Resource Management Fees

Resource consents

The Resource Management Act 1991 allows for an initial deposit to be charged to the applicant. Then if the base fee does not fully cover the actual and reasonable costs of processing the application, the Council will recover those costs with an additional charge. This additional charge is based on the time spent by the processing officers and the time taken to process the application. For subdivisions additional fees are payable once the consent has been granted – for the formal certification required and, if applicable, engineering approvals and inspections.

We recommend that you speak to the duty planner at the Council before you lodge a resource consent application. You can do this by contacting a Council office and make an appointment with the duty planner to discuss your requirements.

Subdivision consent fees

We recommend that you speak to or engage a surveyor to submit an application on your behalf. The following chart is a guide to the process and when fees are payable.

Description	Deposit Fee
Non-notified Subdivisions	$2,000.00
Combined Non-Notified Subdivision and Landuse consent application fee – deposit	$3,000.00
Limited notified subdivisions	$4,000.00
Publicly notified subdivisions	$6,000.00
Monitoring - administration	$160.00
Section 221 - Consent Notice	$300.00
Section 221 - Change or cancellation of Consent Notice and/or Variation to Consent Notice.	$500.00
Section 223 - Survey Plan	$400.00
Section 226 - Title registration	$200.00
Section 222 - Completion	$200.00
Section 224 - Title (Not requiring engineering consideration)	$600.00
Section 224 - Title (Requiring engineering consideration)	$950.00
Cancellation of amalgamation condition certificate	$500.00
Section 243 – Easement approvals and cancellation – report and certificate	$500.00
Authority for Electronic Deposit fee	$250.00
Other types of certificates for Council’s approval – deposit (base fee)	$400.00
Consent for a sign	$300.00

Land use consent fees

The following process and fee schedule covers minor land use consents to major land use consents. The scale of the consent is determined on application by planning staff. We recommend that you speak to the duty planner at the Council regarding your land use needs before you lodge your application.

Description	Deposit Fee
Non-notified land use	$1,500.00
Limited notified land use	$4,000.00
Publicly notified land use	$6,000.00
Non-notified land use of a minor nature	$850.00
Minor side/rear yard or daylight departure (with neighbour’s approval) The application fee needs to be paid with the application due to this being a set fee and that processing will not begin until this is paid.	$350.00
Monitoring - first inspection	$200.00
Monitoring - each additional inspection	$200.00
Monitoring - administration	$160.00
Review of consent conditions Section 128 RMA	$500.00

General consent fees

Type	Fee
Pre-lodgement meetings, first half hour free, thereafter charged out at the officer’s hourly rate.
Planner - hourly rate	$180.00
Senior Planner - hourly rate	$195.00
District Planner - hourly rate	$230.00
Assistant Planner	$160.00
Senior Project Planner	$195.00
Resource Consents Team Leader	$210.00
Administration - hourly rate	$90.00
Engineering - hourly rate	At cost plus 5%
Disbursements - hourly rate	At cost plus 5%
General Consultations - hourly rate	At cost
Permitted boundary activity	$350.00
Marginal or temporary rule exemption	$600.00
Amendment to consent conditions and amended consent application	Deposit Fee
Requiring engineering consideration	$1,000.00
Not requiring engineering consideration	$650.00
Application for extensions of time	$500.00
Hearing Commissioners	Deposit Fee
Independent Hearings Commissioner	Cost plus 5%
Independent commissioner for objection hearing	Cost plus 5%
Hearing/Decision (Independent Commissioner) requested by applicant Section 100A of the RMA	$1,000.00
Bonds
Bond documentation - Minor works bond preparation by Council	$500.00
Bond documentation - Release of bond documents	$700.00
Bond or Easement Documentation prepared by Council's solicitors	$1,000.00

Hauraki District Council Fast Track Application Fee

In accordance with Fast-track Approvals (Cost Recovery) Regulations 2025)

Type	Fast-track application fee
Pre-lodgement meetings, first half hour free, thereafter charged out at the officer’s hourly rate.
Planner – hourly rate	$210.00
Senior Planner – hourly rate	$225.00
District Planner – hourly rate	$265.00
Assistant Planner – hourly rate	$190.00
Senior Project Planner – hourly rate	$245.00
Resource Consents Team Leader – hourly rate	$245.00
Administration – hourly rate	$105.00
Engineering – hourly rate	At cost plus 10%
Disbursements – hourly rate	At cost plus 10%
Contractors/Consultants (including any technical or specialist consultants or advisers) – hourly rate	At cost plus 10%

Designation fees

Description	Deposit Fee
Designations - non-notified	$1,500.00
Alteration to a designation - non-notified	$700.00
Removal of a designation - non-notified	$500.00
Designations of a minor nature - non-notified	$750.00
Designations, including alteration and removal - notified	$2,000.00
Outline plans	$500.00

District Plan Fees

Description	Deposit Fee
District Plan change	$10,500.00
Certificates of Compliance/Existing Use Right Certificates	$1,000.00

Other planning fees

Type	Deposit Fee
Right of way application fee	$800.00
Right of way certification fee	$400.00
Overseas Investment Certificate	$200.00
Resource management planning certificates under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act	See alcohol licensing fees
Approval of Resource consent condition management plan (new fee)	$400.00
Marginal and temporary activities	Deposit fee $500.00

Land Information Memoranda (LIM) fees

LIM application	Fee
Standard LIM (10 working days)	$300.00
Urgent LIM (3 working days)	$450.00
LIM hard copy – additional fee	$30.00

Development Contributions

Development contributions are required where the effect of a development is to require new or additional assets or assets of increased capacity or utilise unallocated existing capacity which require the Council to incur or have incurred capital expenditure.

You will be advised in writing if any development contributions are payable when your consent is issued.

An applicant who is required to make a development contribution may lodge an objection to the development contributions. The objection must be assessed by an independent commissioner in accordance with sections 199C- 199E and Schedule 13A of the Local Government Act 2002.

The Council will, at its discretion, seek to recover from the applicant actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Council in relation to the objection process as outlined in section 150A and 252 of the Act.