Practice notes provide guidance in day-to-day decisions when carrying out building work. Consent processing staff check all
consent applications against these notes before a consent is issued.
These should be referred to in conjunction with the Building Act 2004, Building Regulations 1992 and New Zealand Building Code, NZ
Standards and AS/NZS.
Click on the title to view practice note.
Subject
|
Practice note number
|
Title
|
Alternative solutions
|
BLD-116-PN |
Alternative solutions |
|
BLD-142-PN |
External and internal membranes - alternative solutions |
Buildings
|
BLD-106-PN |
Removal of buildings from a property |
|
BLD-108-PN |
Intended life - alteration - change of use of existing buildings |
|
BLD-114-PN |
Foundation depth - non-specific residential buildings |
|
BLD-112-PN |
Openings between buildings on two or more allotments |
|
BLD-125-PN |
Minimum apartment sizes |
|
BLD-133-PN |
Section 112 alterations to existing buildings |
|
BLD-136-PN |
Building on land and subject to natural hazards |
|
BLD-103-PN |
Building on land subject to erosion, avulsion,
alluvion, falling debris, subsidence, inundation or slippage
[superseded by BLD-136-PN] |
|
BLD-141-PN |
Building consents/residential apartment buildings on boundaries |
|
BLD-101-PN |
Durability - fixings and fastenings |
|
BLD-118-PN |
Siting, floor levels and land surveyors certificates |
|
BLD-120-PN |
The use and handling of grade 500E steel (SEISMIC 500) |
|
BLD-121-PN |
Grades of masonry |
|
BLD-124-PN |
Implementation of new timber treatments |
|
BLD-132-PN |
Design and construction of slender precast walls - consent conditions |
|
BLD-138-PN |
Construction of residential retaining walls |
|
BLD-144-PN |
Using GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) roofing for use in passive fire vents |
|
BLD-145-PN |
Soundproofing: building code interpretations
[under review] |
|
BLD-146-PN |
Structurally fixed cavity battens |
Building consent
|
BLD-122-PN |
Finalising older residential building consent work |
|
BLD-130-PN |
Building (Schedule 1) Order 2008 (Exempt
building work) |
|
BLD-131-PN |
Building consent amendments |
|
BLD-129-PN |
ABC building consents process and technical assessment for being satisfied on
reasonable grounds [historical] |
Certificate for public use
|
BLD-134-PN |
Section 363, certificate of public use |
|
BLD-143-PN |
Section 363, certificate of public use and relationship liquor licence |
Legislation
|
BLD-103-PN |
Building on land subject to erosion, avulsion,
alluvion, falling debris, subsidence, inundation or slippage [superseded by BLD-136-PN] |
|
BLD-133-PN |
Section 112 alterations to existing buildings |
|
BLD-136-PN |
Building on land and subject to natural hazards |
Recladding
|
BLD-126-PN |
Recladding stucco dwellings on a cavity system |
|
BLD-135-PN |
Building consents cladding/recladding |
Safety
|
BLD-102-PN |
Public safety |
Smoke alarms
|
BLD-115-PN |
Domestic smoke alarms |
|
BLD-127-PN |
Domestic smoke alarms - hardwired installations |
Swimming pools
|
BLD-107-PN |
Trellis when used as swimming pool fencing
[superseded by BLD-139-PN] |
|
BLD-110-PN |
Automatic motorised covers in lieu of swimming pool fencing
[superseded by
BLD-119-PN and BLD-139-PN] |
|
BLD-111-PN |
Automatic sliding gates - swimming pools
[superseded by BLD-119-PN and
BLD-139-PN] |
|
BLD-119-PN |
Immediate pool area - Fencing of Swimming Pools Act |
|
BLD-139-PN |
NZS 8500 swimming pool fencing standard |
Superseded
|
BLD-103-PN |
Building on land subject to erosion, avulsion, alluvion, falling debris,
subsidence, inundation or slippage [superseded by BLD-136-PN] |
|
BLD-104-PN |
Building Act 1991 and the Sale of Liquor Act 1989
[superseded by BLD-143-PN] |
|
BLD-107-PN |
Trellis when used as swimming pool fencing
[superseded by BLD-139-PN] |
|
BLD-110-PN |
Automatic motorised covers in lieu of swimming pool fencing
[superseded by
BLD-119-PN and BLD-139-PN] |
|
BLD-111-PN |
Automatic sliding gates - swimming pools
[superseded by BLD-119-PN and
BLD-139-PN] |
|
BLD-113-PN |
Weathertightness, flashings, claddings, high risk buildings
[superseded by
BLD-117-PN, BLD-126-PN and BLD-135-PN] |
|
BLD-113a-PN |
High risk - weathertightness policy
[superseded by BLD-117-PN, BLD-126-PN and
BLD-135-PN] |
|
BLD-113b-PN |
Weathertightness, flashings, claddings, high risk buildings
[superseded by
BLD-117-PN, BLD-126-PN and BLD-135-PN] |
Weathertightness
|
BLD-109-PN |
Weathertightness - windows and doors |
|
BLD-113-PN |
Weathertightness, flashings, claddings, high risk buildings
[superseded by
BLD-117-PN, BLD-126-PN and BLD-135-PN] |
|
BLD-113a-PN |
High risk - weathertightness policy
[superseded by BLD-117-PN, BLD-126-PN and
BLD-135-PN] |
|
BLD-113b-PN |
Weathertightness, flashings, claddings, high risk buildings
[superseded by
BLD-117-PN, BLD-126-PN and BLD-135-PN] |
|
BLD-117-PN |
Building consents dealing with weathertightness |
|
BLD-140-PN |
Maintenance and repairs, weathertightness |
|
BLD-123-PN |
Cavity construction processing and inspection guidelines outcome of Waitakere
adjudication |
|
BLD-128-PN |
Policy relating to E2/AS1 external moisture and transitional dates |
Other
|
BLD-105-PN |
Access for people with disabilities
[historical] |
|
BLD-137-PN |
Recreational use - Household units, open balconies or open private spaces
outside the external wall of the building |
|
BLD-147-PN |
Car parking hydraulic/mechanical pit stacker lifts safety requirements |
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