Resource consents

Schedule of fees and charges for 2009/2010

On this page:

• Introduction
• Purpose of fees and charges
• How the fees and charges are set
• Types of resource consent charges
• The 2009-10 schedule of fees and charges
• Environmental projects supported by annual fees and charges

Introduction

The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) is required by the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) to provide for the management of the region's natural resources via the consideration, granting and administration of permits, known as resource consents. These consents authorise and control a wide variety of activities that have the potential to adversely impact the region's environment.

Purpose of fees and charges

The RMA provides the ARC with a mechanism for funding both the provision of this consenting function, any on-going monitoring requirements associated with the exercise of the consents and contribution towards research, educational and advisory programmes

In order to achieve a fair and equitable sharing of the financial cost of this function the ARC has evaluated its functions and decided what proportion of each project and consent related activity should be recovered

• directly from individuals (either holders of resource consents, consent applicants or people causing environmental degradation),
  and
• what should be funded by the community at large through general rates.

How the fees and charges are set

These funding decisions are made in accordance with section 36 of the RMA, and are set out in the Revenue and Financing Policy section of the Auckland Regional Council Long Term Council Community Plan 2009-2019.

This high-level diagram below explains the relationship between consent activity charges and funding of environmental projects.

This schedule below shows the apportionment of ARC environment project costs to consent type. Not shown is the number of consents in each category as this varies every year.

Read about the environmental projects that the fees help to fund and the consent types which impact upon them.

Types of resource consent charges

There are currently four types of charges, each with a different purpose.

• Consent applications
• Administration
• Monitoring and supervision
• Functions, powers and duties

Consent application charges

Consent application charges cover the full actual and reasonable costs of Council receiving and processing resource consent applications.

Administration charges

From the 2009-2010 year this fee has been discontinued.

Monitoring and supervision charges

The Monitoring and Supervision charge (MS) covers the cost of undertaking compliance monitoring inspections, reporting and administration associated with ensuring activities are carried out in accordance with consent conditions. This charge varies between consents

Functions, powers and duties

To cover consent holder contributions to Council's State of the Environment monitoring programmes, environmental research and investigations, educational and advisory programmes as provided for under section 35 RMA. These charges also vary between consent activity types.

The 2009-10 schedule of fees and charges

Read this complete document below of fees and charges for 2009-10 for a detailed explanation of all charges.

This is the list of consent application deposit fees.

The documents in the table below contain the fees for different consent activity types.

For some consent types, you may need to refer to the note documents for more detail to help you work out the fee.

Environmental projects supported by annual fees and charges

Read about the environmental projects to which annual fees and charges contribute.

Read about the different consent activity types and the environmental projects impacted by them.

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Read about resource consents and how to apply for them.

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