Staging building work can be beneficial for both the owner and the Council.
For the owner, it means they can begin building work on the initial stages while completing design work for later stages. For the Council, processing a large-scale project in stages will help with application processing times.
Stages of the proposed building work could be:
It's important you discuss staging construction or building alteration work with Council officers before lodging an application for the first stage. This will help you to create better quality applications that can be processed more quickly.
Staged building consents will be seen as cumulative so the plans and specifications at each stage will be required to include the building work approved in earlier stages.
Step one
Pre-application meeting
Step two
Staging approval
Step three
Stage one application: BCN1123.
A change to the earlier stage may be approved in the application for a new stage or as a separate amendment to the most recent issued stage.
Step four
Stage two application: BCN1234.
A change to the earlier stage may be approved in the application for a new stage or as a separate amendment to the most recent issued stage.
The plans and specifications provided with a new stage consent application must include the building work approved under earlier stages.
Step five
Final stage application: BCN1453
Step six
Final inspection
Step seven
Application for code compliance certificates
Step eight
The code compliance certificates are issued when the building is completed.
Proposed changes to the building work approved in an earlier stage, that has not been built yet, may be addressed as follow:
The Council will issue the code compliance certificates once all stages of building work have been completed and approved. The applicant can apply for code compliance once the final inspection of the final stage is passed.
Note that the Council will assign a code compliance assessor to large-scale projects.
You can benefit from using the services of a case manager from our Partnership Approvals services.
Your case manager will efficiently work with all departments in the Council and the external agencies involved to ensure fast delivery of approvals for your project.