So basically i was adding a toilet , shower and vanity to an existing laundry in the internal garage area.
What should be a fairly simple exercise is over complicated by council bureaucracy and stupidity.
The work was carried out and inspected , and passed by the council inspector who told me all i had to do in applying for the coc was forward the electrical and plumbing PS3's along with the as built underfloor plumbing slab diagram. Which i did. Further more a slight alteration of changing a cavity slider door to a hinged door needed to be updated on the plans which i had done and he placed his approval stamp on it.
The council instructor also showed me the relevant sections of the coc to fill out, many which were redundant and not applicable to this project as the work was not needing a Licensed Building Practitioner .
Now after 20 days submitting my COC doing excatly what i was told to do i get an email from Council advising they need :
1. Copies of any minor variations and approved plans completed on site – 2 plans received – Application form outstanding
2. Record of Building Works carried out
3. Summary sheet from consent book – site inspection records
4. Plumbing under slab as built plan
5. Producer Statement for the aluminium joinery confirming compliance with NZS4211:2008
6. Producer Statement Construction (PS3) for safety glazing confirming compliance with NZS4233 pt3
So this seems ultimately ridiculous in essence that my approved plan variation now needs an application form ,that building works and summary sheet of 1 sentence are somehow now necessary for such a simple project, that my under slab drawing they have not sighted and that a producer statement is needed for a toughened glass window which their inspector already sighted and noted !!
And now we know why their is a housing crisis in this country, adding a toilet and shower to an existing laundry , my file is already 4 cms thick.
Cant imagine how fraught with nightmarish quantities of paperwork involve building a house.
Thoughts?
What should be a fairly simple exercise is over complicated by council bureaucracy and stupidity.
The work was carried out and inspected , and passed by the council inspector who told me all i had to do in applying for the coc was forward the electrical and plumbing PS3's along with the as built underfloor plumbing slab diagram. Which i did. Further more a slight alteration of changing a cavity slider door to a hinged door needed to be updated on the plans which i had done and he placed his approval stamp on it.
The council instructor also showed me the relevant sections of the coc to fill out, many which were redundant and not applicable to this project as the work was not needing a Licensed Building Practitioner .
Now after 20 days submitting my COC doing excatly what i was told to do i get an email from Council advising they need :
1. Copies of any minor variations and approved plans completed on site – 2 plans received – Application form outstanding
2. Record of Building Works carried out
3. Summary sheet from consent book – site inspection records
4. Plumbing under slab as built plan
5. Producer Statement for the aluminium joinery confirming compliance with NZS4211:2008
6. Producer Statement Construction (PS3) for safety glazing confirming compliance with NZS4233 pt3
So this seems ultimately ridiculous in essence that my approved plan variation now needs an application form ,that building works and summary sheet of 1 sentence are somehow now necessary for such a simple project, that my under slab drawing they have not sighted and that a producer statement is needed for a toughened glass window which their inspector already sighted and noted !!
And now we know why their is a housing crisis in this country, adding a toilet and shower to an existing laundry , my file is already 4 cms thick.
Cant imagine how fraught with nightmarish quantities of paperwork involve building a house.
Thoughts?
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