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This determination concerns an authority’s decision to refuse to grant an application for a building consent to install a new lift into an existing two‐storey commercial building.

The determination considers the authority’s reasons for the refusal and whether the new lift complies with the Building Code clause D2 if required by clause D1.3.4. The determination will also consider whether to grant a waiver or modification in respect of those clauses.

This determination considers the granting of a building consent and whether a proposed three-storey apartment building with a common stairwell requires smoke lobbies in the ground floor apartments in order to comply with the Building Code by means of the Acceptable Solution C/AS2. The ground floor apartments have alternative egress routes and the common stairwell is the single escape route for the occupants of upper floors.

This determination considers an authority’s decision to grant a building consent under section 72 of the Building Act 2004, which meant that a natural hazard notice was entered on the property’s record of title.

The determination considers whether the building work was ‘major alterations’ for the purpose of the natural hazard provisions of the Act.

This determination considers decisions by an authority to issue two notices to fix regarding a newly constructed indoor playground comprising four separate structures. The determination considers the form and content of the notices, and whether there were grounds to issue the notices, including whether the building work was exempt from the requirement to obtain a consent, and whether the playground complies with Building Code Clause B1 Structure.

This determination considers an authority's purported decision to refuse to grant a building consent for an alteration to an existing workshop on a residential property. The determination considers whether a change of use is occurring with the proposed building work to create a sleep-out.