Building
In this section
- Pre-application Meetings
- Planning Your Build
- Applying For Approvals
- Processing of Your Application
- Building Consent Granted
- Inspections
- Build Complete
- Maintenance & Ongoing Compliance
- Resources & Engaging With Us
- Buildings in an Emergency Event
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Swimming Pools & Small Heated Pools
What you need to know about residential pools, small heated pools, pool barriers and fencing, inspections, and the pool register.
Inspection timeframes |
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Processing timeframes |
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As at the end of January:
Timeframes depend on the quality of your application - make sure time is taken to ensure that you're submitting a quality application. |
Don't forget to check out:
- previous customer newsletters which contain lots of helpful titbits
- what we're doing, and how you can help us
- Last updated February 2024
Proposed district plan
Decisions on the Proposed District Plan and Variation 1 were approved by Council and became effective or operative on 19 August 2023. You may wish to review your application against the new District Plan rules and amend your application if necessary.
Please be aware that the following will be required before submitting your building consent:
* A SDC flooding assessment certificate (FAC) is included if the dwelling, principal building, or alteration is >25m, or
* An ECan flood assessment report if the application is for a rural property, and it falls within the plains flood management overlay.
For further information see Resource consent - Flood assessment certificates.
As a building consent authority Selwyn District Council is responsible for processing building consent applications within Selwyn district.
In this section of our website you can find out all the relevant information on what is involved in getting a building consent.
Customer promise
We are committed to delivering high quality, professional regulatory building control and associated services to customers through:
- the provision of high quality and consistent customer service
- ensuring new and altered buildings in the Selwyn District are of a high standards through compliance with the Building Act 2004 and building code
- striving for continuous improvement in systems and procedures.
Our aim is to:
- make the process of applying for, and obtaining, an approved building consent as simple and as easy as possible
- not compromise technical accuracy
- determine all applications within statutory timeframes.
Tips for your build
- We cannot do design work for you but we can advise on how to go about organising building and resource consent applications
- Doing your research early can save time and money later, by identifying the need for specific design or other technical reports
- Don't take the risk of building without first getting a building consent – that is illegal and may result in enforcement action
- Complete any remedial work advised by an inspector before you proceed to the next stage of work - otherwise you could be liable for enforcement action
- Skipping inspections can be costly – missed inspections or work covered up prematurely could mean that you will have to undo work to enable building work to be inspected before we can issue a code compliance certificate for the completed construction.
Enquiries
Use information on our website as a starting point.
If you need further help get in touch with us: |
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Council’s customer services team will assist, or put your through to the building team for further help. |
If your enquiry relates to a building consent you can ask to be put through to: |
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If you need to escalate your enquiry or concern: |
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To see who our Senior Building Advisor or Surveyors and Team Leaders are meet our team. |