Fees and charges

Single Aircraft movement – applies to everyone not covered by a User Agreement  

Per aircraft movement(or /day for recreational users)

$15.00

Per application

$1,725.00 

Regular recreational user landing charges (via annual invoice):

Per annum

Single User Aircraft

$375.00/aircraft

Hourly staff charge-out rate that will apply when undertaking Council’s responsibilities under the Biosecurity Act 1993, associated with inspection and administration when issuing notices under the Act.

$206.00/hr

Building Assurance 

Hourly charge out rate for staff

Building Support and Residential Building Technical Officers 

$210.00

Commercial Building Technical Officers 

$240.00

Building Leadership Team

$270.00

Pre-Lodgement Meetings 

First 30 minutes 

Free 

30 minutes or more 

As per hourly rate depending on project

Solid Fuel Heater Application (Inclusive of the Application Fee) 

Freestanding 

$560.00

Inbuilt 

$770.00

Minor Works Application  

For minor building work e.g. kitset/unlined carports, garages, sheds, wastewater only, swimming pools and fences requiring no more than 4 Inspections and includes a PIM/RMA check.

(Levies, Application Fee, Specialist input or additional requests for information will be charged additionally per hour or part there of).

$2,150.00

RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS 

New Dwellings 

Value up to $400,000 

 $4,200.00

Value -  $400,001 to $600,000 

$4,600.00

Value -  $600,001 to $800,000 

$5,200.00

Value - $800,001-$1,000,000 

$6,300.00

Value - $1,000,001 or more  

$210.00/hr

Multi-Dwelling Consents (consents for two or more dwellings)  

$210.00/hr

Relocated Dwellings (Not including alterations) 

 $2,900.00

All Other Building Work (including commerical) 

$2,000.00 deposit

Amended Plans 

Formal Amendments are charged per hour.

Related additional charges may apply, e.g. PIM rechecking, Additional inspections. 

$400.00 non-refundable deposit

Onsite minor variations  

As per hourly rate depending on project

Associated Building Costs (GST inclusive) 

Application Fee  

Applies to all consent applications (Building Consents, Amendments, Certificate of Acceptance, Schedule 1(2) Exemptions).

$165.83

Project Information Memorandum (PIM) 

New Construction, additions and alterations, additions/alterations 

$420.00

Resource Management Act Check (RMA)

(Not applicable if PIM application has previously been made, see PIM/RMA rechecking fee.) 

$420.00

PIM/RMA Rechecking fee 

Note: Further charges may apply if changes other than minor have been made requiring planning re-assessment. 

$210.00

Insurance Levy 

< $20,000 assessed value 

 Nil

> $20,000 assessed value 

$2.00/ $1,000.00 value of project.

Quality Levy 

< $20,000 assessed value 

 Nil

> $20,000 assessed value 

$3.60/ $1,000.00 value of project

BRANZ Levy 

< $20,000 assessed value 

 Nil

> $20,000 assessed value 

$1.00/ $1,000.00 value of project 

MBIE Levy 

< $65,000 assessed value 

 Nil

> $65,000 assessed value 

$1.75/$1,000.00 value of project

Other fees and charges

Inspection Fee 

To cover additional Inspections required. (1 hour per inspection)

As per hourly rate 

Inspection Cancellation Fee 

(For cancellations after 2pm the day prior to the day of inspection) 

$210.00/hr

Certification Charge  

For historic consents older than 5 years 

As per hourly rate depending on project

Swimming Pool Audit Fee 

$210.00/hr

Swimming pool audit conducted by IQPO lodgement

$210.00/hr

Work Start Extension Request or Work Completion Request 

$210.00/hr

Refuse, lapse and withdraw of building consent administration fee 

$210.00/hr plus hourly rate 

Certificate for Public Use 

Certificate for Public Use (CPU) – Section 363A Building Act 2004 

$450.00

Renewal

$450.00

Compliance Schedules 

New application, whether or not associated with Building Consent 

$530.00

Compliance Schedule Amendments 

$320.00

Building Warrant of Fitness 

Building Warrant of Fitness – Before due date  

$210.00

Building Warrant of Fitness – After due date  

$420.00

Building Warrant of Fitness (for back flow preventer only)

$100.00

Building Warrant of Fitness Audit Fee  

$240.00/hr

Building Act 2004 Infringement Notice Issue and Administration

Building Act 2004 Infringement Notice  

Charges depending on the degree of the offence 

Notice to fix (NTF) 

Issue and administration where NTF is issued in relation to a building consent 

$210.00

Certificate of Acceptance 

Application for Certificate of Acceptance (COA) (Section 97 of the Building Act 2004) 

Applicants will be charged a $1,250.00 application fee, charged per hour for the processing of the application, and any levies that would have been payable had building consent been applied for before carrying out the work. The deposit will be a down-payment towards these costs. 

$2,000.00 deposit 

Building Act Schedule 1(2) Exempted Work (BC80)

Building Act Schedule 1(2) Exempted Work 

$460.00 minimum charge. If staff time (including RMA) spent exceeds this amount additional time will be charged at the hourly rate. (Application Fee and Levies will apply which is not included in the deposit) 

$460.00 non-refundable deposit

Lodgement of unauthorised building reports  

(pre Building Act only – pre June 1991) 

$210.00

Lodgement of Building Act Schedule 1 (BC74)

Exempt work reports with owner’s declarations 

$210.00

Building Code Waivers or Modification 

$260.00

Section 72, Section 75 (Building Act 2004) decision, plus legal disbursements 

 $500.00 deposit 

Section 124 Dangerous and Insanitary and Affected Building Notice

$600.00 plus hourly rate

Consultancy Specific design peer reviews 

At cost plus* 10%

Specialist input  

When a PS2 design is provided this fee may not be applicable 

At cost plus* 10%

Building Certificates required under other legislation (e.g. Sale & Supply of Alcohol Act 2012) 

Plus inspection charge (if required) of $187.00.

$240.00/hr

Documents requiring Council resolution, certification or Council seal 

Plus actual cost (over 60 minutes) and any legal disbursements 

$210.00/hr

$240.00/hr

Earthquake Prone Building 

Application fees for exemptions or extensions of time are to be paid at the time of lodgement. Additional fees may be incurred for assessment of information or other requirements and will be charged at an hourly rate of $240.00/hour.

To obtain an Engineering assessment s133AI(3)(c) by the Territorial Authority 

At cost* plus $240.00/hr

Application for Exemption to carry out Seismic work s133AN(2)  

$600.00

Application for an extension of time to complete seismic work for Heritage buildings s133AO(3)  

$600.00

Council to erect hoarding or fence for an EQP Building s133AR(1)(a)  

At cost* plus $240.00/hr

Territorial Authority may carry out seismic work s133AS 

At cost* 

Issue of Earthquake Prone Building notice s133AL (5 copies) 

$415.00

Additional or replacement earthquake-prone building notice s133AL (up to 4) 

$120.00 ea

Earthquake prone building site visit

(to confirm EQB notices are displayed or other reasons)

$240.00/hr

Assessment of information related to a Building’s EQP status s133AH and s133AK (deposit plus hourly rate) 

$240.00/hr

Dam Safety regulations

To be determined 

Disputes and Investigations

$270.00/hr

Determination Charge  

(Unless Council is the applicant of the determination) 

$270.00/hr

Cemetery  

Plot – purchase right of burial 

RSA in designated areas 

No fee

New Plot – 13 years and over 

$1,850.00

Natural Burial 

$1,850.00

Out of District Fee 

Out of District Fee on any Burial Plot – extra to above 

$1,850.00

Children’s areas where set apart 

Child 1-12 years – children’s area single plot 

$300.00

Stillborn – 0-1 years – children’s area single plot 

No fee

Ashes – purchase right of burial 

RSA 

No fee

Rose Garden – all ages 

$630.00

Tree Shrub Garden – all ages 

$630.00

Ash Berm – all ages 

$630.00

Stillborn 

No fee

Out of District Fee on any Ash Plot – extra to above 

$630.00

Richmond Memorial Wall Plaque Space 

$300.00

Burial interment fees 

RSA 

$950.00

Interments – 13 years and over 

$950.00

Child – 1-12 years 

$300.00

Stillborn 

No fee

Disinterment/Reinternment 

Actual cost

Weekend – additional fee on any burial (Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 2 pm with agreement from the operator) 

$350.00

Public holiday additional fee on any burial with agreement from the operator 

$700.00

Ash interment Fees  

All ash plots in all cemeteries – all ages 

$250.00

Disinterment/Reinternment – ashes 

Actual cost

Weekend additional fee on any ash interment (Saturday and Sunday 10am to 2pm) with agreement from the operator 

$250.00

Public holiday – additional fee on any ash interment with agreement from the operator 

$350.00

Miscellaneous 

Concrete cutting when required 

Actual cost

Late fee applies where a burial or ashes interment extends on-site after 4:30 pm on a weekday or after 2:00 pm on a Saturday or Sunday (per hour) 

$300.00 per hour 

Application Fee

Payable on initial application and in addition to the annual fee

(plus reimbursement for any reasonable and necessary additional costs incurred by Council in assessing an application, e.g. evaluation of seaworthiness, qualifications and experience).

$309.00

Annual Fee

For each multiple of either one power-driven vessel or up to a total of 15 kayaks, rafts, waka or similar vessels that are not power-driven with greater than 10hpw.

$399.00

Late Payment Fee

Additional 20%

Community Infrastructure 

Staff time for inspection (including subdivision inspections), engineering and as-built plan processing, or administration.  

$206.00/hr

Fencing between private and Tasman District Council-owned land excluding roads subject to a case-by-case basis 

Council contribution - half actual cost per linear metre or $85.00/metre (incl. GST), whichever is the lower

Transportation network charges 

Vehicle Access Crossing 

$300.00

Corridor Access Request (CAR) – in accordance with the Utilities Access Act 2010 and as part of a Code for the Management of a Road Corridor. 

Standard CAR  – excavation (includes Traffic Management Plan {TMP} and 2 inspections) 

$584.00 (includes one revision of TMP) 

Additional charge if TMP non-compliant with standards after one revision $132.00 

Non-excavation on CAR/TMP (one-off event, e.g. parade/sporting events) 

Initial submission $292.00 (includes one revision) 

Additional charge if TMP non-compliant with standards after one revision $132.00 

Revision/update of TMP after approval 

 $66.00

Generic TMP 

$389.00 covers up to 2 hours) plus $206.00/hr

Generic TMP (inspection and mobile operations only) 

$206.00

Global CAR 

Actual staff time and expenses $206.00/hr 

Non-approval penalty (undertaking activity without approval) 

CAR fee plus $440.00 

Parking permit 

$43.00/day  

Application for Tourist Facility Sign ($100 refunded if consent refused) 

$288.00 plus actual sign materials & installation costs 

Road Closure (events, parades) 

$506.00 application fee, plus actual staff costs and expenses  

$2,200 refundable deposit (Insurance and public liability cover) 

Application for a road name change  

 $495.00

Applications for Road Stopping (S.342 Local Government Act) (S.116 Public Works Act) 

$406.00 application fee plus actual staff costs and expenses 

Water supply network charges 

On Demand (Metered) Water Supply Network 

Individual connection where the physical connection to the main is between the property boundary and the adjacent kerb and no footpath exists 

$2,061.00

Disconnection of water supply (on demand and restricted connection) between the property boundary and water supply main 

 $1650.00

All other connections 

Actual costs (up to a maximum of estimate of costs) plus $206.00/hr for administration 

Special water reading fee 

$88.00/reading minimum and $206.00/hr, or part of the hour, for each site i.e. a single development. 

Restricted flow water supply network 

Individual connection where the physical connection to the main is less than 10 metres from the main 

 $2,061.00

All other connections 

Actual costs (up to a maximum of estimate of costs) plus $206.00/hr for administration

Alter restrictor size 

 $323.00

Disconnection of water supply (on demand and restricted connection) between the property boundary and water supply main 

Note: The rural restrictor disconnection fixed fee is only for situations where a traffic management plan and/or road reinstatement is required. Disconnections in greenfield locations will be charged at the actual cost. 

 $1,650.00

To relocate restrictor 

Actual costs (up to a maximum of estimate of costs) plus $206.00/hr for administration

Subdivision 

Undertaking connection to main 

Actual costs (up to a maximum of estimate of costs) plus $206.00/hr for administration

Permit to take from a Fire Hydrant supply – Murchison, Collingwood and Tapawera only. 

(in accordance with the Council’s Public Water Supply Bylaw 2016) 

Annual charge  

$726.00 pa plus the current urban water rate per cubic metre for water consumed

Permit to take from a bulk filling point – Richmond, Wakefield and Motueka only. 

(in accordance with the Council’s Public Water Supply Bylaw 2016) 

Annual charge per swipe card 

$206.00 pa plus double the current urban water rate per cubic metre for water consumed 

General Rules Applying in Respect of Water Charges 

For Restricted Flow Water Supply, refer to the targeted rates section of the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 for the annual supply charge. The restricted supply schemes for Dovedale, Redwood Valley, Eighty-Eight Valley, and Māpua are currently closed due to lack of capacity from the source and/or the network. 

Connections to the restricted supply for Wakefield, Brightwater, and Richmond are subject to water availability. 

Corporate  

Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

GIS Map Prices (per copy) 

A4 

$5.00 

A3 

$10.00 

A2 

$15.00 

A1 

$20.00 

A0 

$30.00 

Subsequent copies 

A4 

$2.00 

A3 

$5.00 

A2 

$7.50 

A1 

$10.00 

A0 

$15.00 

Electronic files (e.g. Maps and GIS data in electronic format) 

$206.00/hr

Official Information Requests  

Staff time will be charged out at a rate of $38.00 per half hour.  Copying will be charged out at the normal rate applicable. The first 20 pages are photocopying is free. 

$50.00 per half hour 

Photocopying 

Charges from 1 July 2024 Incl. GST

All photocopying will be charged at the rates below plus staff time. 

A4 black and white 

Single sided 

$0.30

Double sided 

$0.55

A3 black and white 

Single sided 

$0.55

Double sided 

$1.10

Colour copies

Colour copies A4 

$2.75

Colour copies A3 

$3.30

Customer Services 

Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

Record of Title 

$25.00

Survey Plan 

$25.00

Historic Titles 

$25.00

Scanning of Minor Building Consent applications for electronic processing (Maximum 20 pages)

$2.75/page maximum 20 pages

Dog Control 

Registration Fees 

Urban Dogs 

$65.00

Rural 

$45.00

Disability Assist Dogs 

No charge 

Search and Rescue Dogs 

No charge 

Late payment fee – if registration paid after 1 August 

Additional 50% 

Impounding Fees 

1st impounding 

$70.00

2nd impounding 

$100.00

3rd impounding  

$150.00

Sustenance 

$20.00/day  

Drop Off Fee (where dogs are not impounded) 

$50.00

Micro-chipping  

Micro-chipping impounded dogs if required 

$35.00

Micro-chipping on request (when available) 

$20.00

Micro-chipping first registered dogs under 6 months 

No charge

Fee for the euthanizing of impounded dogs 

Actual cost

Kennel Licence: Initial Application 

(plus any additional costs associated with staff time, hearings and inspections)  

$200.00

Replacement registration tag or disk 

$5.00

Environmental Health 

Food businesses 

Pre-registration guidance (under LGA) 

$206.00/hr (pro rata)

New Template Food Control Plan registration 

$330.00 + $206.00/hr over 60 min 

Renewal of template Food Control Plan registration 

$140.00 + $35.00 per each additional site (for multi-site registrations

New National Programme registration 

$330.00 + $206.00/hr Over 60 mins

Renewal of National Programme registration 

$140.00 + $35.00 per each additional site (for multi-site registrations)

Amendment of Food Control Plan or National Programme registration 

$140.00 + $35.00 per each additional site (for multi-site registrations)

Verification (audit) of Food Control Plan including site visit, correspondence, report, following up corrective actions 

$206.00/hr + disbursements

Verification (audit) of National Programme including site visit, correspondence, report, following up corrective actions 

$230.00/hr + disbursements

Verification appointment cancellation fee within one week of agreed time 

$133.00

Verification appointment cancellation fee within 48 hours of agreed time 

$264.00

Compliance – development & issue of Improvement Notice 

$300.00 + $206.00/hr over 60 minutes Additional visits to check compliance charged at $206.00/hr

Compliance – application for review of Improvement Notice 

$219.00 + $206.00/hr over 30 min

Other Registered Premises 

New premises application fee 

$200.00

Camping ground registration fee – basic fee  

$333.00

Funeral director registration fee 

$333.00

Hairdresser registration fee 

$280.00

Offensive trade 

$330.00

Transfer of Registration Fee 

$124.00

Trading in Public Places 

Mobile traders 

$124.00

Hawker’s licence 

$69.00

Commercial services 

$69.00

Soliciting donations, selling street raffle tickets, and buskers 

No fee

Registered premises application for exemption (new or renewal) fee (plus any costs associated with staff time, hearings, and inspections) 

$349.00

SALE OF ALCOHOL 

Proposed charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

Special Licences 

The definition of event size for special licences is: large event is for more than 400 people; medium event is for between 100 and 400 people; and small event is for fewer than 100 people. 

Special Licence: class 1 (1 large event: or, more than 3 medium events: or, more than 12 small events).  

NB There is provision for applications by not-for-profit fundraising and community events to be reduced by one class depending on circumstances.  

Fixed by legislation – see table below to calculate fees

Special Licence: class 2 (3 medium events: or, 3 to 12 small events) 

Fixed by legislation – see table below to calculate fees

Special Licence: class 3 (1 or 2 small events) 

Fixed by legislation – see table below to calculate fees

Managers Certificate - application fee or renewal fee 

Fixed by legislation – see table below to calculate fees

Temporary Authority application 

Fixed by legislation – see table below to calculate fees

Temporary Licence application 

Fixed by legislation – see table below to calculate fees

Extract from Register 

Fixed by legislation – see table below to calculate fees

Refer to the table below to calculate fees for club, on or off licenses. A number of factors influence the final cost for any particular licence application or renewal fee, or annual licence fees. 

Property Information & Development Contributions 

Land Information Memorandum (LIM) requested under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 

Residential 

$350.00

Commercial/Industrial 

$550.00

Large properties involving more than one certificate of title will be charged at the staff hourly rate. 

Note:  Should a special request be made that results in a field inspection and/or submitter research, Council reserves the right to charge any additional fees that are appropriate, based on the amount of time required to provide the requested information. 

Property enquiries – access to Council records 

Files sent via Sharefile or transferred to USB 

Plus cost of USB if we have to provide 

$55.00/file   

Frequent user discount is available as follows 

A lump sum payable annually in advance for a company giving access to an unlimited number of files 

$2,500.00

Development Contribution hearings and reconsideration

Deposit for Development Contributions Objection Hearing 

$1,884.00

Application for Reconsideration 

$376.00

Land Information Memorandum requested under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

Residential

$350.00

Commercial/Industrial

$550.00

Large properties involving more than one certificate of title will be quoted accordingly.

Note:  Should a special request be made that results in a field inspection and/or submitter research, Council reserves the right to charge any additional fees that are appropriate, based on the amount of time required to provide the requested information.

Property enquiries – access to Council records

File access

Files sent via Sharefile or transferred to USB

Plus cost of USB if we have to provide

$55.00/file

Acutal cost

Property Rates Printout or Electronic File

Frequent user discount is available as follows

Option 1

A lump sum of $2,200.00 payable annually in advance for a company gives access to an unlimited number of files

$2,500.00

Option 2

A coupon-based system. Each coupon will enable access to five site files.

Residential files cost per coupon

Commercial/industrial files  cost per coupon

First 20 pages for requests under the Official Information Act

Free

Additional copies:

Single sided

30c

Double sided

55c

A3 black and white

Single sided

55c

Double sided

$1.10

Colour copies A3 and A4

-

Colour copies A4

$2.75

Colour copies A3

$3.30

Miscellaneous Charges - Customer Services

Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

Records of Title

$25.00

Survey Plan

$25.00

Historic Titles

$25.00

Scanning of Minor Building Consent applications for electronic processing

$2.75/page

Maximum 20 pages

Library  

Charge from 1 July 2024

Loans 

New adult books – three-week loan 

$1.50 

All magazines in adult section – two-week loan 

$0.50 

DVDs – two-week loan 

$4.00  

Holds and Requests 

Holds within Tasman District Libraries 

$2.00 

Requests (inter-loan) outside Tasman District – minimum charge (further charges will apply if a fee is charged by the lending library) 

$8.00  

Requests (inter-loan) outside Tasman District – child members 

No charge unless a fee is charged by the lending library 

Miscellaneous 

Replacement Membership Card 

$3.00  

Lost and Damaged Books 

Replacement cost + administration fee 

Lost Book Administration Fee (non-refundable) 

$8.00/item 

Damaged Book Administration Fee (if charged) 

$5.00/item 

Library room hire charges (Meeting rooms and Learning Suite) 

Non-profit Use - 1 hour 

$10.00 

Non-profit Use - half day (4 hours) 

$30.00 

Commercial Use - 1 hour 

$30.00 

Commercial Use - per day 

$150.00 

Wharf berthage per day

$9.00/metre

Wharf berthage ancillary services – security, line charges and all other services

$180.00/hr

Marina/mooring berthage per day

$5.50/metre; or $60.00/vessel, whichever is the greater

Berthage – Annual Rates 

Plastic Marina - Berth length: 

 Per Annum

8 metre – restricted access 

$3,400.00

8 metre 

$4,300.00

10 metre 

$5,300.00

12 metre 

$6,300.00

14 metre 

$7,400.00

16 metre 

$10,000.00

18 metre 

$11,500.00

20 metre 

$14,000.00

25 metre 

No longer applicable

Concrete Marina - Berth length: 

12 metre – restricted access 

$8,500.00

12 metre 

$11.000.00

15 metre 

$13,500.00

25 metre 

$30,000.00

Moorings 

$2,300.00

Live Aboard Charge (additional to berthage) 

Marina 

$160.00/month 

Storage (maritime) 

Boat Storage Compound 

Weekly 

$65.00

Monthly 

$220.00

Annually 

$1,700.00

20’ TEU container 

Monthly 

$380.00

Annually 

$3,800.00

40’ FEU container 

Monthly 

$750.00

Annually 

$7,500.00

Port Tarakohe penalty fees

Debt recovery invoice

$150.00

Avoidance of weighbridge

$100.00 administration
charge and $900.00
weighbridge charge

Incorrect entering of information into the weighbridge system

$75.00

Penalty fee for not notifying the Port Manager 24 hours
before arrival to pre-arrange berthage requirements

$150.00

Penalty storage charge

$600.00

Penalty fee for not removing non-permitted storage within 48 hours

$600.00 + removal fees

Penalty fee for not seeking approval and/or not complying with fuel transfer requirements

$2,500.00 + costs of repair + costs of
activity

Boat Ramp 

Port Tarakohe boat ramp barrier arm 

$13.50/use 

Boat ramp access card 

$215.00/pa (plus $15.00 for each access card)

Pōhara Boat Club Members boat ramp access card – fees collected and paid by Pōhara Boat Club prior to issue of card 

$150.00/pa (plus $15.00 for each access card)

Subject to the Mooring Area Bylaw 2020 being enacted, and the Mooring Area provisions in Plan Change 72 to the Tasman Resource Management Plan being operative, the following proposed mooring charges will be in force.

Mooring Licence

Application and renewal of existing mooring licence

For new applications or renewal of expiring mooring licences with substantial changes or lack of inspection report       

$372.00

Annual monitoring and administration fee

$206.00

Renewal of existing mooring licence

A renewal application where there are no substantial changes required to the mooring licence conditions and where all inspection reports

$125.00

Late payment fee (for annual renewal)

Additional 20%

Additional costs

Reimbursement of any reasonable and necessary additional costs incurred by Council in assessing an application or enforcing compliance

$206.00/hr

Waitlist

Administration cost

$63.00

The following navigation safety levies will be applied to all vessels over 500 gross tonnes that
anchor within the Tasman Harbour Limits with the exemption of any vessel berthing at Port
Nelson facilities for less than 12 hours (not applied to ships that are visiting Port Nelson within
24 hours of anchoring):

Cruise vessels

$28.00 per metre of vessel per visit

Cargo vessels

$0.50/
gross tonnage per visit

Other vessels

$0.55/
gross tonnage per visit

Extended anchoring (in addition to the appropriate per visit
charge)

$0.11/
gross tonnage per week or part thereof

Miscellaneous

Trans-shipping (per tonne trans-shipped)

$0.28

Use of Sentinel for non-emergency work (includes two crew)

No change

Property Services  

Grazing License 

Grazing land - application for license to occupy 

$230.00

Grazing land license to occupy documentation fee 

$230.00

Grazing land annual license to occupy rental fee 

By negotiation with a minimum of $575.00/pa 

Retail/Community License To Occupy 

Retail - application for license to occupy  

(This is for vending carts, outdoor dining, market operator etc.) 

$230.00

Retail license to occupy documentation fee  

$230.00 plus disbursements  

Retail license to occupy temporary retail cart rental fee 

$100.00/week 

Retail license to occupy area for outdoor dining 

$56.25 per week up to 15m², then $5.00 per week per additional square metre 

Market operator license to occupy 

No change

Community-based license to occupy application fee 

$230.00

Community-based license to occupy (sports clubs). Minimum rental (excludes disbursements) 

$345.00/pa

Short Term Encroachments (less than 5 years) 

Application for license to occupy 

$230.00

License to occupy documentation fee 

$230.00

Long Term Encroachments (underground services, bach, garage, carport) 

Application fee for long term occupation agreement 

Documentation fee for long term occupation agreement (plus disbursements and staff costs) 

$287.50

Subject to the Mooring Area Bylaw 2020 being enacted, and the Mooring Area provisions in Plan Change 72 to the Tasman Resource Management Plan being operative, the following proposed mooring charges will be in force.

Mooring Licence

Application and renewal of existing mooring licence

For new applications or renewal of expiring mooring licences with substantial changes or lack of inspection report       

$372.00

Annual monitoring and administration fee

$206.00

Renewal of existing mooring licence

A renewal application where there are no substantial changes required to the mooring licence conditions and where all inspection reports

$125.00

Late payment fee (for annual renewal)

Additional 20%

Additional costs

Reimbursement of any reasonable and necessary additional costs incurred by Council in assessing an application or enforcing compliance

$206.00/hr

Waitlist

Administration cost

$63.00

The following navigation safety levies will be applied to all vessels over 500 gross tonnes that
anchor within the Tasman Harbour Limits with the exemption of any vessel berthing at Port
Nelson facilities for less than 12 hours (not applied to ships that are visiting Port Nelson within
24 hours of anchoring):

Cruise vessels

$28.00 per metre of vessel per visit

Cargo vessels

$0.50/
gross tonnage per visit

Other vessels

$0.55/
gross tonnage per visit

Extended anchoring (in addition to the appropriate per visit
charge)

$0.11/
gross tonnage per week or part thereof

Miscellaneous

Trans-shipping (per tonne trans-shipped)

$0.28

Use of Sentinel for non-emergency work (includes two crew)

No change

General Rules Applying in Respect of Resource Management Fees and Charges  

• Charges will include all reasonable staff time associated with processing and assessing applications, excluding staff travel time to and from the site of the application and/or consent holder.  Costs associated with consent processing and assessment such as use of consultants and laboratory costs, where these skills cannot be provided by in-house staff, will be recovered at actual costs. This policy also applies to the monitoring of consent conditions where an annual charge is not made or where costs exceed the payable annual charge and Council elects to recover the difference. 

• Where multiple resource consents are sought or required for related activities, the standard application lodgement fees (deposits) shall apply for each consent, except that the notification fee shall comprise one full deposit ($5,000.00) plus 20 percent for each additional consent required provided that the Resource Consents Manager or the Environmental Policy Manager have discretion to determine a lesser total lodgement fee when there are large numbers of separate consents required. 

• Council reserves the right to require further deposits, interim payments or advance payments of amounts to be determined by the Resource Consents Manager, Environmental Policy Manager, Group Manager - Service & Strategy or the Group Manager - Environmental Assurance if processing activity is protracted over time or will incur costs over and above the listed deposit or standard fees.  Deposits for the cost of hearings will be required when the need for a hearing is confirmed.  

• Where all or part of any deposit or charge is not paid, Council reserves the right not to process that application, or not to continue processing that application, in accordance with relevant statutory powers.  

• The cost of Councillor hearing panels are set by the Remuneration Authority and will be charged accordingly.  Commissioner costs shall be charged at actual costs incurred.  Where submitters request that a matter proceeds to a hearing before independent Commissioners they shall meet the costs additional to those that would have been incurred if the request had not been made (S.36(1)(ab) and (ad) RMA). 

• Reductions and waivers are generally not available. Reductions might be justified where the person liable to pay any charge reduces the costs to Council of carrying out its functions, including through self-regulation checks approved by Council. Council can provide discounts where they meet section 36AA of the RMA.

• Annual charges shall be due on 1 October or on the 20th of the month following the date of invoicing, whichever is the later, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Council. A standard administration fee of $88.00 will be applied when a consent is deemed by the Council as not currently given effect to and the ability to give effect is not currently present.  Excludes permits to take water, full fees apply. Wastewater permits are exempt. 

• A 50% rebate applies to the annual charges for consents with consent-specific monitoring programmes where monitoring costs are being recovered separately. Specific arrangements will be made in relation to approved self-regulation inspections. 

• Where a consent has expired and the activity is continuing per S.124 RMA while an application for a replacement consent is being processed, the applicant shall continue to be liable to pay any annual and/or monitoring charge. 

• Hydroelectric power generation (≥ 2.6 l/s), suction dredging, and land-based fish farming annual charges will be based on the discharge and not the take as long as the take and discharge are of equal volume. If there is a consumptive off-take then that take will attract the annual charge as for other consumptive takes. Consents to take will still attract the minimum standard water permit annual charge. 

• Annual charges levied on holders of resource consents will be recovered whether permits are exercised or not. 

• Where a water take consent is restricted to winter-only abstraction a 50% discount will apply. 

Resource Management 

Charges for processing resource consents and undertaking related activities have been set in accordance with section 36 and section 36AAA of the RMA and section 150 of the LGA 
 
To lodge a resource consent application with Council please email to 
resourceconsentadmin@tasman.govt.nz.

There are three ways the fees are structured:

Fixed Fee - A fixed charge payable prior to processing of a resource consent. The fixed fee charge is the full and final cost of processing of the consent application.

At Cost - At cost processing involves the charging of the actual and reasonable cost of works.

Deposit - A deposit is paid prior to processing commences. In accordance with section 36(5) of the RMA, the applicant is required to pay an additional charge to cover the actual and reasonable cost of items such as printing, advertising, postage, additional reports and commissioners that may be required in the processing of their application. An additional charge has been set for hard copy applications as the Council’s preference is electronic lodgement. This charge covers one hour of administration to print, scan and save.

Where the formula or standard fee is inadequate to enable the Council to recover the actual and reasonable costs that are or will be incurred to carry out an activity, or where the Council considers that additional charges are warranted, they may be imposed under section 36(5) RMA and are subject to rights of objection.

If a refund is due, the Council policy is to repay the person who originally supplied the deposit. Unless the Council receives written authority to the contrary, it cannot refund the money owing to someone else. Processing charges or credits of $20.00 or less are deemed uneconomic to process and the Council will not issue invoices or refunds if the total processing costs are within this $20.00 allowable variance.

If you feel that your consent specifically has been incorrectly or unfairly charged, you may write in and formally request a review of your charge (email: resourceconsentadmin@tasman.govt.nz). You need to provide us with a valid reason as to why your charge should be adjusted and we will consider your case. 

Charges from 1 July 2024

$130.00

$180.00

$195.00

$210.00

Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

Deemed Permitted Boundary Activity Notice 

$550.00

Marginal or Temporary Consent Exemption Notice 

(Actual charge will take account of whether Project Information Memorandum fee has been paid) 

At cost

  Non-notified Applications for Resource Consent 

The following new land use consents: 

• Building in Landscape Priority Areas 
• Minor repair or addition to heritage building or structure 
• Bores (except domestic bores between 8 and 30 metre depth) 
• Minor building set-back or coverage breaches with affected persons approvals supplied (if not a deemed permitted boundary activity) 
• Three or more dogs in residential zones with affected persons approvals supplied 

$1,450.00 deposit 

Non-notified Applications for Resource Consent 

• New domestic bore not exceeding 30 metres depth (set fee includes first monitoring action) 

$790.00 

  Non-notified Applications for Resource Consent 

• New land use activities not listed above including, but not limited to, the following: 
• Dwelling or building (including setback and coverage breaches) 
• Land Use Activities not permitted in zone 
• Removal of protected tree(s) 
• Earthworks/Land Disturbance/Vegetation Clearance 
• Hazardous Facilities 
• Dam structure 
• New Discharge Permit (to land, water or air) excluding dust suppression discharge permits (refer to page 8) 
• New Water Permit (to dam, divert, take or use water) 
• New Coastal Permit 
• New Notice of Requirement 
• Alteration of Existing Designation (Notice of Requirement S.181 RMA) 
• New Heritage Order 
• Replacement Water Permit (to dam, divert, take or use water) 
• Replacement Discharge Permit (to land, water or air) 
• Replacement Coastal Permit 
• Transfer of Water Permit to new site (S.136(2)(b) RMA) 
• Transfer of Discharge Permit to a new site (S.137(3)(b) RMA)  

$1,820.00 deposit 

Non-notified Applications for Resource Consent 

• New subdivision 

$3,300.00 deposit 

Non-notified Applications for: 

Change or Cancellation of Consent Condition(s) on existing consents (S.127 RMA); or 

Change or Cancellation of Consent Notice (S.221(3)(b) RMA) 

$1,450.00 deposit

Notified and Limited Notification  

All applications under the RMA requiring notification, including applications requesting change or cancellation of consent conditions or notified S.128 RMA reviews. Additional deposits may be required. 

$6,050.00
deposit

Non-notified Application Hearing  

All non-notified applications under the RMA requiring a hearing, including applications requesting change or cancellation of consent conditions or notified S.128 RMA reviews. Additional deposits may be required. 

$6,050.00
deposit

Request for a change to a Plan (private plan change request).   Additional deposits may be required. 

$6,050.00
deposit

Administration, Monitoring and Supervision  

The following scale of charges are used to calculate the Council’s actual and reasonable costs when carrying out compliance monitoring under the Resource Management Act 1991.

Where the fixed charge is not sufficient to recover the actual and reasonable costs incurred in monitoring compliance with resource consents or national environmental standards, the RMA allows for additional charges to be made under section 36.

The Council will also require a person to pay any actual and reasonable costs incurred in, in connection with monitoring permitted activities with this Act. 

$130.00

Senior Compliance & Investigations 

$195.00

Principal Compliance & Investigations 

$210.00

Disbursements 

At cost

Resource Consent Monitoring 

Except where a specific (fixed) charge applies, monitoring compliance with consents will be charged actual and reasonable costs incurred using the charge rate x staff time. This may include: 

• Staff time to carry out inspection (if required), audit any monitoring information provided by consent holder, follow up and non-compliance and report back to consent holders 
• Any disbursements related to monitoring, including sampling and testing costs and any specialist or technical advice needed

At cost

Permitted Activity Compliance Monitoring 

The following activities will be charged actual and reasonable costs incurred using the charge rate x staff time. 

• Monitoring of permitted activities under a National Environmental Standard, including but not limited to Freshwater, Plantation Forestry and storing tyres outdoors 
• Monitoring compliance of farm operators with freshwater farm plan regulations including receiving and assessing audit reports of freshwater farm plans 

At cost

Certification of construction, earthworks, sediment control or other management plans requiring approval as part of compliance with resource consent conditions 

At cost

Approval of Survey Plan under S.223 RMA, approval of Engineering Plans, and Completion Certificate under S.224 RMA, including monitoring, inspection and acceptance of as built plans. 

No deposit is required for any of these activities. Actual Council staff time and actual costs of consultants, including disbursements, will also be charged. 

 At cost

Free

Pre-application advice after the first 30 minutes of staff time (Deposits may be required or interim charges made prior to application lodgement) 

 At cost

At cost

Resource Management - other

Dust suppression discharge permit – new or replacement permit. (oil on road)  

$900.00 

deposit

Dust suppression discharge permit – new or replacement permit applications. (polymer on road) 

$500 fixed 

Outline plan consideration (S.176A RMA) 

$992.00 deposit

Outline Plan Waivers (S.176A(2)(c) RMA) 

$400.00 deposit

Certificate of Compliance (S.139 RMA) 

$1,190.00 deposit 

Existing Use Certificate (S.139A RMA) 

$1,190.00 deposit 

Extension of consent lapsing period (S.125 RMA) 

$990.00 deposit 

Section 226(1)(e) RMA Certificate (allowing issue of separate title) (equates to two hours) 

$420.00 deposit 

Bond Administration Fee 

$206.00

Certificate under Overseas Investment Act 2005 

$1000.00 deposit 

Certificate of Compliance for Sale of Alcohol 

$180.00

  Document Execution and Use of Council Seal 

Documents requiring Council resolution, Certification or Council Seal e.g. S221, 226, 241, 243 RMA, S327A Local Government Act 1974 - Covenants, Easements in Gross and Caveats. 

At cost

Objections under S.357, 357A and 357B RMA 

Costs of processing objections including hearings may be charged in accordance with the general rules set out in this Schedule depending on the merits of the objection. Additional deposits may be required. 

$550.00 deposit

Review of Consent Conditions 

Request for review from consent holder 

$1,190.00 deposit

All reviews carried out under Section 128 RMA 

At cost

Water meter reading fee (following failed water meter returns, 1.5 hour charge out rate) 

$308.00

Part transfer of coastal, water or discharge permit (S.135, S.136 and S.137 RMA) with no changes to conditions of consent 

$992.00 deposit

Water zone allocation waiting list registration 

$396.00 deposit

Full transfer of Permits (S.135(1)(a), S.136(1), S.136(2)(a), or S.137(2)(a) RMA) 

At cost

Minor amendment to existing Water or Discharge Permit to recognise change in land description as result of subdivision or similar. 

$280.00 

$130.00

Gravel/Shingle Extraction Fees 

For land owned or controlled by Council (including land administered by the Crown) in and adjacent to all rivers in the district excluding those in the Aorere and Buller catchments:

• For stopbanked rivers, extraction between the stopbank and the centre of the river.
• For non-stopbanked rivers, extraction between the edge of the modelled or observable area inundated by up to a 10yr return period flood (10% Annual Exceedance Probability) and the centre of the river.

$7.50/m³

For land owned or controlled by Council (including land administered by the Crown) in and adjacent to rivers in the Aorere and Buller Catchments:

• For stopbanked rivers, extraction between the stopbank and the centre of the river.
• For non-stopbanked rivers, extraction between the edge of the modelled or observable area inundated by up to a 10yr return period flood (10% Annual Exceedance Probability) and the centre of the river.

$6.00/m³

For privately held land where the payment of a gravel extraction fee is a condition of a resource consent:

• For stopbanked rivers, extraction between the stopbank and the centre of the river.
• For non-stopbanked rivers, extraction between the edge of the modelled or observable area inundated by up to a 10yr return period flood (10% Annual Exceedance Probability) and the centre of the river.

$4.50/m³

Coastal Marine Area

$4.50/m3

*Plus any Crown royalties due

Management of gravel extraction on private land outside those areas covered above

Actual and reasonable monitoring charges at $206.00/hr

Gravel extraction in river reaches specified by the Group Manager - Information, Science & Technology where extraction is shown to have particular river management or environmental benefit. Proposed reaches will be reported to the Environment and Regulatory Committee prior to being specified.

$4.50/m3

Coastal Structures – Annual Charges 

Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

0 – 10 lines 

$649.00

Each additional line 

$36.00

Other structures (excluding structures that extend landward of Mean High Water Springs [MHWS]) 

$143.00

Water Permit Annual Charges 

For stock water, private domestic use, firefighting, hydroelectric power generation ≤ 2.5 l/s and permits to take water to or from storage. 

$206.00

Seepage or embayment at 5 l/s and greater, cooling water, private community water supplies, schools, campgrounds and retirement villages, seawater takes and frost protection (when a separate irrigation consent is held) irrespective of the quantity authorised. 

$376.00

For all other permits to take water, the fee is based on the average daily quantity of water authorised as set out below. 

Less than 250 m³/day 

$415.00

250 – 499 m³/day 

$521.00

500 – 999 m³/day 

$666.00

1,000 – 2,499 m³/day 

$855.00

2,500 – 4,999 m³/day 

$1,312.00

5,000 – 14,999 m³/day 

$2,104.00

15,000 – 49,999 m³/day 

$4,439.00

50,000 – 299,999 m³/day 

$13,047.00

300,000 m³/day or more 

$35,220.00

For Permits to Dam Water 

Damming for non-water take purposes or where a take from storage or surface take consent is held. 

$103.00

Consented damming for water take purposes 

$206.00

Discharge Permits (Water or Contaminant) 

Permits to discharge scour water from dams and pipelines, for water resource augmentation, spillway and compensation flows, minor cooling water discharges, minor spraying operations, flood/drainage discharges, stormwater-related to commercial and industrial activities, minor sediment discharges and composting. 

$206.00

Dairy shed and piggery effluent discharges (including laboratory costs) 

Fish Farming 

Less than 1,000 m³/day authorised discharge 

$206.00

1,000 – 4,999 m³/day 

$376.00

5,000 – 14,999 m³/day 

$1,007.00

15,000 – 49,999 m³/day 

$2,053.00

50,000 – 99,999 m³/day 

$5,147.00

100,000 m³/day or more 

$6,753.00

Food Processing Industries (including by way of example, abattoirs, fish processing, vegetable processing, dairy factories, wineries)  

Food processing wastewater to land 

$376.00

Semi-treated/screened waste to water 

Authorised at less than 200 m³/day 

$486.00

200 – 999 m³/day 

$1,467.00

1,000 m³/day or more 

$2,940.00

Fully treated waste to water 

Authorised at less than 200 m³/day 

$206.00

200 – 999 m³/day 

$309.00

1,000 m³/day or more 

$596.00

Gravel Wash and Mining Discharges 

Less than 1,000 m³/day authorised 

$376.00

1000 – 2,999 m³/day 

$596.00

3,000 m³/day or more 

$1,007.00

Sawmills, Timber Processing Discharges to land 

$376.00

Power Generation Discharges (≥ 2.6 l/s) 

Less than 1,000 m³/day authorised 

$206.00

1,000 – 4,999 m³/day 

$376.00

5,000 – 24,999 m³/day 

$723.00

25,000 – 299,999 m³/day 

$1,067.00

300,000 m³/day or more 

$6,901.00

Discharge Permits for Sewage  

Permits for residential dwellings with an on-site wastewater treatment system. 

$130.00

All other sewage including community schemes, more than two residential dwellings and commercial wastewater systems, including visitor and tourist accommodation: 

Less than 50 m³/day authorised 

$415.00

50 – 99 m³/day 

$662.00

100 – 999 m³/day 

$770.00

1,000 – 9,999 m³/day 

$1,031.00

10,000 m³/day or more 

$1,623.00

Permits Discharge to Land under Section 15(1)(d) RMA 

$206.00

Discharge Permits (Air) Annual Charges 

Major air discharges (former Pt A [Clean Air Act] activities) 

$3,221.00

Minor air discharges (former Pt B [Clean Air Act] activities) 

$546.00

Minor air Discharges (former Pt C [Clean Air Act] activities) 

$206.00

Rights-Of-Way 

Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

Application Right-of-Way (S.348 Local Government Act {LGA}) 

$1,192.00 deposit

Gravel/Shingle Extraction Fees

For land owned or controlled by Council (including land administered by the Crown) in and adjacent to all rivers in the district excluding those in the Aorere and Buller catchments:

• For stopbanked rivers, extraction between the stopbank and the centre of the river.
• For non-stopbanked rivers, extraction between the edge of the modelled or observable area inundated by up to a 10yr return period flood (10% Annual Exceedance Probability) and the centre of the river.

$7.50/m³

For land owned or controlled by Council (including land administered by the Crown) in and adjacent to rivers in the Aorere and Buller Catchments:

• For stopbanked rivers, extraction between the stopbank and the centre of the river.
• For non-stopbanked rivers, extraction between the edge of the modelled or observable area inundated by up to a 10yr return period flood (10% Annual Exceedance Probability) and the centre of the river.

$6.00/m³

For privately held land where the payment of a gravel extraction fee is a condition of a resource consent:

• For stopbanked rivers, extraction between the stopbank and the centre of the river.
• For non-stopbanked rivers, extraction between the edge of the modelled or observable area inundated by up to a 10yr return period flood (10% Annual Exceedance Probability) and the centre of the river.

$4.50/m³

Coastal Marine Area

$4.50/m^{3 Plus any Crown royalties due.}

Gravel extraction in river reaches specified by the Group Manager - Information, Science & Technology where extraction is shown to have particular river management or environmental benefit.
Proposed reaches will be reported to the Environment and Regulatory Committee prior to being specified.

$4.50/m³

Gravel extraction on freehold land outside of the river berm area inundated by an annual flood

Actual and reasonable monitoring charges at  $206.00/hr

Coastal Structures – Annual Charges

Coastal Structures per consent: Aquaculture Activity

 Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

0 – 10 lines

$649.00

Each additional line

$36.00

Other structures (excluding structures that extend landward of Mean High Water Springs [MHWS])

$143.00

Water Permit Annual Charges

For stock water, private domestic use and firefighting

$206.00

Permits to take water to or from storage, seepage or embayment at 5 l/s and greater, hydroelectric power generation ≤ 2.5 l/s, cooling water, private community water supplies, schools, campgrounds and retirement villages, seawater takes and frost protection (when a separate irrigation consent is held) irrespective of the quantity authorised.

$376.00

For all other permits to take water, the fee is based on the average daily quantity of water authorised as set out below.

Proposed Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

Less than 250 m³/day

$415.00

250 – 499 m³/day

$521.00

500 – 999 m³/day

$660.00

1,000 – 2,499 m³/day

$855.00

2,500 – 4,999 m³/day

$1,312.00

5,000 – 14,999 m³/day

$2,104.00

15,000 – 49,999 m³/day

$4,439.00

50,000 – 299,999 m³/day

$13,047.00

300,000 m³/day or more

$13,047.00

For Permits to Dam Water

Damming for non-water take purposes or where a take from storage or surface take consent is held.

$103.00

Consented damming for water take purposes

$206.00

Discharge Permits (Water or Contaminant)

Permits to discharge scour water from dams and pipelines, for water resource augmentation, spillway and compensation flows, minor cooling water discharges, minor spraying operations, flood/drainage discharges, stormwater related to commercial and industrial activities, minor sediment discharges and composting.

$206.00

Dairy shed and piggery effluent discharges (including laboratory costs)

$499.00

Fish Farming

Less than 1,000 m³/day authorised discharge

$206.00

1,000 – 4,999 m³/day

$376.00

5,000 – 14,999 m³/day

$1,007.00

15,000 – 49,999 m³/day

$2,053.00

50,000 – 99,999 m³/day

$5,147.00

100,000 m³/day or more

$6,753.00

Food Processing Industries (including by way of example, abattoirs, fish processing, vegetable processing, dairy factories, wineries)

Food processing waste water to land

$376.00

Semi-treated/screened waste to water

Authorised at less than 200 m³/day

$486.00

200 – 999 m³/day

$1,467.00

1,000 m³/day or more

$2,940.00

Fully treated waste to water

Authorised at less than 200 m³/day

$206.00

200 – 999 m³/day

$309.00

1,000 m³/day or more

$596.00

Gravel Wash and Mining Discharges

Less than 1,000 m³/day authorised

$376.00

1000 – 2,999 m³/day

$596.00

3,000 m³/day or more

$1,007.00

Sawmills, Timber Processing Discharges to land

$376.00

Power Generation Discharges (≥ 2.6 l/s)

Less than 1,000 m³/day authorised

$206.00

1,000 – 4,999 m³/day

$376.00

5,000 – 24,999 m³/day

$723.00

25,000 – 299,999 m³/day

$1,067.00

300,000 m³/day or more

$6,901.00

Discharge Permits for Sewage

 Permits for residential dwellings with an on-site wastewater treatment system.

$206.00

All other sewage including community schemes, more than two residential dwellings and commercial wastewater systems, including visitor and tourist accommodation:

Charges from 1 July 2024 incl. GST

Less than 50 m³/day authorised

$415.00

50 – 99 m³/day

$662.00

100 – 999 m³/day

$770.00

1,000 – 9,999 m³/day

$1,031.00

10,000 m³/day or more

$1,623.00

Permits Discharge to Land under Section 15(1)(d) RMA

$206.00

Discharge Permits (Air) Annual Charges

Major air discharges (former Pt A [Clean Air Act] activities)

$3,221.00

Minor air discharges (former Pt B [Clean Air Act] activities)

$546.00

Minor Air Discharges (former Pt C [Clean Air Act] activities)

$206.00

Charges will include all reasonable staff time associated with processing and assessing applications, excluding staff travel time to and from the site of the application and/or consent holder. 

Costs associated with consent processing and assessment such as use of consultants and laboratory costs, where these skills cannot be provided by in-house staff, will be recovered at actual costs.

This policy also applies to the monitoring of consent conditions where an annual charge is not made or where costs exceed the payable annual charge and Council elects to recover the difference.

Where multiple resource consents are sought or required for related activities, the standard application lodgement fees (deposits) shall apply for each consent, except that the notification fee shall comprise one full deposit ($5,000) plus 20 percent for each additional consent required provided that the Manager Consents or the Environment and Planning Manager have discretion to determine a lesser total lodgement fee when there are large numbers of separate consents required.

Council reserves the right to require further deposits, interim payments or advance payments of amounts to be determined by the Resource Consents Manager, Environmental Policy Manager or the Environment & Planning Manager if processing activity is protracted over time or will incur costs over and above the listed deposit or standard fees.  Deposits for the cost of hearings will be required when the need for a hearing is confirmed.

Where all or part of any deposit or charge is not paid, Council reserves the right not to process that application, or not to continue processing that application, in accordance with relevant statutory powers.

The cost of Councillor hearing panels are set by the Remuneration Authority and will be charged accordingly. Commissioner costs shall be charged at actual costs incurred.  Where submitters request that a matter proceed to a hearing before independent Commissioners they shall meet the costs additional to those that would have been incurred if the request had not been made (S.36(1)(ab) and (ad) RMA).

Reductions and waivers are generally not available. Reductions might be justified where the person liable to pay any charge reduces the costs to Council of carrying out its functions, including through self-regulation checks approved by Council.

Annual charges shall be due on 1 October or on the 20^th of the month following the date of invoicing, whichever is the later, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Council. A standard administration fee of $82.00 will be applied when a consent is deemed by the Council as not currently given effect to and the ability to give effect is not currently present.  Excludes permits to take water.

A 50% rebate applies to the annual charges for consents with consent-specific monitoring programmes where monitoring costs are being recovered separately. Specific arrangements will be made in relation to approved self-regulation inspections.

Where a consent has expired and the activity is continuing per S.124 RMA while an application for a replacement consent is being processed, the applicant shall continue to be liable to pay any annual and/or monitoring charge.

Hydroelectric power generation (≥ 2.6 l/s), suction dredging, and land based fish farming annual charges will be based on the discharge and not the take as long as the take and discharge are of equal volume. If there is a consumptive off-take then that take will attract the annual charge as for other consumptive takes. Consents to take will still attract the minimum standard water permit annual charge.

Annual charges levied on holders of resource consents will be recovered whether permits are exercised or not.

Where a water take consent is restricted to winter only abstraction a 50% discount will apply.

Environmental Health

Charge

SALE OF ALCOHOL

Special Licences

The definition of event size for special licences is: large event is for more than 400 people; medium event is for between 100 and 400 people; and small event is for fewer than 100 people.

Special Licence: class 1 (1 large event: or, more than 3 medium events: or, more than 12 small events).

NB There is provision for applications by not-for-profit fundraising and community events to be reduced by one class depending on circumstances.

$575.00

Special Licence: class 2 (3 medium events: or, 3 to 12 small events)

$207.00

Special Licence: class 3 (1 or 2 small events)

$63.20

Managers Certificate - application fee or renewal fee

$316.20

Temporary Authority application

$296.70

Temporary Licence application

$296.70

Extract from Register

$57.50

Refer to the table below to calculate fees for club, on or off licenses. A number of factors influence the final cost for any particular licence application or renewal fee, or annual licence fees.

Type

Cricket – Senior grade

$4,410.00/ block

Cricket – Second grade

$3,370.00

Cricket – Artificial pitch

No charge

Rugby, Rugby League, Baseball, Football - Senior

$490.00

Rugby, Rugby League, Football – Senior (where no field allocated)

$130.00/occasion

Rugby, Football and Baseball - Junior

No charge

Athletics

$170.00/track

Summer Rugby, Touch & Football - Senior

$150.00/field

Velodrome – Cycle Club

$520.00/ season/club

Miscellaneous Parks and Reserves Charges

Fencing between private and Tasman District Council owned land excluding roads subject to a case by case basis

Half actual cost per linear metre or $85.00/metre whichever is the lower

Kina Campgrounds

Adult (16+ years) – $15.00/night

Children - no charge

McKee Campgrounds

Adult (16+ years) – $16.00/night

Children - no charge

Permit (Commercial activity) - Reserves

Mobile Traders/Vendors/Amusements/Hawkers

Short-term/temporary activity i.e. day, weekend or holiday period

$55.00 application fee and $35.00 per day/or part of

Commercial filming in Reserve (per day/part of)

$300.00

Impounding Fees (per animal)  

Sheep or goat

$16.00

Horse, mule, donkey

$32.00

Bull over the age of 9 months

$32.00

All other cattle

$27.00

Pig

$32.00

Alpaca, llama or deer

$27.00

Any other impounded stock animal will be charged at rate determined fair and reasonable for that animal

Sustenance per animal per day or part thereof

$5.00

Other fees for droving, hire of equipment, necessary medical treatment etc. will be charged at actual cost. These fees are in addition to any allowed for under the Impounding Act 1955.

Actual cost

Waste Management 

Mixed refuse 

Weight-based charge for account customers, vehicles over 3,500kg gross and light vehicles (when operational constraints allow) 

$360.60/ tonne

Volume-based charge, where weighbridge not available 

$72.00 per m³

60 litre bag (a maximum of two bags, at 10 kg each can be charged at this rate where a weighbridge is available)

$3.60ea

Light wastes  
(polystyrene and other similar wastes, where >25% of load) 

$299.00/m³ 

Fee to recover unacceptable and undeclared waste 

$33.00/load 

Minimum commercial transaction 

$20.00

$7.20

Greenwaste, cleanfill, scrap metals and recyclable materials when combined with other waste will be charged at mixed refuse rate when site constraints do not allow for separate measurement and unloading. 

Rubbish bags (Tasman District Council sale price) 

Small bags (45 litres) 

$5.40 ea 

Big bags (60 litres) 

$5.80 ea

Greenwaste (where accepted) 

Weight based charge for account customers, vehicles over 3,500kg gross and light vehicles (when operational constraints allow) 

$135.70/ tonne

$135.70/ tonne

$135.70/ tonne

Volume based charge, where weighbridge not available 

$20.00/m³

Minimum domestic charge 

$5.00

$20.00

Cleanfill (clean, without contaminants) (where accepted) 

The source location must be declared and Council retains the right to refuse loads or recover costs for disposal of contaminated material 

Where a Council provided weighbridge is available 

$200.00/tonne 

At other sites 

$75.00/m²

Minimum commercial or weighbridge transaction 

$20.00

Clean concrete, brick and rubble (where accepted)

All material must be clean and free of contamination, including asbestos, wood and steel reinforcing

Volume based charge where weighbridge is not available

$75.00/tonne

$150.00/m3

$7.50

$20.00

Weighbridge charge 

Weighbridge docket for public and commercial vehicles (when site operational constraints allow) 

$16.50 per vehicle 

Scrap metals (where accepted) 

Scrap steel (sheet) 

$50.00/tonne or $25.00/m³

Car bodies and other vehicles (clean, drained, without wheels and clear of waste) 

$50.00/tonne or $25.00/m³

Refrigerating Whiteware (including fridges, freezers & dehumidifiers) 

• Where a weighbridge is available 
• At other locations 

$360.60/tonne 

$15.50 ea

Other Whiteware 

• Where a weighbridge is available 
• At other locations 

$50.00/tonne or $5.00 ea

Recyclables (where accepted) Domestic customers (quantities less than 1.0m³) 

Glass (bottles) – clean, colour sorted 

No charge

Clean paper and cardboard  

No charge

Clean, plastic bottles and containers (Grades 1, 2, 5 only) 

No charge

Clean cans 

No charge

Unsorted or contaminated materials  

At mixed refuse charge 

Commercial customers or domestic customers greater than 1.0m3 

By arrangement with site contractor 

Tyres (where accepted) 

Car and motorcycle  

$14.50 ea

Car tyres on rims 

$32.00 ea

Truck (truck tyres on rims and other large tyres not accepted) 

$44.00 ea

Paint (where accepted) 

Resene branded 

No charge

Other brands: containers 4 litres or smaller 

$1.70 ea

Other brands: containers greater than 4 litres 

$3.90 ea

Hazardous waste (where accepted) 

Automotive Oil  

No charge

Gas cylinders 

No charge

Batteries 

No charge

Household hazardous wastes – up to 20kg annually 
(The source location must be declared and Council retains the right to refuse some materials; Commercial or agricultural hazardous waste not accepted) 

No charge

Kerbside recycling services 

Additional kerbside recycling services - annual fee 

$153.00

Additional kerbside recycling services - part year (per month) 

$12.75

Replacement mobile recycling bin (delivered) 

$194.00

Additional or replacement glass recycling crate (delivered) 

$37.00

Additional or replacement glass recycling crate

$31.35

Cancellation fee to collect mobile recycling bin (if a bin from an invoiced service is not returned) 

$116.00

Tow-ball hitch for recycling bin 

Exchange fee to deliver a smaller or larger recycling bin 

$116.00

York Valley and Eves Valley landfill charges (operated by the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit) 

General refuse (Municipal Solid Waste) 

$287.50/ tonne

Polystyrene 

$3,723.70/ tonne

Sawdust (treated and untreated) 

$586.50/ tonne

HAIL and Hazardous waste

York Valley - before Eves Valley begins accepting HAIL waste 

TBC if charge still exists

York Valley - after Eves Valley begins accepting HAIL waste 

$287.50/ tonne

Eves Valley 

Only if tested, within specified limits, and blended 

Note: rate indicative only 

$188.60/ tonne

Wastewater Network  

Connections 

Stand-over for connection only  

No charge

Wastewater Network Charges for Nelson City Council Properties 

The Council provides wastewater services to a small number of properties within the Nelson City Council boundaries.  The wastewater charges are set at the same $ amounts as the wastewater rates that are paid by the residents of Tasman District. Please refer to Council’s Funding Impact Statement for details of the amounts. 

Trade Waste Discharges 

Conditional Trade Waste activity  

Temporary Discharge 

$206.00

Grease Converter Annual Charge (where the grease converter was in operation prior to June 2015 and is therefore allowed by Wastewater Bylaw) 

$206.00

All other Conditional Trade Waste Activity Annual Charge 

$583.00

Conditional Trade Waste Conveyance and Treatment Charges  

Volume 

$2.39/m3

Five-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) 

$2.61/kg

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) 

$0.16/kg

Total Suspended Solids (TSS) 

$1.65/kg

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) 

$2.05/kg

Total Phosphorus (TP) 

$0.89/kg

Where trade waste is discharged or measured separately from domestic wastewater, both trade waste and pan charges will be applied cumulatively.  Where the waste streams are combined, the pan charge shall apply and act as a credit against the trade waste charges, so that only the trade waste charges in excess of the pan charge shall be payable.

Stormwater Network  

Charges

Stand-over for connection only 

No charge 

Community Infrastructure 

Water supply network charges 

On Demand (Metered) Water Supply Network 

Individual connection where the physical connection to the main is between the property boundary and the adjacent kerb and no footpath exists 

$2,061.00

Disconnection of water supply (on demand and restricted connection) between the property boundary and water supply main 

$1,650.00

All other connections 

Actual costs (up to a maximum of estimate of costs) plus $206.00/hr for administration 

Special water reading fee 

$88.00/reading minimum and $206.00/hr, or part of the hour, for each site i.e. a single development.

Restricted flow water supply network 

Individual connection where the physical connection to the main is less than 10 metres from the main 

$2,061.00

All other connections 

Actual costs (up to a maximum of estimate of costs) plus $206.00/hr for administration 

Alter restrictor size 

$323.00

Disconnection of water supply (on demand and restricted connection) between the property boundary and water supply main 

Note: The rural restrictor disconnection fixed fee is only for situations where a traffic management plan and/or road reinstatement is required. Disconnections in greenfield locations will be charged at the actual cost. 

$1,650.00

To relocate restrictor 

Actual costs (up to a maximum of estimate of costs) plus $206.00/hr for administration 

Subdivision 

Undertaking connection to main 

Actual costs (up to a maximum of estimate of costs) plus $206.00/hr for administration 

Permit to take from a Fire Hydrant supply – Murchison, Collingwood and Tapawera only. 

(in accordance with the Council’s Public Water Supply Bylaw 2016) 

Annual charge  

$726.00 pa plus the current urban water rate per cubic metre for water consumed

Permit to take from a bulk filling point – Richmond, Wakefield and Motueka only. 

(in accordance with the Council’s Public Water Supply Bylaw 2016) 

Annual charge per swipe card 

$206.00 pa plus double the current urban water rate per cubic metre for water consumed

General Rules Applying in Respect of Water Charges 

For Restricted Flow Water Supply, refer to the targeted rates section of the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 for the annual supply charge. The restricted supply schemes for Dovedale, Redwood Valley, Eighty-Eight Valley, and Māpua are currently closed due to lack of capacity from the source and/or the network. 

Connections to the restricted supply for Wakefield, Brightwater, and Richmond are subject to water availability. 

Water Supply Charges

Water supplied by Tasman District Council to Nelson City Council (Nelson Residential Water Supply Area) per cubic metre supplied

$5.87

Water supplied to Nelson Industrial Water Supply Area (per cubic metre supplied)

Plus fixed daily charge per rating unit

$3.47

$1.68 per day