Building consents

Please be aware that the statutory clock stops from 20 December 2024 and recommences from 11 January 2025 as required under the Building Act 2004.

Council’s holiday closedown period is from 25 December 2024 to 5 January 2025.


Objective Build is Hutt City Council's online portal for lodging applications for building consent.  Unless otherwise agreed, all applications for building consents should be lodged using Objective Build.  We also use the GoGet inspection system to improve the quality of the building inspection process and the maintenance of inspection records.

A Building Consent Authority (BCA) operates within the full scope of accreditation and regulatory requirements as outlined in its current Certificate of Accreditation. As a Territorial Authority (TA) under Section 7 of the Building Act 2004, Hutt City Council is responsible for carrying out BCA functions for all buildings within its jurisdiction which does not include dams or appurtenant structures. To find out more about dams or appurtenant structures refer to the section Building consents for new dams or alternations section on the Great Wellington website: Greater Wellington — Dams

The resource consents and building consents teams have made changes to how the front counter at Laings Road will operate. The counter has now reopened and is operating 9am-4pm, Monday to Friday.

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Read our most recent newsletter:  Kaihanga August 2024