A formal approval from a local authority to construct, alter, or demolish a building.
they chose to build it without a building consent
Example sentencesExamples
- Problems with building consents are common in urban centres where there is pressure on growth.
- Building consents are still hitting new highs - February saw the highest figure for that month for 30 years.
- The role of building consent authorities is important in the bill.
- The two rural schools were saved because the number of building consents is so high, and because there is a population growth in the city at this juncture.
- Last month saw a total 292 building consents issued, up on 169 for the same period last year.
- Population increases in areas like Auckland have put enormous pressure on the issuing of resource and building consents.
- The increase in budget is almost exactly the amount that was illegally collected from building consents - $10 million.
- The building consent provisions require the owner to apply for consent.
- We've seen a huge increase in building consents.
- If we look at building consents we see that there were 30,000 new consents issued last year.