INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED
To be accepted for processing, your application should include the following:
A completed, signed application form
Computer Freehold Register for the property (no more than 3 months old)
and copies of any consent notices and covenants
(Can be obtained from Land Information NZ at https://apps.linz.govt.nz/survey-titles/order-copy/).
Locality Plan or Aerial Photo, topographical features, buildings etc.
Plans
A document detailing:
• A full description of the activity for which existing use rights are claimed.
• Evidence that demonstrates the lawful establishment of the activity and, if relevant, that the activity has
continued to be lawful. This may include copies of archived district plans, building consents, correspondence,
photographs.
• A full description of the character, intensity, and scale of the activity, and how these are the same or similar to
those at the time immediately before the activity most recently required a resource consent, that is, before the
current rule(s) became operative or the proposed plan was notied.
• Conrmation that the use has been continuous since the time resource consent was required. If the use ceased for a
period, this needs to be identied and the period stated.
For uses of the surface of water in lakes and rivers related to operative rules in a district plan or uses related to
operative rules in a regional plan only, a statement conrming that a resource consent was applied for within
6 months of the plan becoming operative.
We prefer to receive applications electronically. Please ensure documents are scanned at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Each document should be no greater than 10mb
PRIVACY INFORMATION
The information you have provided on this form is required so that your application can be processed under the Resource
Management Act 1991 and may also be used in statistics collected and provided to the Ministry for the Environment and
Queenstown Lakes District Council. The information will be stored on a public register and may be made available to the
public on request or on the company’s or the Council’s websites.
FEES INFORMATION
Section 36 of the Resource Management Act 1991 deals with administrative charges and allows a local authority to levy
charges that relate to, but are not limited to, carrying out its functions in relation to receiving, processing and granting of
resource consents (including certicates of compliance and existing use certicates).
Invoiced sums are payable by the 20th of the month after the work was undertaken. If unpaid, the processing of an
application, provision of a service, or performance of a function will be suspended until the sum is paid. You may also be
required to make an additional payment, or bring the account up to date, prior to milestones such as notication, setting
a hearing date or releasing the decision. In particular, all charges related to processing of a resource consent application
are payable prior to issuing of the decision. Payment is due on the 20th of the month or prior to the issue date –
whichever is earlier.
Section 357B of the Resource Management Act provides a right of objection in respect of additional charges. An objection must be
in writing and must be lodged within 15 working days of notication of the decision.
LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT – Please note that by signing and lodging this application form you are acknowledging that the Applicant
is responsible for payment of invoices and in addition will be liable to pay all costs and expenses of debt recovery and/or legal costs
incurred by QLDC related to the enforcement of any debt.
A list of Consent Charges is available on the on the Resource Consent Application Forms section of the QLDC website. If you are
unsure of the amount to pay,
please call 03 441 0499 and ask to speak to our duty planner.
Please ensure to reference any banking payments correctly. Incorrectly referenced payments may cause delays to the processing of
your application whilst payment is identied.
If the initial fee charged is insucient to cover the actual and reasonable costs of work undertaken on the application you will be
required to pay any additional amounts and will be invoiced monthly as work on the application continues. Please note that if the
Applicant has outstanding fees owing to Council in respect of other applications, Council may choose to apply the initial fee to any
outstanding balances in which case the initial fee for processing this application may be deemed not to have been paid.
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