Guidance is now available to help you amend your building consent.

Proposed changes can be typically categorised as one of the following:

• Minor Variation – minor modification, or variation to a building consent that does not deviate significantly from the plans and specifications to which the building consent relates, for example; substituting comparable products (such as changing the brand of insulation), re-routing a drain to avoid an obstacle, minor wall bracing changes, minor construction change (such as changing the framing used around a window), removing a solid fuel burner from the original consent, or changing the position of fixtures in a bathroom.
• Amendment (Major Variation) – a change that is more than a minor variation and is associated with the original building consent (not new work), for example; a change to part or all of the cladding system, a change from an acrylic shower unit to a wet floor shower, or changes to fire safety aspects.

Please refer to the guidance documentation attached to this article or visit our website for more information.