Speeding up the consents process
Stories of nightmare consent application processes – often involving labyrinthine dealings with council or “surprise” discoveries which have blown out costs and timeframes – abound.
But, as the focus on New Zealand’s housing supply shortage has grown, the slow and cumbersome processes involved in getting building consents have gained increasing prominence.
A host of taskforces and experts have made it clear that consent processes at councils around the country have to be streamlined and improved in order for supply problems to be addressed.
Now, it seems those calls have been heeded and the drive to tackle the problem is gathering speed.
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