Apply for 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.

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. 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.

Building platform

If you wish to register a building platform on your property, you are required to have an approved Land use Resource Consent. once approved, the registration process can form part of a s224c application or as a separate application known as a "Signing and Sealing Application". You are required to submit: 

• A Land Transfer Plan – this is a plan your surveyor creates to show the new building platform and its relationship to the boundaries of your section.

• A s108 Covenant – this is required to register the Land Transfer Plan on your title and also includes any on-going conditions that are required to be registered against the property title. 

• A completed Signing and Sealing Application Form

• A completed Building Platform Checklist

• Payment of Development Contributions.

 S243e Easement cancellation approval and certification

Easements cancellations can only be approved if you can provide evidence that they are no longer required by all affected parties, both benefiting and burdened by the existing easement(s).

Easement cancellations can be assessed as part of the subdivision resource consent and related Engineering Acceptance with the s243e certificate being issued as part of the s223 and s224(c) application.

If the easements are being replaced, outside of the subdivision process, engineering designs, asbuilts or completion certificates may need to be submitted and assessed prior to submitting a s243e application. 

You are required to submit:

• A s243e Easement Cancellation Application Form

• A draft s243e certificate (you will be required to register this against your title)

• Copies of the Easement Instruments and Title Plans that originally created the easements

• Detailed reasons for the cancellation (including):

  • Confirmation that the easement is no longer required.

  • What replacement easements are being created.

  • If there are no replacement easement, why? How will the other lots retain access/servicing?

• Description of the easements being cancelled in respect of the benefited and burdened lots

These documents are also available for you to access on the Application forms and fees page.

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.

A right of Way under s348 of the Local Government Act, requires approval to be issued by council. This is known as a decision rather than a resource consent (as it is not issued under the RMA). Once approved, an application for a s348 certificate can be made. You are required to submit: 

• A Land Transfer Plan – your surveyor will create this plan that will identify the new Right of Way on your section.

• A draft s348 certificate (this will be required to be registered against your title)

• A completed s348 Certificate Application Form.

• A completed s348 certificate checklist

Please complete this documentation and upload via our Community Portal.

The Resource Management Act and the 224c process requires that if we, as the consent authority, are not satisfied with the performance of any consent condition, we may request a bond. This means that we, as the consent authority, have security over the performance being remedied within a certain timeframe, or in the event the holder does not complete the work to a satisfactory standard within that timeframe, we will then take over and complete the work.

A typical example would be asphalt that hasn't met Council's CoP standards. 

QLDC will consider bonding on a case-by-case basis. Generally, we will not accept bonding of essential services (water, wastewater, stormwater or power) or transport infrastructure, including street name signs, road markings or road traffic signs.

Bond application process

As there is no guarantee that your bond request will be approved, all requests will need to be "approved in-principle" prior to lodging a s224(c) application. You are required to submit: 

• A detailed description of outstanding works and related conditions of resource consent the outstanding works apply to.

• A detailed plan outlining and highlighting the area/location of the outstanding works.

• A detailed and justifiable reason why works cannot be completed and conditions of consent satisfied. 

• Two independent quotes from reputable contractors, external to the developer - these must be detailed quotes that include as materials, cost and labour involved to complete the works. The bond value will be a minimal of 1.5 times the highest amount of the two quotes.

Your bond request and all the above information is to be submitted to the Subdivisions team: subdivision@qldc.govt.nz 

If your bond request has been "approved in-principle" you are required to submit the approval email, along with supporting documents, as part of your s224c application. A Bond Agreement will also need to be completed and submitted with the s224c application, once submitted, an invoice will be issued for payment.  

Please use the Bond Template (also available on the Application forms and fees page) and submit this to QLDC via the Community Portal for approval.