08 January 2025
Official information request 8140015060
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
H.R
By email:
[FYI request #29470 email]
Dear Mr. H R
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: Changes to building consent after issue
I refer to your official information request dated 06 December 2024 for a list of building
consent numbers and properties that that have had building consents re-issued with
changes made for the same building work. This excludes amendments to building
consents or minor variations.
Due to the substantial amount of work that would be required to research and collate
the information you have requested; we are refusing your request under section 17(f)
of the LGOIMA
The way we record building consent does not give a unique data identifier which can
be extracted to demonstrate what you are requesting as we deal with re-issuing
consents in two separate ways, by amendment/ MV or clerical change. We are unable
to quickly and accurately extract the number of building consents re-issued with
changes made for the same building work. The true number of re-issued building
consents and the reason for reissuing can only be determined by reading the
description of each application and manually extracting the information requested.
We have considered whether charging or extending the timeframe for responding to
your request would help, as required by section 17A of the LGOIMA. However, the
amount of time it would take to locate and collate the information would have a
significant impact on our ability to carry out our other functions. We would not be able
to extend our response time or apply a charge to be able to respond to this request in
its current form.
The decision to refuse this request was made by
Denise Whelan, Manager Building
Consents Capability.
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman if you believe we have not
responded appropriately to your request. Information about how to make a complaint
is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any further queries, please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting official
information request number 8140015060.
Ngā mihi
Fernanda Maciel
Privacy and Official Information Business Partner
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101