Background / Context

Cabinet Paper: Quality Regulation Review - Resource / Building Interface Study Findings

Hon Clayton Cosgrove, Minister for Building and Construction

[ Last Updated 4 May 2007 ]

7. As part of the government's Quality Regulation Review, the Department of Building and Housing (DBH) led a project with the Ministry for the Environment (MfE), the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) and Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) to identify and address issues for business in complying with resource, building and related regulations when building on land.

8. The aim of the study was to identify solutions to any problems that were resulting in unintended and unreasonable compliance costs for business in their building on land whilst ensuring that government policy objectives continue to be met.

9. Officials have:

Mapped resource, building control and related regulatory requirements, in order to describe the overall system of regulations including the connections and interfaces between different components;
Held targeted discussions¹ with businesses and territorial authorities to explore:
- How the system is implemented and administered;
- How different types of businesses experience the system;
- The issues that businesses experience in engaging with the system;
Developed options to resolve issues.

¹ Targeted discussions were held with five territorial authorities, several national scale construction companies, a national group home company, a national scale retirement village operator, meetings organised with builders and their representatives through Registered Master Builders Federation of New Zealand and Certified Builders Association of New Zealand and with property owners and developers through the New Zealand Property Council.