Apply for an engineering approval

Use this form for approval to do minor or major engineering works, such as:

• public drainage
• water or road works
• create a new public park
• engineering works that are a condition of an underlying resource or building consent.

You need to pay a deposit when you submit this application, unless you are an approved credit customer. Payment options include credit or debit card, Online EFTPOS, or Account2Account. A card payment fee of 1.75 per cent will apply for credit or debit card payments.

Guidelines for consent applications

Before you apply, make sure:

• you have a signed acceptance of responsibility document from a chartered professional engineer, a registered engineering associate, a registered professional surveyor, or a suitably qualified and experienced person
• documents are provided in PDF format, not locked or password protected
• documents are less than 300MB and follow our file naming conventions
• drawings are presented in landscape view.