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Review of the Building Consent System - options paper

Submitted August 2023

The Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) welcomes the opportunity to provide input and our perspective on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)’s Options Paper (Paper) on the Review of the Building Consent System1 .

BRANZ commend MBIE for the work done so far in presenting some options to improve the building consent system and respond to the Commerce Commission’s Market Study into Residential Building Supplies. In this submission we will:

  • provide background on BRANZ and our role and highlight the perspectives and lens we bring to this work;
  • provide references and/or key findings of recent and relevant work we have done or commissioned;
  • provide our thoughts at the high-level on issues we think need to be addressed as MBIE develops its work programme arising from the Paper; and
  • respond, at the high level, to the areas identified in each chapter of the Paper.

We welcome further engagement with MBIE on any feedback we have provided in this submission and as the policy work progresses to further design and implementation.