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2015/018: Regarding the refusal to issue a building consent for an outbuilding on land that is subject to natural hazard

Discussed whether adequate provision was proposed to protect the building work from inundation and whether periodic flooding would affect building elements in relation to Clauses B1 and B2 of the Building Code.

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2012/002: Compliance of proposed building work on land subject to innundation

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