Previous determinations

This determination considers an authority’s purported decision to refuse to grant a building consent for a new dwelling with a proposed bamboo cladding system.

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

This determination concerns the issue of a notice to fix for a unit the owners consider is a vehicle.

The unit was moved to the property and connected to services. The determination considers the content of the notice to fix issued for carrying out building work without building consent.

This determination considers the issuing of a notice to fix for retaining wall works.

It examines whether the director of the owning company was correctly identified as a specified person under section 163, the adequacy of the remedies proposed in the notice, and the reasonableness of the four-month compliance timeframe. 

This determination considers an authority’s decision to refuse to issue a code compliance certificate for the construction of a new house with a pool.

The determination considers compliance of the as-built construction of a swim/spa pool with an adjoining timber deck and glass safety barrier in relation to safety from falling (clause F4) and restricting access to the pool by unsupervised young children (clause F9).

This determination considers whether a residential pool with an adjacent set of steps complies with clause F9 of the Building Code to restrict access of young children to the pool.

The determination also considers whether granting a waiver under section 188(3A) of the Act would significantly increase the danger to children under five years of age.

This determination considers compliance with Building Code Clauses B2 Durability and E2 External Moisture of horizontal rusticated cedar weatherboard wall cladding in respect of the as-built double-nail fixing pattern of the weatherboards.

This determination considers an authority’s decision to refuse to grant an application for an amendment to a building consent for the installation of new uPVC joinery installed as part of building work to alter to an existing building.

The determination considers the authority’s reasons for the refusal.

This determination considers an authority’s decision to issue a notice to fix regarding building work carried to construct ‘roof flashings and wall cladding systems’ at a new two-storey detached dwelling.

The determination considers the form and content of the notice to fix including the specified persons to whom it was issued, the particulars of contravention or non-compliance, and the associated remedy.

This determination considers the proposed decision to refuse to grant a building consent amendment for the recladding of a relocated dwelling.

The determination considers whether the proposed amendment to retain existing timber window joinery alongside new plywood and batten cladding would comply with Building Code clause E2 External moisture to the extent required by the Building Act.

This determination examines an authority’s decision to refuse to grant an application for a building consent for building work in relation to relocating and altering an existing dwelling under section 50.

The determination evaluates whether the authority’s reasons for refusing to grant the building consent were specific, clear and valid, particularly concerning the natural hazard provisions of the Act, and Clauses B1 Structure, E1 Surface Water and G13 Foul Water.