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This determination considers building work done without consent to an existing workshop in a commercial building: the building work included installing storage racks and internal partitions, and the installation of sanitary and kitchen facilities. The determination discusses whether the work was exempt from the need to obtain a building consent under Schedule 1 of the Building Act, and whether the building had undergone a change of use.

This determination concerns an authority’s decision to issue a notice to fix for building work it considered required a building consent.

The determination considers whether the installation of a drainage system that disposes of grey water from a unit is building work, and whether construction of a shed is exempt from requiring a consent under Schedule 1 of the Building Act. It also considers the form and content of the notice to fix. 

This determination considers whether a surface water drain complies with Building Code Clause E1 Surface water: the drain collects water from a roof and is connected to a kerb sump and not directly to a surface water drain.  The authority considers the connection to the sump was contrary to the means of compliance stated in the building consent, being the Acceptable Solution for Clause E1, and that approval should be sought for the work as a minor variation to the consent.

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.