Article tagged with 'consents'
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New records in building industry consents
31 Aug 2021 - Residential building consent numbers continue to break records, Statistics NZ figures reveal.
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Labour plans to regulate property managers
02 Oct 2020 - Property managers will be regulated and subject to a Code of Conduct to ensure they meet professional standards if the Labour Party returns to power after the election.
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Resilient consent numbers surprise
30 Sep 2020 - High numbers of residential dwelling consents are still being issued with Stats NZ’s latest data leaving economists surprised at the ongoing resilience of construction.
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High consent issuance not expected to continue
01 Sep 2020 - Over 10,000 new dwelling consents were issued in the three months to July, a rolling total not seen since the 1970s. But economists don’t expect the trend to continue.
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Consents no longer needed for low-risk work
31 Aug 2020 - Good news for those wanting to add a sleep-out, shed or carport to a property: today’s the day that consents are no longer needed for low-risk building work.
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Covid-19 fog hangs over consents increase
30 Jul 2020 - New dwelling consents were up by 20% year-on-year in June. That’s a big increase but it doesn’t allay the concerns of economists going forward.
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New urban planning rules for Councils
24 Jul 2020 - Restrictive planning regulations have long been cited as a major contributor to New Zealand’s housing shortage – but new rules mean Councils will have to loosen up their rules in a bid to boost supply.
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Consents rebound likely to be short-lived
01 Jul 2020 - There was a strong increase in residential building consents in May but economists say the rebound won’t last.
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Consents fall could have been worse
02 Jun 2020 - New dwellings consents dropped in April. That didn’t surprise anyone but economists were surprised that the drop wasn’t bigger.
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Covid-19 will impact on building activity
31 Mar 2020 - New dwelling consents hit a 45 year high in the year ending February 2020 – but that was before the Covid-19 crisis hit.