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2025/003: Refusal to grant a building consent for the construction of a lift in an existing commercial building

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.
Determination 2025/003 [PDF 452 KB] Date issued: 28 January 2025

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Primary Building Code clause:
D1 - Access routes
Also related to:
D2 - Mechanical installations for access
Primary topic:
Access
Council:
Tauranga City Council
Section of the Building Act:
112, 17
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2019/007: The refusal of a code compliance certificate for 18-year-old additions and alterations to a house

This determination considers an authority’s refusal to issue a code compliance certificate for 18-year-old additions and alterations to an existing house.  The cladding had been changed from what was consented and the changed cladding had also been applied to the remainder of the existing building.  The determination considers the authority’s reasons for the refusal and whether the items identified by the authority are compliant with the Building Code.
Determination 2019/007 [PDF 262 KB] Date issued: 15 March 2019

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Primary topic:
Compliance
Council:
Auckland Council
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Complain about a licensed building practitioner

Options for making a complaint depend on the nature of the problem.
Resolving problems > Resolution options > Formal complaints > Complain about a licensed building practitioner

2023/006: Regarding the compliance of a bracing design for a single-storey dwelling

This determination considers whether the bracing design for two external walls of a single-storey timber-framed dwelling complied with the Building Code. In deciding this matter, I have considered whether the bracing design complied with the means of compliance stated in the building consent application, which was New Zealand Standard NZS 3604:2011 Timber-framed buildings.
Determination 2023/006 [PDF 837 KB] Date issued: 17 March 2023

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Primary Building Code clause:
B1 - Structure
Primary topic:
Structure
Council:
Selwyn District Council
Section of the Building Act:
17
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2023/021: The refusal to issue a code compliance certificate for a 21-year-old dwelling.

This determination considers the authority's decision to refuse to issue a code compliance certificate for a building consent for a dwelling with monolithic cladding. The authority raised concerns including in regards to Building Code clauses E2 External Moisture and B2 Durability.
Determination 2023/021 [PDF 640 KB] Date issued: 18 September 2023

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Primary Building Code clause:
B2 - Durability
Also related to:
E2 - External Moisture
Primary topic:
Weathertightness
Council:
Whangarei District Council
Section of the Building Act:
95a
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2025/041: An authority’s decision to grant a building consent under section 72 for building work on land subject to slippage

This determination considers an authority’s decision to grant a building consent under section 72. The determination considers the natural hazard provisions, including whether the land is subject or likely to be subject to the natural hazard of slippage, and whether to grant a modification of clause B1 Structure.
Determination 2025/041 [PDF 1 MB] Date issued: 29 August 2025

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Primary Building Code clause:
B1 - Structure
Primary topic:
Building Act Interpretation
Council:
Napier City Council
Section of the Building Act:
71, 72 and 73
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G7 Natural light

Providing sufficient natural light for occupied spaces and appropriate visual awareness of the outside for occupants.
Building Code compliance > G Services and facilities > G7 Natural light

2017/055: Building consent granted for alterations to an existing building on land subject to a natural hazard without notification under section 73

This determination concerns the natural hazards provisions of the Act. The matter turned on whether the building work constituted a major alteration and whether section 72 would apply even if the building work was not a major alteration. The determination also considered whether it was reasonable to grant a waiver of Clause E1.3.2.
Determination 2017/055 [PDF 144 KB] Date issued: 17 July 2017

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Primary Building Code clause:
E1 - Surface Water
Primary topic:
Natural Hazards
Council:
Auckland Council
Section of the Building Act:
71, 72, 73
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2024/004: Regarding the refusal to carry out a final inspection and issue a code compliance certificate for a 22-year-old house

This determination considers an authority's decision to refuse to issue a Code Compliance Certificate for a building consent granted in 2000 under the former Building Act 1991. The determination will discuss the reasons given by the authority for the refusal, and how they relate to Building Code clauses B1 Structure, B2 Durability, E2 External moisture that applied in 2000.
Determination 2024/004 [PDF 678 KB] Date issued: 21 February 2024

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Primary Building Code clause:
B1 - Structure
Also related to:
E2 - External MoistureB2 - Durability
Primary topic:
Building controls process
Council:
Hastings District Council
Section of the Building Act:
436
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2006/044: Refusal of an amendment to a building consent for a change to monolithic-clad parapets

N/A
2006 44 [PDF 188 KB] Date issued: 22 May 2006

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Primary Building Code clause:
E2 - External Moisture
Also related to:
E3 - Internal moisture
Primary topic:
Weathertightness
Council:
Selwyn District Council
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