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2025/001: The purported decision to refuse to issue a building consent for reasons relating to the building’s use and means of escape from fire.

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Determination 2025/001[PDF 517 KB]

 

About this determination

Date issued
10 January 2025
Primary Building Code clause:
C4 - Movement to a place of safety
Primary topic:
Change of use
Council:
South Wairarapa District Council
Section of the Building Act:
112, 115 and 49.

Summary

This determination considers an authority’s purported decision to refuse to issue a building consent for alterations and an addition to an existing building.

The matter turns on whether the proposed building work would have resulted in a change of use for the building and whether the building would have complied as nearly as reasonably practicable with clause C4.3 of the Building Code relating to means of escape from fire.

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