The regulations require local authorities to provide a discount for resource consent applications not processed within the statutory timeframes set out in the RMA.
Resource Management (Discount on Administrative Charges) Regulations
MfE
Resource Management (Discount on Administrative Charges) Regulations [NZ legislation website]
31 July 2010
The discount set out by the regulations is 1% per day, up to a maximum of 50 working days.
The regulations only apply to resource consent applications that are processed by local authorities, or to the parts of an application processed by a local authority (eg, the council’s processing of a resource consent before it is called in by the Minister for the Environment as a nationally significant proposal).