Weekly Updates
What's the Current Situation?
Inspections are still seeing fluctuating numbers around different parts of the district. Please see below for average wait times.
Please note, as per your issued building consent, we need at least 48 hours notice to book an inspection in. Anything cancelled within 24 hours of a booking time will incur a full inspection charge
Average Wait Times
Processing: The current average wait time for a Building Consent is 16 working days from lodgement
Inspections: Inspection wait times are as follows:
- South of the Ashburton River: 3 working days
- North of the Ashburton River (including Ashburton Town & Methven): 5 working days
Current Number of Consents - Year to Date Statistics (January - end of May)
Total Number of Consents Received for 2025: (of which are new dwellings: 110) - 296
Total Number of Consents Issued for 2025: 264
Same Period Received for 2024: (of which are new dwellings: 58) - 220
Same Period Issued for 2024: 216
What does this mean for me?
- Please stay patient and plan ahead
- Please be assured that we will get to your consent - contacting us to check on the current status of your application takes us away from processing it
- Alternatively, you can create a user account and log into our online portal via our website to check the status
- Please be ready for your inspection, if the site is not ready, we will still charge an inspection fee.
Inspections can be booked online via our portal, this can be found here