Fees and charges

A schedule of fees and charges for Porirua City Council.

All fees apply from 1 August 2025, other than those relating to the landfill, and animal control which apply from 1 July 2025. Most fees and charges are set as part of the Annual Plan or Long-term Plan (apart from the landfill).

Fees are set out in the table below.

Alcohol licensing

Fees include GST.

The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Planning Certificate and Building Certificate (new applications) – applies from 1 August 2025.
All other alcohol licensing fees are set by the Alcohol Fees Bylaw.

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Planning Certificate and Building Certificate (new applications) 244.00
Special licence
Class 1  - Onsite/Offsite
1051.30
Special licence
Class 2  - Onsite/Offsite
378.50
Special licence
Class 3  - Onsite/Offsite
115.60
Licence application
fee (new or renewal) - Risk Rating 0-2
672.80
Licence application
fee (new or renewal) - on/off licence - Risk Rating 3-5
1114.35
Licence application
fee (new or renewal) - on/off licence - Risk Rating 6-15
1492.80
Licence application
fee (new or renewal) - on/off licence - Risk Rating 16-25
1871.30
Licence application
fee (new or renewal)- on/off licence - Risk Rating 26 plus
2207.70
Licence annual Fee
- on/off licence - Risk Rating 0-2
294.40
Licence annual Fee
- on/off licence - Risk Rating 3-5
714.90
Licence annual Fee
- on/off licence - Risk Rating 6-15
1156.40
Licence annual Fee
- on/off licence - Risk Rating 16-25
1892.30
Licence annual Fee
- on/off licence - Risk Rating 26 plus
2628.20
Managers
Certificate Application
316.25
Managers
Certificate Application - Temporary Authority
542.50

Animal control

Neutered dogs $160.00
Non-neutered dogs $221.00
Dangerous dogs $239.00
Working dogs –
neutered
$98.00
Guide dogs for the blind/ hearing ear/ companion dog No charge
Approved dog obedience/agility
course – neutered dog
$123.00
Approved dog obedience/agility course – non-neutered dog $196.00
Reduced registration fee category – neutered dog $97.50
Reduced registration fee category – non-neutered dog $160.00
Late registration
fee (50% of applicable registration fee)
Percentage
Reduced Registration Fee Category initial application $41.00
Reduced Registration Fee Category Property Inspection $80.00
Three Plus Permit initial application $41.00
Three Plus Permit Property Inspection $160.00
1st impounding during year of registration (after hours $171.00) $123.00
2nd impounding during year of registration (after hours $275.00) $227.00
3rd + impounding during year of registration (after hours $366.00) $318.00
After hours collection $48.00
Sustenance fee per day $25.00
Other costs, e.g., medical, if required (actual cost - A.C.) Actual cost
1st impounding during year of registration (after hours $171.00) $123.00
2nd impounding during year of registration (after hours $275.00) $227.00
3rd + impounding during year of registration (after hours $366.00) $318.00
After hours collection $48.00
Sustenance fee per day $25.00
Other costs, e.g., medical, if required (actual cost - A.C.) Actual cost
Microchip $64.00
Surrender Fee $110.00
Impounding – small animal $107.00
Impounding – large animal $132.00
Sustenance fee – per day (actual cost of feed – A.C.) Actual cost
Call out cost for stock 4.30pm to 8am (actual cost – A.C.) Actual cost
Officer charge-out rate (hour or part thereof) $160.00
Other costs, eg, transport, if required (actual cost - A.C.) Actual cost
Vet
clinics, animal boarding kennels
$204.00
Pig
keeping
$137.00
Poultry
keeping
$130.00
Parking
and Bylaw Officer charges per hour
$182.00
Infringement fee -
Uncontrolled dogs
200.00
Infringement fee -
non-registration of dogs
300.00
Infringement fee -
Unmicrochiped dogs
300.00

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Aquatics – Te Rauaparaha

Fees for 2025/26
Adult 16 years and over $6.70
Adult off-peak Weekdays 8am – 2pm and 7.30–9pm
(excludes public and school holidays)
$5.10
Child 10–15 years Caregivers, we encourage you to supervise your children $4.20
Child 5–9 years With 1 adult actively supervising from the pool edge* $4.20
Child 0–4 years With 1 adult swimming as supervisor, within arm's reach at all times $4.20
Senior citizen 65 years and over $3.50
Family pass 1 adult 4 children or 2 adults 3 children $21.40
Spectator Non-swimming $1.00
10 trip 20 trip 50 trip
Adult $62.50 $121.00 $277.50
Adult swimming club training $43.70 $87.40
Child $36.30 $72.50 $162.00
Child swimming club training $25.40 $50.80
Senior $32.80 $65.50 $164.00
Off-peak* $46.20 $92.50 $231.00
Porirua school lane hire per hour $6.20
Non-Porirua school lane hire per hour $7.20
Regular lane hire per hour $8.40
Community lane hire per hour $9.40
Standard lane hire per hour $12.40

Aquatics – Cannons Creek

Cannons Creek Pool fees 2025/26
Child $1.20
Adult $4.00
Senior citizens $2.00
Beneficiaries $2.70
Sundays Free entry
10 swims 20 swims
Child $10.40 $20.80
Adult $35.80 $69.00
Senior citizens $17.90 $35.00
Beneficiaries $20.80 $37.80
Porirua school lane hire per hour $5.30
Community lane hire per hour $8.00
Regular lane hire per hour $8.80
Standard lane hire per hour $10.40
Standard full facility per hour $150.00
School and community facility hire per hour $112.50
Regular user full facility hire per hour $78.75
1 hour inflatable hire $100.00
Additional hour of inflatable hire $50.00

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Arena Stadium and room hire

Standard fee per hour 339.00
Community fee per hour 253.00
Porirua school fee per hour 136.00
Standard fee per hour $170.00
Community fee per hour $142.00
Porirua School fee per hour $68.00
Standard fee per hour $111.00
Community fee per hour $84.50
Porirua school fee per hour $44.50
Standard fee per hour $66.50
Community fee per hour $50.10
Porirua school fee per hour $26.10
Standard fee per hour $40.30
Community fee per hour $29.90
Porirua School fee per hour $16.30
Standard fee per hour $52.50
Community fee per hour $40.30
Porirua school fee per hour $21.20
Standard fee per hour $119.00
Community fee per hour $87.50
Porirua school fee per hour $47.30
Adult $4.30
Child $2.10

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Boatsheds and pole moorings

Annual Boatshed Land License $1,253.00
Boatshed Licence establishment fee $268.00
Water connection charges (for three years) $70.50
Pole mooring - fee per quarter $212.00

Building consents

Hourly charge-out rate
Pre-application meeting (first hour free) $270.00
Technical building consent processing $270.00
Building inspections $270.00
Administration $167.00
Scanning/copying fee when application is in hard copy only $167.00
External specialist advice Actual cost
Minor works
Free-standing heating units (includes administration, one hour processing, one inspection, and code of compliance certificate. Any additional time is charged at $270 per hour) $706.00
Plumbing/drainage under $10k (includes administration, one hour processing, one inspection and code of compliance certificate. Any additional time is charged at $270 per hour) $706.00
Other fees and charges
Project Information Memoranda PIM (includes administration and three hours processing) $867.00
Notice to Fix (per hour) $270.00
Fire Service review Actual cost
Structural/fire engineering/other consultation review Actual cost
Certificate of Acceptance application fee only (processing and inspections will be
charged at $270 per hour)
$1,890.00
Application for amendment (per hour) $270.00
Minor variation (per hour) $270.00
Discretionary exemption (per hour) $270.00
Discretionary exemption for retrofit external wall installation with product certificate
(fixed fee, includes administration and one hour processing)
$286.00
Certificate of Public Use (includes 1 hour processing and 1 site visit) $706.00
Additional or follow-up inspections/actions relating to building compliance (per hour) $270.00
Extension of time (fixed fee) $118.00
Code Compliance Certificate application fee (time after two hours will be an
additional $270 per hour)
$540.00
Building Warrant of Fitness annual review/issue compliance
schedule:
- 1–2 specified systems $118.00 (time after half hour will be an additional $236 per hour)
- 3–7 specified systems $236.00 (time after 1 hour will be an additional $236 per hour)
- 8–12 specified systems $354.00 (time after 1.5 hours will be an additional $236 per hour)
> 13 specified systems $472.00 (time after 2 hours will be an additional $236 per hour)
Building Warrant of Fitness/swimming pool audit (per hour) $236.00
Amendment to Compliance Schedule (per hour) $236.00
Inspection for Compliance Schedule/Building Warrant of Fitness audit (per inspection) $236.00
Lapse or cancellation of building consent (fixed fee) $270.00
Cancellation of inspection within 24 hours of scheduled booking time $270.00
Lapse or cancellation of building consent (fixed fee) $270.00
Cancellation of inspection within 24 hours of scheduled booking time $270.00
Swimming pool audit (per hour) $236.00
Isolated assessments/reports
Producer statements – assessment (per hour) $270.00
Dangerous and Insanitary Notice (per hour) $236.00
B2 modification waivers (fixed fee) $405.00
Statistics report $68.50

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Carparks

Car parks 2025/26
Civic Place (per month) $191.00
Lydney Place (per month) $191.00
Lodge Place (per month) $191.00
Hagley Street (per month) $191.00

Cemetery fees

Description Fee ($) incl GST (2025/26)
Adult burials – plot and interment, including
grave mats
2,458.00
Muslim burial plot, cradle and interment 2,845.00
Extra depth burial (300mm extra) 204.00
Oversized caskets – extra width fee (721mm or
greater)
255.00
Hire of lowering device 100.00
Interment fee/grave re-open (includes service
persons)
1,300.00
Out of district, full size adult plots fee –
surcharge in addition to plot fee
1,086.00
Disinterment fee (excludes grave re-open fee) 1,250.00
Description Fee ($) incl GST (2025/26)
Stillborn and baby (under 2 years) – plot and
interment
300.00
Children 2–10 years – plot and interment 627.00
Children (up to 10 years) second interment (adult
section only)
627.00
Description Fee ($) incl GST (2025/26)
Ashes, monumental and garden plots 1,071.00
Ashes lawn plot 714.00
Ashes interment fee – all plots 133.00
Out of district ashes plot – surcharge in
addition to plot fee
357.00
Scattering of ashes in native bush at Whenua Tapu 75.50
Ashes disinterment 217.00
Description Fee ($) incl GST (2025/26)
Adult cremations (11 years and over) – medical
fee included
689.00
Oversized adult cremation fee addition 261.00
Children 2–10 years (rimu urn included) 321.00
Stillborn and children under 2 years (rimu urn
included)
110.00
Cremation with wooden urn included 826.00
Cremation with wooden urn and committal (half-hour
service)
887.00
Witness cremation and half-hour chapel service 900.00
Cremation with committal (half-hour service) 755.00
Weekday express ashes (pickup within 24 hours) 153.00
Cremation viewing 150.00
Wooden urn 163.00
Description Fee ($) incl GST (2025/26)
Memorial permit 92.00
Memorial walk post and plaque 882.00
Monumental non-compliance 107.00
Bronze memorial wall plaque (150mm x 100mm) 408.00
Extra inscription fee 25.50
Description Fee ($) incl GST (2025/26)
Adult and child burials – surcharge for Saturday
burials, in addition to all other burial fees (one payment)
826.00
After-hours cremations/services (weekdays after
4pm and Saturdays from 8am – 1pm) and Saturday express ashes
383.00
Early/late arrival fee (in excess of 30 minutes) 107.00
Description Fee ($) incl GST (2025/26)
30 minutes only 99.00
Kitchenette fee 51.00
Cleaning fee (for unreasonable cleaning of chapel) 107.00

Development contributions

Reasonable costs incurred in respect of the objection from the objector. Actual cost

Note 13: In accordance to the Council’s Development Contribution Policy - The Council will seek to recover its actual and reasonable costs incurred in respect of the objection from the objector. However, objectors are not liable for the fees and allowances costs associated with any Council witnesses. The Council will take a deposit for the expected costs of administering the objection process. When full costs are known at the end of the process either a refund will be made where the deposit has exceeded actual costs, or an invoice will be issued for the outstanding balance. Where the objection is successful this deposit will be refunded.

Costs to be recovered as outlined in s150A LGA 2002 include:

a) the selection, engagement, and employment of the development contributions commissioners; and b) the secretarial and administrative support of the objection process; and c) preparing for, organising, and holding the hearing.

Drones

Description Fee ($) incl GST (2025/26)
Drone permit – recreational activity (issued for a year) $51.00
Drone
permit - commercial activity (fee per activity)
$209.00
Activities
requiring authorisation (not a lease, licence or easement) - community group or not-for-profit
$51.00
Activities
requiring authorisation (not a lease, licence or easement) - commercial/private individual
$209.00
Application
for footprint lease, licence, or easement - community group or not-for-profit
$102.00
Application
for footprint lease, licence, or easement - commercial/private individual
$418.00
External specialist advice (note 11) Actual cost

Encroachment Licence, road stopping and easements

Encroachment
Licence establishment fee
$402.00
Encroachment
Licence annual fee per square metre (m²)
$10.70
Road
stopping application deposit (note 1)
$903.00
Easement application deposit (does not include easement application on land administered under the Reserve Management Plan as separate fee applies) (note 1) $516.00

Note 1: The full and actual costs of processing any road stopping application or easement application request shall be recovered. If the Council does not have in-house capacity and or/expertise to assess, process and/or report on all or any part of the road stopping or easement application, it will advise the applicant and seek to engage an appropriate external consultant(s) to fulfil this function. Legal costs will be charged at cost and recovered in full.

Food and health registrations

Fees for 2025/26
Registration for a new National Programme (NP) and
new Food Control Plan (FCP)
$184.00
Standard Food Control Plan (FCP) verification fee
(average FCP verification takes 3 hours)
$612.00
Standard National Programme (NP) verification fee
(2 hours on average)
$408.00
Verification (audit) of Food Control Plan (FCP)
or National Programme (NP) per hour
$204.00
Renewal registration fee for Food Control Plan
(FCP) and National Programme (NP)
$151.00
Hairdressers $316.00
Funeral
directors
$649.00
Camping
grounds
$609.00
Offensive
trades
$2,397.00
Transfer of ownership/new certificates $226.00
New and changes to premises admin fee (includes administrative set-up, assessment and
2 inspections - hourly rate applies thereafter)
$681.00
Transfer of ownership/new certificates $226.00
Manager
Environmental Standards Centre per hour
$339.00
Senior
Environmental Health Officer per hour
$226.00
Environmental
Health Officer or HSNO Officer per hour
$204.00
Environmental
Officer/Inspector per hour
$182.00
Other
Council Administration Service Officers per hour
$197.00

Hall hire

Mungavin Hall
Main hall group A $106.00
Main hall group B $87.00
Main hall group C $63.00
Supper room group A $53.00
Supper room group B $44.00
Supper room group C $33.50
Ngāti toa Hall
Hall group A $52.50
Hall group B $33.50
Hall group C $28.20
Plimmerton Hall
Main hall group A $59.00
Main hall group B $47.50
Main hall group C $35.50
Supper room group A $30.50
Supper room group B $25.00
Supper room group C $19.00
Tireti Hall
Main hall group A $52.50
Main hall group B $44.00
Main hall group C $33.50

Note 3: The three groups for the hall hire charges are:
group A – groups with a commercial objective of charging people to attend or making money from the activities of the booking eg housie, socials (ticket entry), concerts.

group B – groups with social objective that may be a dance or private event, such as a 21st, birthday party, wedding, funeral or church service, social no entry fee, larger meeting

group C – groups with a community interest, such as club/church meetings.

LIM applications and PIRs

LIM fees 2025/26
Standard residential property 475.00
Standard non-residential 950.00
Urgent residential property (note 2) 569.00
Additional time required per hour (after three hours of compilation of LIM application) 198.00
Refund for residential LIM cancellation within 1 working day 356.00
Refund for residential LIM cancellation within 2–3 working days 237.00

* All LIMs will be processed within 10 working days.  Applications for an urgent residential LIM will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Urgent residential LIMs take 5 working days.

Apartments, recent subdivisions or commercial properties are not eligible for urgent LIM consideration.
** non-refundable
LIM fees are valid from 1 August 2025 – 30 June 2026

Note 2: Conditions apply, application for an urgent LIM must be made no later than one working day after application. Conditions apply and applications will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Urgent applications will not be accepted for recent subdivisions or multi-unit properties. All LIM requests will pay the base rate, and if an urgent request is accepted, the applicant pays the additional fee.

Residential property requests 75.50
Commercial property requests 126.00
Partial property information requests (subject to criteria) 48.00

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Pātaka Art + Museum

Hourly rates
Helen Smith Community Meeting Room hourly rental $125.00
Tārawa Meeting Room hourly rental $63.00
Rangituhi Meeting Room hourly rental $102.00
Dance Studio hourly rental $125.00
Community kitchen hourly rental $63.00
Hapori Meeting Room hourly rental $101.00
One-day rates
Helen Smith Community Meeting Room one-day rate $809.00
Tārawa Meeting Room one-day rate $398.00
Rangituhi Meeting Room one-day rate $639.00
Dance Studio one-day rate $809.00
Community kitchen one-day rate $398.00
The Spine one-day (evening only) rate $1,568.00
Hapori Meeting Room one-day rate $639.00
Two-day rates
Helen Smith Community Meeting Room 2+ day rate $723.00
Tārawa Meeting Room 2+ day rate $350.00
Rangituhi Meeting Room 2+ day rate $560.00
Dance Studio 2+ day rate $711.00
Community kitchen 2+ day rate $362.00
Hapori Meeting Room 2+ day rate $560.00
Hourly rates
Community rate - Helen Smith Community Meeting Room hourly rental fee $76.50
Community rate - Tārawa Meeting Room hourly rental $37.50
Community rate - Rangituhi Meeting Room hourly rental $63.00
Community rate - Dance Studio hourly rental $76.50
Community rate - community kitchen hourly rental $37.50
Community rate - Hapori Meeting Room hourly rental $63.00
One-day rates
Community rate - Helen Smith Community Meeting Room one-day rate $481.00
Community rate - Tārawa Meeting Room one-day rate $241.00
Community rate - Rangituhi Meeting Room one-day rate $398.00
Community rate - Dance Studio one-day rate $481.00
Community rate - community kitchen one-day rate $241.00
Community rate - The Spine one-day (Evening only) rate $796.00
Community rate - Hapori Meeting Room one-day rate $398.00
Two-day rates
Community rate - Helen Smith Community Meeting Room 2+ day rate $421.00
Community rate - Tārawa Meeting Room 2+ day rate $211.00
Community rate - Rangituhi Meeting Room 2+ day rate $350.00
Community rate - Dance Studio 2+ day rate $421.00
Community rate - community kitchen 2+ day rate $211.00
Community rate - Hapori Meeting Room 2+ day rate $350.00
Kitchen bond rate $204.00
Performing Arts Studio (after hours bond) $204.00
Helen Smith room (after hours bond) $204.00
Spine/Atrium (after hours bond) $204.00

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Parking fines

Infringement Fine
Exceeding the time limit of a paid park $20-$97, depending on length of time
Exceeding the time in a free, time-restricted park $20-$97, depending on length of time
Parking in a paid park without paying $70
Parking on a berm $70
Parking in a restricted area $70
Parking facing oncoming traffic $70
Parking on a bus stop $70
Parking within 6 metres of an intersection $100
Parking on a broken yellow line $100
Parking on a footpath $100
Parking in a mobility park without a permit $750

Parks and reserves

Event type Fee per day ($) ($)
Commercial event per day 306.00 2040.00 (refundable)
Wedding on a reserve with no structures (non-exclusive use) 117.00 No charge
Wedding on a reserve with structures (exclusive use) 581.00 2040.00 (refundable)
Aotea Lagoon Island (includes exclusive use, single-and three-phase power supply and wheelie bins) PLEASE NOTE: CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE 581.00 2040.00 (refundable)
Aotea Lagoon South Lawn (includes use of single-and three-phase power and wheelie bins) PLEASE NOTE: CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE 581.00 2040.00 (refundable)
Community use of reserve with no attendance fee (may include unlocked gates and wheelie bins) and for not-for-profit organisation No charge 510 (refundable)
Security key for boatshed owners and road-registered trailer boat launchers to open padlocks to access Titahi Bay Beach No charge 20.50
Charge for unlocking gate to release any vehicle locked in at any council facility 71.50 No charge

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Permits and bylaw licensing

Description Fees
Initial application fee $293.00
Trade waste consent fee – high risk $2,919.00
Trade waste consent fee – medium risk $1,455.00
Trade waste consent fee – low risk $488.00
Trade waste consent fee – grit/grease traps $212.00
Fees for 2025/26
Permit to expose goods for sale $137.00
Permit application fee 2025/26 $150.00
If a permit is granted, operators will be required to pay the following fee: per trip per device $0.12
Relocation of a device $410.00
Impounding of a device under Porirua City’s Transport Bylaw 2019 $410.00
Permit to expose goods for sale $137.00
Mobile traders $71.50
Hawkers, keeper of mobile or travelling shop (food registration) $332.00
Outdoor Dining Permit $237.00
Gaming Venue Licence $459.00
Return of impounded property (up to 30 mins officer time) $129.00


Recycling

1st wheelie bin replacement service fee (discounted) $25.00
2nd + wheelie bin replacement service fee $102.00
3 strikes bin return $102.00

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Resource consents

Technical processing/advice $233.00
Administration $164.00
External specialist advice (note 4) Actual cost
Minor land use application (note 5) $1,162.00
All other non-notified land use applications $2,331.00
Non-notified subdivision applications $2,331.00
Non-notified land use and subdivision applications $3,486.00
Additional (per hour) $233.00
Limited notified land use application $6,983.00
Limited notified subdivision application $6,983.00
Limited notified land use & subdivision applications $6,983.00
Publicly notified land use application $13,944.00
Publicly notified subdivision application $13,944.00
Publicly notified land use & subdivision applications $13,944.00
Per inspection (note 6) – including permitted activity monitoring $233.00
Additional (inspection) $233.00
Existing use certificate $1,162.00
Certificate of Compliance $1,162.00
Applications for new designations (note 7) $11,624.00
Applications to alter existing designations - s181(2) $11,624.00
Applications to alter existing designations - s181(3) $1,162.00
Consideration of outline plans $1,162.00
Outline plan waivers $464.00
Extensions to designations $1,162.00
Removal of designations under s182 (note 8) $1,162.00
Applications for new heritage orders s189 $11,624.00
Applications to alter existing heritage orders - s192 ref to s181(2) $11,624.00
Applications to alter existing heritage orders - s192 ref to s181(3) $1,162.00
Removal of heritage orders - s196 $1,162.00
Section 10 waivers $233.00
Section 37 waivers $233.00
Section 125 extensions of time $698.00
Section 126 cancellation of conditions $698.00
Section 127 change of conditions $1,162.00
Section 128 condition review $698.00
Section 221 consent notices $698.00
Section 222 completion certificates $233.00
Section 223 certificate $464.00
Section 224 certificate $929.00
Section 223 and s224(c)/(f) jointly $1,162.00
Section 225 certificate $464.00
Section 226 certificate $233.00
Section 240 cancel covenant $233.00
Section 241 amalgamation $233.00
Section 243 certificate $233.00
Bond preparation and release $233.00
Section 348 Local Govt Act certification alone $233.00
Overseas Investment Certificate $233.00
Removal of building line(s) $233.00
Permitted Boundary Activity Notice $698.00
Activities meeting certain requirements are
permitted activities
$698.00
Signing of easement instruments and other legal documents (note 10) $233.00
Engineering approval $466.00
$233.00
Hearing commissioner/s (requested by the applicant) Actual cost
Hearing commissioner/s (where not requested by the applicant) Actual cost
Councillor attendance at hearings for hearings, district plan changes, designations, heritage orders: Chair per hour $126.00
Councillor attendance at hearings for hearings, district plan changes, designations, heritage orders: Members per hour $102.00
Advertising and public notification Road Corridor Access Request (CAR) Actual cost
Private plan change request deposit – (note 9) $11,907.00

Note 4: Consultant's and legal fees associated with the processing of a consent, certificate, designation, or private plan change (including specialist technical or legal advice); or where a consent involves creating legal instruments, will be charged at cost and recovered in full.
Note 5: Minor land use application means an application for a land-use activity (excluding non-residential activities in the suburban zone) that:

  • in the residential zones, does not comply with the permitted activity standards; or
  • in the rural zones, is a controlled activity; and
  • for which applicants provide evidence of consultation in accordance with the fourth schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Note 6: The monitoring charge becomes payable upon granting of resource consent, and/or confirmation of a requirement for designation. In addition, the Council will recover additional costs from the consent holder for officer time should more than one inspection and associated activities be required, based on the ‘officer time hourly rate’.

Note 7: This charge does not apply to applications for existing designations to be rolled over at a time of plan review.

Note 8: This charge applies to recovering costs associated with removing a designation, or part of a designation, from the District Plan planning maps and text and updating these documents.

Note 9: The full and actual costs of processing any private plan change request shall be recovered. If the Council does not have in-house capacity and or/expertise to assess, process and/or report on all or any part of the private plan change request, it will advise the applicant and seek to engage an appropriate external consultant(s) to fulfil this function. Where this occurs, the Council will advise the applicant of its preferred consultant and any associated quote for costs. Should the applicant choose to proceed with the application, the Council will recover the full actual and reasonable costs of any engaged consultant(s). All private plan change requests will require the payment of an initial deposit.

The initial deposit covers:

  • the initial decision to accept or adopt the plan in whole or in part;
  • notification and mail-out costs; the processing of submissions;
  • the preparation of any officers report; and
  • costs associated with hearings and decisions, providing that the deposit only covers the plan change application process to the extent that the additional per hour rate and/or the Council's actual costs are more than deposit, then the additional costs for any engaged consultant(s), do not exceed the deposit. If the Council's actual costs are more than the deposit, then the additional costs shall be recovered in full or as agreed with the applicant.

Important: the Council also retains the right to withhold the public notification of any accepted private plan change and/or the notification of an operative date for any private plan change until all actual costs associated with processing, assessment, reporting and any hearing on the private plan change have been settled and paid in full.

Note 10: The full costs will be charged for the chair and up to two committee members’ involvement (a total of three councillors) in hearings for plan changes and notified resource consents. The level of the charge will be based on the attendance fees for councillors prescribed by legislation, and may include additional time spent by councillors in formal pre-hearing meetings, formal committee deliberations and at formal site inspections as part of a group inspection or as part of a pre-hearing meeting. The costs of councillor involvement in hearings for Council-adopted plan changes; or designations and heritage orders under Part 8 of the Resource Management Act will not be recovered.

Note 11: In accordance with clause 11.6 of the Porirua City Reserves Management Plan, all additional costs (including but not limited to legal, planning and surveying costs) must be met by the applicant.

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Road Corridor Access Request (CAR)

Officer – inspection per hour 123.00
Officer – notifications and revisits as required per hour 163.00
Manager corridor per hour 198.00
Finance to determined Manager Transport rate per hour 198.00
Officer – inspection per hour 123.00
CAR processing – minor works 63.00
CAR processing – major works 166.00
CAR processing – project works As assessed
Reviews of traffic management plans 97.00
Minor 144.00
Major 319.00
Project 319.00
Pre-work visits/reviews for major or project works 123.00
Final inspections 123.00
Notifications and revisits as required 163.00
Minor 288.00
Major 640.00
Project 640.00 or 80% of assessed processing time based on 129.00 per hour
Major project works (90+ days) 1,254.00
GTMP 640.00
Parent CAR 160.00
Child CAR 189.00
Stop work order 396.00
Non-Conformance Notice (NCN) 247.00
Work Access Permit (WAP) extension 62.00
Reviews of traffic management plans 99.00
Vehicle crossing 288.00
Events 288.00
Containers 62.00
Skip bins 62.00
Overdue CARs 62.00
Road closure for civil works 121.00
Call out inspection – after hours $594.00
Unconsented works $396.00
Impoundment of redundant delineations $463.00
Road closure for civil works $123.00
Time restricted per car park 61.00
Time restricted per car park 61.00
Per car park 42.00
Single trip 84.50
Multiple trips 84.50
Area & continuous 132.00

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Rubbish bags

Rubbish bag (single) 4.50
10 pack 45.00


Sportsfields

Premier fields 2025/26

Single-use fees
Porirua Park main field (including stadium
seating, audio system)
$1,160.00
Porirua Park main field tournament fee $1,726.00
Use of lights at Porirua Park main field for
tournaments and casual bookings
$193.00
Endeavour Park per field $254.00
Endeavour Park tournament fee per field $753.00
Season fees
Porirua Park main field (including stadium seating, audio system) $21,771.00
Endeavour Park per field $4,753.00

Grounds have wicket and practice nets where available.

Single-use fees
Each oval (competition) $171.00
Training fee per oval $32.50
Tournament fee per oval $510.00
Season fees
Each oval (competition) $2,122.00
Training fee per oval $580.00

Fees are for marked grounds or lime diamond.

Single-use fees
Per lime diamond (competition) $118.00
Per grass diamond (competition) $87.50
Training fee each diamond $32.50
Tournament fee per day $455.00
Per lime diamond (competition) $1,468.00
Per grass diamond (competition) $1,099.00
Training fee each diamond $318.00
Single-use fees
Per field (competition) $22.50
Training fee per field $28.50
Tournament fee per field $76.50
Season fees
Per field (competition) $301.00
Training fee per field $166.00
Single-use fees
Per court (competition) $15.50
Training fee per court $10.20
Tournament fee per court $44.00
Season fees
Per court (competition) $215.00
Training fee per court $87.50
Single-use fees
Each court (competition) $39.00
Training fee per court $33.50
Tournament fee per court $56.00
Season fees
Each court (competition) $503.00
Training fee per court $215.00
Single use fees
Tournament fee per track $105.00
Season fees
Track (competition or training) 377.00
Per season Single use
Competition n/a $120.00
Per season Single use
Lime area prepared for use $342.00 n/a
Winter season (1 April – 31 August) Full turf Half turf
Winter off-peak $46.00 $28.50
Winter peak $86.50 $49.00
Summer season (1 September - 31 March) Full Turf Half Turf
Summer off peak $38.00 $20.00
Summer peak $59.00 $30.00

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Trade waste

Description Fees
Initial application fee $293.00
Trade waste consent fee – high risk $2,919.00
Trade waste consent fee – medium risk $1,455.00
Trade waste consent fee – low risk $488.00
Trade waste consent fee – grit/grease traps $212.00

Water charges

Water connection fees - residential $433.00
Water connection fees - other $783.00
Drainage connection fee - residential $433.00
Drainage connection fee - other $783.00
Reinspection/additional processing (per hour) $234.00

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