Whakatāne District Council’s Building and Planning team plans and manages the development of the natural and built environment in the District in a sustainable manner. The team endeavours to ensure that the quality and quantity of the District's resources are maintained and enhanced.
Note: if you are applying for a building or resource consent, consult the Operative District Plan.
A Land Information Memorandum (LIM) is a comprehensive report containing everything the Council knows about a particular property or section.
A PIM provides information about land and the requirements of other Acts that might be relevant to proposed building work. We will issue a PIM following an application by the owner.
The Engineering Code of Practice sets out the engineering standards and guidelines that apply for building and construction in the Whakatāne District.
Beginning 1 March 2012, Restricted Building Work came into effect. This applies to most residential building or renovation work, and only a Licensed Building Practitioner can undertake or supervise the work.
The standard of documents and plans you need to provide with your building consent application.
If you're planning a new building or an alterations project, you may need a building consent.
The Council ensures that development of the District is within the Resource Management Act 1991 and the policies of the District Plan through regulatory consents.
The development contribution fee recognises the additional demand being generated by your development and goes towards increasing and improving the District’s infrastructure so that it can cope with the growth.
If you’re planning to build a fence around a property or swimming pool in the Whakatāne District, there are a few things you need to know first.
Before you relocate a building, contact us for guidance.
The Building Act 2004 requires that residential pools that are filled or partly filled with water must have physical barriers that restrict access by unsupervised children under five years old.
Information on how the District Plan determines the building platform level through the combination of two components, The 1% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) flood level and Freeboard.
Please use this form to request a flood level report for properties within the Whakatāne Urban Area. The flood level report provides information on the flood risk of properties in low lying areas, coastal areas or near rivers, streams and floodplains.
This page aims to provide answers to some of the most common questions we receive about tiny houses.
Whakatāne District Council's vision is to be known as the place of choice for people to live, work and play. Find out more about how we set out to achieve that through our people, initiatives, projects and governance.
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Whakatāne District Council has a number of documents available for public viewing, including:
This section contains information relevant to residents of the Whakatāne District and shortcuts to commonly-accessed services in other sections of this website.
Whakatāne District Council provides a wide range of services to its residents and ratepayers. In this section, you will find information on these services.