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
187 in the last five years of records · Wairoa District · latest lodged 28 May 2025
- Deemed permitted boundary activityIssued
To construct a dwelling which does not meet the height to boundary requirements
- Deemed permitted marginal or temporary activityIssued
Upgrade existing telecommunication facility
- Certificate of complianceIssued
Certificate of Compliance (s139 RMA) for a boundary adjustment.
- Land use and subdivisionGranted
To undertake a 3-lot subdivision. Land use consent sought as the existing and proposed building platform is unable to meet the 15m setbacks (16.8.8). Land use consent is sought as the indicative building platform is within 200m from the Wairoa Landfill (Rule 16.8.4).
- Land useGranted
To undertake earthworks associated with the establishment of a storage and irrigation pond.
- Land useGranted
To construct a building approximately 1.5m from the rear boundary.
- SubdivisionGranted
Change condition 1 in both Part A (Subdivision) and Part B (Land Use), and conditions 2 and 11 of Part B (Land Use).
- SubdivisionGranted
To undertake a 2-lot subdivision and an amalgamation.
- SubdivisionGranted
To undertake a 3- lot subdivision.
- SubdivisionGranted
To undertake a four-lot subdivision and subsequent amalgamations.
- Land useGranted
To demolish existing dwelling and construct a new dwelling as well as a deck which infringes the same rules approved under RM240010. The deck is to wrap around the western and southern facades. Install 2 x 21,000L above ground water tanks located in the southwestern corner of the site.
- SubdivisionGranted
To undertake a 2- lot subdivision in the Residential zone.
- Deemed permitted boundary activityIssued
To install a water tank and a shed on the boundary of 6 Rhona Place. To install an additional two water tanks along the boundary with 8 Rhona Place.
- Land use and subdivisionGranted
To undertake a 3-lot subdivision in the Coastal Mahia zone. To reduce the front yard setback from 15 metres to 7.5m.
- Land useGranted
To reduce the setbacks to 1.5m side and 3m front and rear for future buildings. To place water tanks approximately 1.1m from the front boundary and 1.2m from the side boundary.
- SubdivisionGranted
To undertake a 3-lot subdivision in two stages in the Residential Mahia zone
- Land useGranted
To undertake earthworks associated with the construction of five papa kāinga. Resource consent is sought for a reduction to the rural zone setbacks.
- Land useGranted
Building the new Te Reinga Bridge requiring earthworks exceeding permitted levels and a structure height infringement.
- Deemed permitted boundary activityIssued
To construct a new dwelling approximately 1.6 meters from the rear boundary
- Land use and subdivisionGranted
To separate Lot 1 from the balance land which are held in the same Record of Title. Resource consent is sought as the existing accessway for proposed Lot 1 is unable to comply with Chapter 24 of the District Plan
- Land useGranted
To undertake earthworks which exceed the maximum work area in the Town Centre Zone.
- Land useReturned incomplete
To undertake earthworks associated with the construction of five papa kāinga. Resource consent is sought for a reduction to the rural zone setbacks.
- Deemed permitted marginal or temporary activityIssued
To seek retrospective consent to undertake afforestation
- SubdivisionGranted
To adjust the boundaries between four existing allotments.
- Land useGranted
Land use resource consent to erect temporary dwellings across multiples sites primarily in the Rural and Residential zones to provide for essential temporary accommodation following severe weather events.
- Land useGranted
to undertake earthworks activities that exceed the limits of the district plan and to establish a land based quarry and allow 50,000m3 of earthworks per year
- Land use and subdivisionGranted
Subdivision of one title into 13 rural residential lots, a balance lot, 2 roads vested to council and one lot to be amlagamated with a neighbouring lot. NECS restricted discretionary consent to disturb soil, S221 (3) (b) application to cancel an existing consent notice.
- Land use and subdivisionGranted
To undertake a 2-lot subdivision, land use consent is sought for the setback breach associated with the new boundary and site coverage
- Land use and subdivisionGranted
To undertake a 2-lot subdivision in the Rural zone and land use consent is sought for breaches to the boundary setbacks for existing and future buildings
- Land use and subdivisionGranted
To undertake a 2-lot subdivision in the residential zone. Land use consent for setback breach associated with the new boundary.
- Land useGranted
To erect a telecommunications facility
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivision for three allotments, one will be amalgamated with the adjoining land resulting in two additional rural lifestyle lots.
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivision of one title into three, with Lot 1 being a rural lifestyle allotment and Lot 2 and 3 being used for productive purposes
- Land useGranted
To carry out earthworks to upgrade Marine Parade as part of post cyclone remediation
- Deemed permitted marginal or temporary activityIssued
To undertake geotechnical investigations to determine whether the surrounding area is suitable of aggregate extraction
- Land useGranted
To enable construction of 50,000 cubic metre water storage dam
- Certificate of complianceIssued
Certificate of Compliance pursuant to section 139 of the Resource Management Act 1991 for a new telecommunications facility at 89 Waihi Road, Tuai.
- Land useGranted
Demolish existing single garage shed, and construct a new double garage shed in the same location.
- Land useGranted
and Use consent for the construction of a new deck, with stairs and a roof.
- Land useGranted
Retrospective Land Use consent for earthworks to establish a building platform for a residential accommodation block.
- Deemed permitted boundary activityIssued
Approval for a new pole shed that encroaches on the height to boundary rule with the adjacent land parcel.
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivision of one title into two lots, with the amalgamation of one Lot with neighbouring Lot. Access and site servicing infringements. One new title will be created.
- SubdivisionGranted
Subdivision of three titles into five, with two lots to be amalgamated, one lot to be vested as road and one road to be stopped.
- Deemed permitted marginal or temporary activityIssued
Deemed Permitted Marginal Activity under s87BB Resource Management Act 1991 to undertake geotechnical investigations for new Waikare Gorge realignment project.
- Land useGranted
Establish multi-sport courts facility not meeting the yard setbacks and noise standards and retrospective consent for a 3m high fence not meeting yard setbacks.
- Certificate of complianceIssued
To add two antennas on to two separate existing poles within the same site.
- Certificate of complianceIssued
To install, operate & maintain new telecommunications equipment associated with the Police emergency services network at an existing Police telecommunications facility on Awamate Road.
- Land useGranted
Variation to condition 5 of consent notice 8147905.3 to construct a new 70m2 shed and retaining wall outside the identified building platform. Additionally, the shed and retaining wall will be located within the 15m front and side yard setbacks and exceed the 1.5m face height.
- Land useGranted
Construction of a new 50m x 3.6m single-span box truss, timber deck, farm bridge, with timber pole retained approaches across the Tukemokihi Stream. Undertake bulk earthworks to form the new bridge approaches and tie into the existing informal farm track network within the rural zone.
- Land useGranted
Retrospective earthworks consent for exceedance of permitted earthworks performance standards in the rural zone.
Dots are this page's applications, placed on the land their legal description names. Hollow dots are approximate: the land has since been subdivided. 11 on this page could not be placed.