Carports without consents
From 31 August 2020, a range of new and extended building consent exemptions were added to Schedule 1 of the Building Act, including a range of options for building carports.
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From 31 August 2020, a range of new and extended building consent exemptions were added to Schedule 1 of the Building Act, including a range of options for building carports.
Although COVID-19 may negatively impact the popularity of mid-rise housing in the near future, this form of townhouses and apartments has been growing in popularity, accounting for over 40% of new residential consents last year.
Changes to the Building Act will mean building consents aren’t needed for some new or expanded types of low-risk building work, like sleepouts, sheds, carports, outdoor fireplaces and ground-mounted solar panels.
From 31 August 2020, a range of new and extended building consent exemptions were added to Schedule 1 of the Building Act, including a range of options for building sleepouts.
While many building consent authorities have embraced digital consenting tools, this is only the first step. New technology presents significant opportunities for improving the consenting process and sharing dynamic building information.
Certificates of work can be relatively simple documents, but they can also lead to some confusion. Here we address what they are for, who should fill them out and what they should include.
Often problems can be solved with a quick conversation. In a recent case, an exemption for a building consent could have been obtained and a property sale advanced, if only the building consent authority had been asked.
This is the second article in Build’s new section on MBIE determinations. It looks at lessons from Determination 2019/057: Regarding the issue of a notice to fix for building work carried out without a building consent and over a property boundary.
There’s plenty of cracks to be found when examining why poor-quality residential builds are so common. A look at the number of requests for further information for each building consent tells part of the story, as does the rate of inspection failures.