast walls, auto doors, steel framed firewall between shops, suspended ceiling    
Retirement home, single storey, 12 bdms with washbasins, sep sanitary facs, dining and lounge, commercial kitchens, staff accomm, office, slab floor, timber frame, timber trussed roof, clad in fibrecement with textured coating, prefinished steel roof, plasterboarrd lining    
When and why did this change?    
Comment
Please list and quntify where possible and costs directly attributable to the Building Act 2004 (incuding costs of accreditation).