Development Impact Fees

Development Contributions are required from new development in the form of money or land or both at the Council’s discretion for capital expenditure for growth for roading, CWB (cycling, walking and bridleways), water supply and wastewater treatment facilities, community infrastructure and flood mitigation activities.

As part of the 2009 LTCCP the Council has revised its Development Contributions Policy; the changes took effect on 1 July 2009. The revision includes changes to the fees, based on a new 20-year capital expenditure programme, revised population and employment forecasts, and methodology adjustments. The revision also includes a number of changes to the policy wording. For example:

• To provide greater certainty to the development community, the amount of development contributions payable will now be assessed on the basis of the Development Contributions Policy in effect at the time that resource consent or building consent is granted, not on the Policy in place at a later date when the project is completed.
• New or expanded non-residential buildings (e.g. retail, commercial or industrial) will be assessed on the basis of gross floor area, where either a development contribution has not been paid at the subdivision stage, or where the total building gross floor area on the lot exceeds 500m2.

Note: Summary of fees for Development Contributions are in Table A.6 and do not include GST.

Financial Contributions

The Financial Contributions under the District Plan (currently used for Reserves Contributions and for residential sections subdivided before July 1999) have also had their annual inflation adjustment as required by the District Plan.

• Development Impact Fees Brochure
  The following brochure is a current summary of the fee schedule for the 2009/10 year (1 July 2009 through 30 June 2010) for both Development Contributions and Financial Contributions (collectively known as Development Impact Fees). These figures include GST.
• Development Impact Fees Brochure - Pre 1999
  A different set of fees apply for the first houses on sections which were created before 1999.