2 - Consent statistics
Purpose
To review a series of building control statistics to provide an indication of the volume of work the Council has to manage.
Initial review
The Council provided statistical information for February 2003 to February 2004.
Table 1: Waitakere City Council consent statistics - 2004
| Action |
Total number |
| Building consents issued |
3,773 |
| Compliance schedules issued |
919 |
| Swimming pools listed on register |
4,029 |
| Total value of construction work consented |
$350,245,858 |
Follow-up review
The consent statistics for Waitakere City Council's building control operations for the 12-month period from January 2006 to January 2007 were as follows.
Table 2: Waitakere City Council consent statistics - 2006
| Action |
Total number |
| Building consents issued |
2,619 |
| Compliance schedules issued |
996 |
| Swimming pools recorded within Waitakere City Council's jurisdiction |
3,966 |
| Total value of construction work consented |
$292,938,471 |
Conclusion
The Council was faced with a significant volume of building control work at the time of the initial and follow-up reviews, although the statistics showed a drop of approximately 30 percent in building consent applications. The Council's capacity to process this volume of building work is discussed under other terms of reference in this report.