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.

We want your feedback!

The Waikato Building Consent Group will be making some changes to our website look and feel and we would value your feedback as part of this process! Now is your chance to send us any ideas or recommendations for improvement that you would like to see on our website by clicking the link below. Feedback should be submitted by the 30th of November 2020.

Send us your feedback here!

IQP & Producer Statement Author Applications Christmas Closure

To apply for IQP or Producer Statement author registrations click the links below!

Please note that applications can take up to two weeks to be processed.

IQP/Producer Statement author applications Christmas closure:

Waikato Local Authority Shared Services reminds customers to factor in the statutory close-down period for its applications. This statutory close-down period means that applications will not be processed during the period of 24^th December 2020 – 11^th January 2021

For all registration related inquiries please contact us at applications@buildwaikato.co.nz

Schedule 1 Changes…

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.