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In New Zealand, anyone wanting to build has to have consent from the city council. Read what a building consent is from the Auckland City Council site Auckland City Council building consent.  It costs money to get a consent and it can also take a lot of time. Have a read of
this article Councils costing people thousands in building consent delays and list down what you learnt about building consents.

A building Consents are a written approval from the council. It's an Approval to build on a specific site which the council has to apply to. The council would apply if he's or she's satisfied with the grounds and building.

1: If you a get consent  you will be able to build your house.

2: If you build your house on top of plants and when you are finish building you will have to plant it again.

3: You will get approval to build your house

4: You need consent  for many things not just building a house.

5: The longer the council takes to build consent the more money they lose.

6: A building consent is written approval from them to carry out specific building work on a specific site which must comply with current  regulation.

7: In different cities there are specific days that the council will give you the paper if he applied or not.