PHOTO: JOHN BISSET/STUFF Building consents have become more and more onerous since the leaky buildings scandal and the Christchurch earthquake.
It’s easier and quicker to build a house than it is to get building consent, some builders say.
And since the leaky homes scandal and the Christchurch earthquake, building consents have become onerous to the point of being “encyclopedic” in the amount of information and level of detail required.
Latitude Homes managing director Marc Hunter said that while the statutory time frame for consents to be completed was 20 days, his company waited on average between eight-to-12 weeks for approval because councils frequently asked for more information at the last minute, known as a Request for Information (RFIs).
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