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Building work not all hammer and nails u by Andy Bryenton
There are few documents so contentious in the building industry as the Resource Management Act 1991 — a piece of legislation, which some say is a recipe for red tape, which hinders progress in a country short on housing, but which others champion as a shield against environmental damage and rampant overdevelopment. The truth, as with most matters of politics, lies between these two extremes, but dealing with resource management is a vital part of many modern building and renovation projects, even on the scale of homeowners and lifestyle block holders. Almost every large-scale project — and several small ones as well — have been designated a status in the local council’s planning, according to their impact under the RMA. Some are always allowed, and do not need consent documentation. Others may require consultation and approval from council. Those with the most obvious detrimental effects on neighbours or the environment are banned entirely, and cannot ever be granted consent. In the Kaipara District Council’s own words, “A resource consent allows a person or organisation to carry out an activity that will use either natural
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specialists such as fireplace installers can help you complete the correct permits for a wood fire, for example, or an effluent system designer can assist in gaining consent for such a system on the farm. As more people continue to move north to retire, and the new government states it aims to construct tens of thousands of new homes, two aspects of resource consent may need to change. The first, is the provision for the subdivision of land — currently critics of the status quo point out that only large-scale developers can afford to gain consent for massive commercial subdivisions, while smallholdings are hard to split up, freeing up bare land for new buildings. The second is the inevitable call to streamline the process and make it uniform, transparent and more affordable across the board. ¢
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resources, physical resources or have an adverse effect on the environment.” The pros, then, are that sensitive areas are protected, and there is no automatic right for a landowner to site noisy, polluting, oversized or otherwise environmentally damaging undertakings where they would ruin the peaceful enjoyment of others. The flip side, however, is that some applicants find it costly and time-consuming to work through the resource consent process alone — in the same way that it can be costly and time consuming to fight your own battles in the legal system without a lawyer. An experienced builder or project manager is a good choice to help navigate through the technicalities of consent, as they have likely seen and filed for consent for most conceivable building, extension and renovation projects. In some cases,
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