Bi-Weekly Building Services Updates

What does this information mean?

Building Consent applications on hand

Building consents are issued in numerical order, and are processed in the order in which they are lodged with Council. When we refer to building consent applications "on hand", this is the number of building consent applications that have been lodged with Council and are currently either undergoing services and planning checks in preparation for processing, or are being processed.

That means that if we have 50 applications on hand, and the oldest is BC123456 you can generally assume that:

• If your building consent is greater than this number, it is still undergoing pre-processing checks or being processed.
• If your building consent application number is less than the number of the oldest application, you can expect to receive your consent soon.

There are exceptions to this: for example, if we have to request more information from you, we won’t be able to process your application until you provide that information.

Inspection times

The days between booking and inspection gives you an approximation of how many days in advance you need to book an inspection. Please note these times are a guideline only - if you want an inspection at a specific time of day, or your site is some distance from Blenheim, then you will need to book further ahead.