Of the 30 building consents issued this month 0 went over the statutory 20 days. The trend is again showing an excellent level of compliance.
For the month of January we received 44 building consent applications and 27 replies to further information requests.
There were 57 consents processed for the month with 68% requiring RFIs (which totaled 344 questions).
There are now 39 consent applications which require re-assessment. The quality of applications is an area where further investigation is required. The move to online digital consenting, which will involve rigorous pre-vetting of applications, may assist with reducing these numbers over time.
- There were 142 inspections carried out with only 52.8% passing. This will now require a further 67 recheck inspections which will also need to be allowed for within inspection timeframes.
- The dollar value for projects in January 2017 was again significantly higher than the corresponding month in 2016 (+$4,400,822.00).
- The revenue received in January 2017 increased by $15,263.99 for the corresponding month in 2016.
- There were 9 new residential houses approved in January 2017 with a combined estimated value of $2,999,097.00.
- As we enjoy the warmer weather the number of wood burner applications has slowed down, with 1 being approved for the month.
There are a significant number of projects awaiting payment and for responses to further information requests which will require a concerted effort by staff to finalise.
Compliance with the statutory 20-day requirements for building consent applications again reached 100% for the month. This is an excellent effort considering the amount of consents coming through which also includes a significant number of re-assessments for applications which required further information.
CCC applications for January were assessed and there were no projects outside the 20-day statutory timeframes.