Building consent under Sections 71-74 of the Building Act 2004 are concerned with building on land which is subject to a range of natural hazards, like flooding, slippage and erosion.

There are difficulties in building on such hazardous land for both the owner and Council e.g. things like building in flood management and flood zone areas and cliff collapse, rockfall, landslide.

Section 72 offers a solution by allowing, in certain situations, an owner to take the risk of building on such hazardous land but requires that a warning is placed on the legal title to warn future property owners of the potential hazard.

Hazard notices can affect things like your ability to obtain insurance and on sell the property in the future. If you think natural hazards may apply to your project the Council recommends you seek professional or legal advice so you can make fully informed decisions. We recommend that if you are in one of these areas that you book a pre-lodgement meeting to help you understand the possible hazards on your site.

Where applying for a consent and you will need to complete and submit form B-041 below to acknowledge that you are aware of the implications of this issue.