Building Forms

Form 2: Application for PIM and/or Building Consent

(Note: Vetting checklists are included in the relevant Form 2 Application for PIM and/or Building Consent excluding marquees)

• Simple (garages, carports, decks, retaining walls, farm buildings, marquees/temporary structures)If you are applying for a consent for a marquee you must also complete the Marquee Vetting Checklist
• Minor (demolition/removals,swimming/spa pools, solar, drainage and fireplaces (outside of Rotorua only)
• Residential (including alterations, additions, internal bathroom alterations and resited/relocated dwellings). Where a Cable Car is to be installed to a Residential property, a compliance schedule will be required, for further guidance refer to the Compliance Schedule Handbook.
• Multi residential/Industrial/Commercial Where any Specified Systems are either to be installed, altered, or removed as a result of this Building Consent and/or Amendment then each of the systems must have the applicable form completed. These application forms are listed on this page as a Specified System Form. (Generally these forms will require input from the system designer to ensure the forms are completed correctly). See the Building WOF & Compliance Schedules page for further information.
• Solid Fuel Heater/Fireplace (for use in the Rotorua district only)

Other forms

• Form 1: Agreement between commercial on-seller and purchaser
• Form 2: Amendment: Application to Amend Building Consent
• Form 2A: Memorandum from licensed building practitioner: Certificate of design work
• Form 2B: Statutory Declaration as to owner-builder status
• Form 2C: Notice of Owner-Builder
• Form 6: Application for Code Compliance Certificate
• Form 6A: Memorandum from licensed building practitioner: Record of building work
• Form 8: Application for Certificate of Acceptance you must also complete a Certificate of Acceptance Vetting Checklist
• Form 15: Application for Certificate of Public Use
• Form 21: Minor Variation (use of this form must be agreed by Inspector/Consent Assessor prior to submitting the variation)
• Advice of Licensed Building Practitioner(s) Form
• Application for Extension of Time To Start or Complete Building Work
• Application for Resite Report
• Application to Amend Historical Building Consent
• Removal Declaration
• LIM Application Form
• Assessment of Exempt Building Work
• Statement of Compliance
• Solid Fuel Heater Installation Statement of Compliance
• Restricted Building Work (Supplementary Sheet)
• Asbestos Declaration

Vetting Checklists

Note: Vetting checklists, other than those listed below, are included in the relevant Form 2 Application for PIM and/or Building Consent (See form above).

• Certificate of Acceptance Vetting Checklist
• New Zealand Fire Service Review Checklist
• Fire Design Vetting Checklist

Specified System Forms

Note: only select the applicable SS item that is to be included within the application for Building Consent

SS1

• SS1 Automatic systems for fire suppression

SS2

• SS2 Automatic or manual emergency warning systems

SS3

Electromagnetic or automatic doors or windows:

• SS3/1 Automatic doors
• SS3/2 Access controlled doors
• SS3/3 Interfaced fire or smoke doors or windows

SS4

• SS4 Emergency lighting systems

SS5

• SS5 Escape route pressurisation systems

SS6

• SS6 Riser mains for use by fire services

SS7

• SS7 Automatic back-flow preventers

SS8

Lifts, escalators, travelators, or other systems for moving people or goods within buildings:

• SS8/1 Passenger-carrying lifts
• SS8/2 Services lifts
• SS8/3 Escalators and moving walks (Travelators)

SS9

Mechanical ventilation or air conditioning systems:

• SS9/1 Mechanical ventilation
• SS9/2 Air conditioning systems

SS10

• SS10 Building maintenance units providing access to exterior and interior walls of buildings

SS11

• SS11 Laboratory fume cupboards

SS12

Audio loops or other assistive listening systems:

• SS12/1 Audio Loops
• SS12/2 FM radio frequency systems and infrared beam transmission systems

SS13

Smoke control systems:

• SS13/1 Mechanical smoke control
• SS13/2 Natural smoke control
• SS13/3 Smoke curtains

SS14

Emergency power systems for, or signs relating to, a system or feature specified in any of clauses 1 to 13:

• SS14/1 Emergency power systems
• SS14/2 Signs in relation to any specified systems 1 - 13

SS15

Any or all of the following systems and features, so long as they form part of a building's means of escape from fire, and so long as those means also contain any or all of the systems or features specified in clauses 1 to 6, 9, and 13:

• SS15/1 Systems for communicating spoken information intended to facilitate evacuation
• SS15/2 Final Exits
• SS15/3 Fire separations (as defined by the Building Code)
• SS15/4 Signs for communicating information intended to facilitate evacuation
• SS15/5 Smoke separations

SS16

• SS16 Cable cars