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Building Act 2004

Building - Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents - Project information memoranda

32: Owner may apply for project information memorandum

You could also call this:

"Ask the council for information before you start building."

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You can ask a territorial authority for a project information memorandum if you are thinking about doing building work. You must be considering carrying out building work and either need a building consent for that work or the work is for a non-consented small stand-alone dwelling. You cannot start building a non-consented small stand-alone dwelling until you get a project information memorandum for the dwelling from the territorial authority, as stated in section 34. If you want to build a non-consented small stand-alone dwelling, you need to get a project information memorandum first, which will be issued by the territorial authority.

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Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Project information memoranda

32Owner may apply for project information memorandum

  1. An owner may apply to a territorial authority for a project information memorandum for building work if—

  2. the owner is considering carrying out building work; and
    1. either—
      1. building consent is required for that work; or
        1. the building work is in connection with a non-consented small stand-alone dwelling.

        2. No building work may begin on the building of a non-consented small stand-alone dwelling before a project information memorandum for that dwelling in relation to its final site has been issued under section 34 by the relevant territorial authority.

        Notes
        • Section 32(1)(b): replaced, on , by section 6(1) of the Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 59).
        • Section 32(2): inserted, on , by section 6(2) of the Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 59).