Previous determinations

This determination concerns a notice to fix issued for a failure to supply a building warrant of fitness in contravention of section 108 of the Building Act. 

The determination considers the form and content of the notice to fix, and whether the building is being used wholly as a single household unit and so would not require a compliance schedule.

This determination considers an authority’s purported decision to refuse to grant a building consent for alterations to an existing dwelling, that includes a partial reclad with a bamboo cladding system.

The reasons for the purported refusal come from the authority’s request for further information and subsequent correspondence and relate to a BEAL appraisal certificate provided in respect of the bamboo cladding system.

This determination relates to a notice to fix where the authority considered that work on a Unit’s existing deck and door threshold, and the installation of a new rainwater head and downpipe from the deck, undertaken without a building consent, was building work regulated under the Building Act.

The determination also considers the content of the notice to fix.

This determination concerns a notice to fix issued in respect of an existing pool barrier for a contravention of section 162C of the Building Act. The part of the barrier in dispute because of its height is located on the boundary of the property.

The determination considers the requirements of Building Code Clause F9 Means of restricting access to residential pools, and also discusses the form and content of the notice to fix.

This determination considers the compliance of a modular dwelling constructed partly offsite and partly at the owners’ property under two separate building consents granted by two authorities.

The determination discusses the compliance of the as-built work with several clauses of the Building Code, primarily relating to the dwelling’s structure, weathertightness, gutters, bathroom linings, and electrical fixtures.

This determination is subject to appeal.

This determination considers an authority’s decision to grant a building consent under section 72 resulting in an entry on the property title for the natural hazard of inundation.

It considers whether adequate provision was made to protect the land, building work and other property.

This determination considers the authority’s decision to issue a notice to fix for contravention of section 40 in respect of poles installed in the ground between a driveway and retaining wall.

The determination discusses whether the work to install the poles is building work regulated under the Building Act.

This determination considers an authority’s proposed decision to refuse to issue a building consent in relation to a residential pool barrier.

The determination considers whether the proposed barrier complies with Building Code clause F9 Means of restricting access to residential pools, which turns on whether the pool house and loggia can properly be considered part of the ‘immediate pool area’.

This determination considers an authority’s proposed decision to transfer a natural hazard entry onto a property’s record of title as a result of a subdivision.

The determination discusses the relevance of the location of the building work that gave rise to the entry in relation to the area of land proposed to be transferred.

This determination considers the authority’s purported decision to refuse to grant a building consent for the construction of a new outbuilding on a property that is subject to the natural hazard of inundation.

It considers whether the hazard is likely and whether adequate provision has been made to protect the land, building work and other property.