Kaipara streamlines consents

Kaipara District Council is introducing a new management system for issuing resource consents.

Objective Build will enable architects, developers, builders and homeowners to keep track of their consents and users can see the status of applications, actions required, and manage their consents through to completion.

The system is already in use elsewhere in New Zealand, but Kaipara is the first Northland council to introduce it. Whangarei is expected to follow next year, a step that will standardise building consent processes between the two districts.

Kaipara processes more than 700 building consent applications annually.

Building services manager Alistair Dunlop says the system will provide more transparency, give builders and architects better oversight of their consent applications, and allow homeowners to track the progress of their consents.

For more information: www.kaipara.govt.nz/objective-build