2025/053: An authority’s decision to grant a building consent under section 72 and whether the building work constituted major alterations - 108A Pohutukawa Avenue, Ohope
- Abbreviation
- 2025/053
- Valid from
- 31/10/2025
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
- Author
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Information type
- Determination,
- Format
- PDF,
Description
This determination considers the authority’s decision to grant a building consent under section 72 of the Building Act, which meant that a natural hazard notice was entered on the property’s record of title.
The determination considers whether the building work, was ‘major alterations’ for the purpose of the natural hazard provisions of the Act.
Decision
In accordance with section 188 of the Building Act 2004, it has been determined: the building work that is the subject of building consent BCC220158 was major alterations for the purposes of Section 71(1).
The authority’s decision to grant building consent under section 72 for building on land subject to a natural hazard on that point has been confirmed.