Catch up on the key updates from Property Council’s advocacy team, including:
- Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill
- Streamlining the building consent system with remote inspections
- Wellington City Council’s Draft Te Ngākau Precinct Development Plan Consultation and Survey
- Auckland Council’s Proposed Development Contributions Policy 2025
- Recent submissions.
Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill
The Government released the Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill which responds to competition issues in the sector by amending the Building Act 2004 to remove barriers to overseas building products entering New Zealand’s building product market and being used in New Zealand buildings.
Property Council will be making a submission on 14 November 2024. Please reach out to Sandamali Ambepitiya for more detail or to view our draft submission.
Streamlining the building consent system with remote inspections
MBIE is seeking feedback on a range of options to increase the uptake of remote inspections and improve efficiency and productivity in the inspection process. This aims to help deliver the Government’s objectives to increase housing supply by lifting efficiency and competition in the building system, removing regulatory barriers and driving down costs.
Property Council will be making a submission on 29 November 2024. Please reach out to Sandamali Ambepitiya for more detail or to view our draft submission.
Submission closes 14 November. Please contact Sandamali Ambepitiya should you wish to provide input into Property Council’s submission.
Wellington City Council's Draft Te Ngākau Precinct Development Plan Consultation and Survey
Wellington City Council has released a Draft Te Ngakau Precinct Development Plan Consultation. The consultation is to receive feedback on the future development of the civic precinct and the Sea Bridge.
The Council are also seeking feedback via a quick survey. From our experience, these things can be a numbers game, so we really encourage our Wellington members to complete the survey to encourage Wellington City Council to partner with the private sector to provide future development of the Civic Precinct.
Property Council will be making a submission on 13 November 2024. Please reach out to Katherine Wilson for more details or to view our draft submission.
Auckland Council’s Proposed Development Contributions Policy 2025
The consultation on Auckland Council’s Proposed Development Contributions (DC) Policy 2025 has been released. This policy sets out the Council’s plans to deliver infrastructure to investment priority areas (IPAs) over 30 years, and the contribution developers are expected to pay.
Property Council will be making an oral submission on 8 November and a written submission on 15 November. Please reach out to Terry Jones for more details or to view our draft submission.
Recent submissions
- Submission on proposals for regulations for natural hazard information in LIMs
Submission on Queenstown Lakes District Council Long Term Plan 2024-34
Submission on Overseas Investment (Build-to-Rent and Similar Rental Developments) Amendment Bill
Submission to MBIE on removing barriers to using overseas building products
Submission on Draft Auckland Regional Transport Plan 2024-2034