Resource consents
What councils have been asked to allow under the Resource Management Act — a subdivision, a dwelling that breaks a height rule, earthworks, a bore — and what they decided. Pick a council to see its own.
Applications lodged per month
1,449 in the last five years of records · Rotorua Lakes District · latest lodged 30 May 2025
- Land useReturned incomplete
Convert an existing residential garage to a residential dwelling below the district plan minimum net area
- Land useGranted
Extension of a residential unit to include a bedroom, garage and adjoining carport
- Land useGranted
Establish subsidiary dwelling within 2.5 metre side yard setback and within Marae protection overlay.
- Deemed permitted boundary activityIssued
New dwelling located 565mm from the eastern boundary
- Land useGranted
Building addition and alteration that penetrate the Rotorua Airport Obstacle Limitation Surface (OLS)
- SubdivisionReturned incomplete
To subdivide 2 titles to create 4 lifestyle lots and 2 balance lots in 2 stages.
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivide 1 Lot into 2 creating a rear vacant site for new dwelling.
- SubdivisionGranted
To subdivide 1 lot into 3 allotments with a jointly owned access lot (JOAL) around an existing residential unit
- Land useGranted
Construct additional dwelling in the Rural 1 zone
- Land useGranted
Carry out building alterations and additions (new second floor) within the 25-metre lake setback
- Deemed permitted boundary activityIssued
Residential unit within the western side yard
- SubdivisionGranted
To subdivide 1 lot into 2 creating a vacant rear site.
- Land useGranted
To allow a side yard breach on Lot 1 of subdivision SD25-010230.
- Land useGranted
Establish third residential dwelling in rural 1 zone.
- Land useGranted
To establish additional household unit exceeding density requirement in Rural 1 zone.
- Land useGranted
Variation to conditions 1 and 2 amending household unit location.
- Land useReturned incomplete
Establish a 70 sqm subsidiary dwelling on the property in the Residential 3 zone
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivide 1 lot into 2 lots surrounding an existing residential unit
- Land useGranted
Existing dwelling not meeting yard compliance.
- Land useGranted
Construct a garage 500mm from a geothermal bore
- Land useGranted
Build a new dwelling on a 73ha dairy farm that requires a controlled activity land use consent under Rule RURZ-R9(3)
- Land useGranted
Establish 4 residential household units.
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivide 1 Lot into 4 residential lots and 1 access lot.
- Land useGranted
Repurpose existing industrial building into a new training facility for NZ Police
- Deemed permitted boundary activityIssued
Extension of garage within 277mm of the boundary
- Land useReturned incomplete
Demolition of existing buildings, and construction of a new dwelling in Lakes A settlement zone.
- Land useGranted
To cancel the conditions of consent notice 7549427.1 as it relates to Lot 2 DP 379314 in association with subdivision SD25-010221.
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivision to create two lifestyle lots and one balance rural production lot.
- SubdivisionGranted
To subdivide 1 lot into 3 allotments around an existing residential unit.
- SubdivisionGranted
To subdivide 1 lot into 3 lots around existing household units
- Land useGranted
Cancellation of consent notice 11193948.6 in relation to Lot 1 DP 527210.
- SubdivisionGranted
Two lot subdivision around existing residential units
- SubdivisionGranted
To subdivide 5 lots into 10 lots around existing residential units.
- SubdivisionGranted
Boundary adjustment subdividing 1 lot into 2 and amalgamating proposed balance lot with neighbouring title.
- Land useGranted
To establish an undersized one-bedroom residential unit on the ground floor in the City Centre 1 zone and associated building alterations that do not comply with outlook space and glazing requirements.;;
- SubdivisionGranted
To subdivide 1 lot into 3 plus 1 access lot around three residential units approved through LU24-010140 and building consent CKO2401178 and to subdivide a ‘piece of land’ where a DSI exists showing contamination above Soil Contaminant Standards (SCS).
- Land useGranted
Establishment of an accessory building that will be located within the 25 metre Water Body Buffer and within 5m of an esplanade reserve breaching Rule NATC-R3(8)(a).
- Deemed permitted boundary activityIssued
Install Archgola Canopy 800m off the side boundary of neighbour - No.8.
- SubdivisionGranted
Extension of lapse date of 10 years.
- SubdivisionGranted
To subdivide 1 lot into 2 creating a vacant rear lot.
- Land useGranted
Variation to Consent Notice 12515526.3 to establish a residential unit, with the garage and laundry located below the minimum flood level.
- Land useGranted
Establish new residential unit on site susceptible to flooding.
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivision to create five lots around residential units approved through LU25-010295.
- Land useGranted
To establish a comprehensive residential develoment with five residential units
- Deemed permitted boundary activityReturned
House extension within 1M side yard setback. 80mm from boundary.
- SubdivisionGranted
Cross-lease flats plan update to reflect current buildings on Area C DPS 66710
- Land useGranted
New residential unit within a Fault Avoidance Area overlay
- Land useGranted
Basketball court installation and retrospective consent for playground upgrade
- SubdivisionGranted
To subdivide 1 lot into 3 creating 1 lot around existing household unit plus 2 vacant rear lots.
- Land useGranted
To vary the approved land use consent for the childcare facility (RC5157) to enable the replacement of two ;;existing verandas with Rotogala units, with one of these intruding the side yard setback
Dots are this page's applications, placed on the land their legal description names. Hollow dots are approximate: the land has since been subdivided. 3 on this page could not be placed.