s223 & s224(c) certificates

Engineering Acceptance must be completed prior to works commencing onsite as outlined in the resource consent conditions and prior to application for s223 and s224(c).

For more details on this, head over to our Engineering Acceptance page.

For smaller subdivisions, connection to council services may be required in place of Engineering Acceptance. 

For more details head over to connection to council services page.

Once subdivision consent is issued an applicant has five years to lodge a survey plan with Council. This plan is prepared by an independent registered surveyor showing the boundaries, areas, and if relevant any easements, amalgamations and covenants that need to be prepared.

If the plan is in accordance with that approved by Council as part of the subdivision consent, then a s223 certificate approval will be issued. It is the responsibility of the surveyor to set up all required certificates in LINZ in order for Council to sign these. The plan can then be lodged with LINZ for approval. This lodgment is the responsibility of the applicant.

Applicants should allow 10 working days for processing of a s223 certification application. This time frame will be extended where an application is incomplete, or the plan is not reflective of that originally approved by Council.

Please fill out the s223 224c Application Form below and submit with the survey plan (other subdivision forms are available on the Application forms  page).

Please upload via our Community Portal.

Note: There is no requirement to include all the prior 224c conditions if you are only applying for the s223 certificate.

Once a s223 certificate has been signed by QLDC, an applicant then has a further three years from the date of signing to obtain a s224(c) certificate. A s224(c) certificate is a final approval from QLDC that all conditions of the subdivision consent have been complied with.

Once engineering acceptance has been obtained and all the conditions of consent have been completed, you need to make a formal application for 224(c) certification once all works required as part of the subdivision have been completed.

Please submit your 223 and 224c Application Form and s224c Checklist alongside all other information as required by the conditions of your consent for approval.

Please upload via our Community Portal.

To find out about initial fees and hourly fees payable for all signing and sealing certifications, please refer to our Resource Consent Fees schedule available on the Application forms page.

The processing of a s224(c) certificate requires QLDC Officers and Engineers to undertake a site inspection, review the supporting documentation supplied with the application (including as built plans showing new services), confirmation that the relevant development contributions have been paid and undertake a check of each condition of resource consent to confirm that they have been complied to our satisfaction.

There is no set timeframe for issuing a s224(c) certificate. Each application is different due to the complexity of the resource consent conditions and due to incomplete applications being submitted. Applicants are reminded that all conditions of the subdivision consent must be satisfied before submitting a s224(c) application and relevant supporting documents are to be submitted.

Once we are satisfied that all conditions of subdivision consent have been complied with, then the s224(c) certificates will be signed. An applicant must then lodge this certificate and order a title from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to allow separate titles for the newly created lots to be issued.

Please note that QLDC is not responsible for the application for new titles with LINZ– the subdivision consent holder or their agent must make this application.

Vesting Roads and Reserves

This means transferring the ownership and responsibility of newly constructed roads and reserves from a private developer to the local council. This ensures that roads and reserves become part of public infrastructure, maintained and managed by council. Vesting is part of the s224c application process, so no action is required, however, to find out more about vesting roads and/or reserves, please take a look at our Vesting of Roads and Reserves Policy.

Consent notices, issued under s221 of the Resource Management Act (RMA), are on-going conditions related to newly created sections and must be registered against the property title. 

The approved subdivision resource consent will set out these consent notice conditions, if there are any.

The Consent Notice template must be completed and submitted as part of the s224(c) application.

Please use the Consent Notice template (also available on the Application forms and fees page) and then upload and submit to us via The Community Portal.

Consent Notice cancellations and variation

If the conditions contained within a consent notice have been fulfilled and the consent notice is no longer required, a developer can apply for a cancellation of a consent notice.

To cancel, partially cancel or vary a consent notice, this must be first approved under a resource consent.

If approved under a resource consent, the document can be submitted as part of the s224(c) application. Otherwise, a "Signing and Sealing Application" must be submitted.

Please use the relevant template depending on if a variation, partial cancellation or full cancellation is required (also available on the Application forms and fees page) and then upload and submit to us via The Community Portal.