Welcome to Build Waikato!
The Waikato Building Consent Group (WBCG) is a collaborative cluster of eight Councils in the Waikato region and is part of the Waikato Local Authority Shared Services Ltd. The vision of the Group is to foster co-operation and consistency in building control functions, processes, and documentation in order to provide an excellent and consistent customer service across the Waikato region.
IQP & Producer Statement Author Applications Timeframes
Waikato Local Authority Shared Services reminds customers that IQP and Producer Statement Author applications can take up to two weeks to process. Please allow this processing time when applying.
For all registration related inquiries please contact us at applications@buildwaikato.co.nz
Schedule 1 Updates
Did you know that there have been some recent updates to Schedule 1 of the Building Act.
MBIE have released guidance documents which outline some building projects that no longer need a building consent from 31 August 2020
Checkout the MBIE guidance documents HERE!
Please be aware that projects that no longer require building consent may still require resource consent or building consent for certain components of the project – always check with your industry professional if in doubt.
Last updated 2020-03-21