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
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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[superseded by BLD-136-PN] |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 |
|
BLD-150-PN
|
House lifting and relocations |
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] |
|
BLD-151-PN
|
Temporary public structures |
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 |
Energy efficiency
|
BLD-149-PN |
H1 Energy efficiency - thermal performance requirements |
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 |
| BLD-149-PN |
H1 Energy efficiency - thermal performance
requirements |
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-152-PN] |
|
BLD-111-PN
|
Automatic sliding gates - swimming pools
[superseded by BLD-152-PN] |
|
BLD-119-PN
|
Immediate pool area - Fencing of Swimming
Pools Act
[superseded by BLD-152-PN] |
|
BLD-139-PN
|
NZS 8500 swimming pool fencing standard
[superseded by BLD-152-PN] |
|
BLD-148-PN
|
F4 Safety from falling - infinity pools |
|
BLD-152-PN
|
Fencing of swimming pools and NZS 8500 |
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 |
