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2025/046: Regarding an authority’s decision to issue a dangerous building notice

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Date issued: 16 September 2025
Primary Building Code clause:: C3 - Fire affecting areas beyond the fire source
Also related to:: C4 - Movement to a place of safety
Primary topic:: Dangerous building
Council:: Carterton District Council

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This determination relates to the authority’s decision to issue a dangerous building notice under section 124 arising from the use of the building and its fire safety features.

The determination considers the features of the building in relation to the dangerous building test under section 121(1)(b) and, as the historical decision to record a change of use is in dispute, the evidence the authority had in recording a change of use in 2011.

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