Engineering fees

Council's fees for 2026/27 have been confirmed. [PDF 852 KB]

These come into effect on 1 July 2026

These fees apply in addition to the resource consent deposit fees on the preceding pages. All consents will be subject to compliance monitoring which will be charged on an actual time basis at $185 per hour.

Non-notified land use consents 

Engineering fees: Non-notified land use consents

2025/26 Fee

Commercial/industrial development or infrastructure development

  • application deposit fee (includes the first 6 hours)
  • per hour thereafter

$1,108 deposit per application

$185 per hour thereafter

Commercial/industrial development or infrastructure development

  • compliance monitoring administration fee (includes the first 2 hours)
  • per hour thereafter

$369 administration fee

$185 per hour thereafter

Commercial/industrial development or infrastructure development

  • engineering drawing approval (includes three submissions of engineering drawings)
  • per hour thereafter

$1,663

$185 per hour thereafter

Commercial/industrial development or infrastructure development - engineering construction supervision

  • determined as 2% of the total estimated value of services (water, sanitary, drainage and road), including engineering and contingency fees (minimum of $10,500)

2% (minimum of $10,500)

Monitoring

Engineering fees: Monitoring

2025/26 Fee

All compliance monitoring including additional land use monitoring is to be charged at an hourly basis for staff time per hour

$185 per hour

Subdivision engineering drawing approval and engineering construction supervision fixed fee 

  • plus per lot deposit per hour thereafter

$739 fixed fee 

$185 plus per lot deposit per hour thereafter
per lot deposit

$369

Other

Engineering fees: Other

2025/26 Fee

Objection to decision

$185
per hour

Variation to consent conditions

$185
per hour

Plan change applications

$185
per hour

Easement – new/cancellation

  • application deposit per application (includes first 2 hours)
  • per hour thereafter extra

$369 application deposit

$185 per hour thereafter

Specialist consultants

At cost

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