David Seymour: Councils shouldn't be looking for reasons to reject building consent
Jul 11, 2021 ·
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ACT is proposing a new scheme to speed up building consents and pump about a billion dollars into local infrastructure every year. The policy, released to Newstalk ZB, would see...
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ACT is proposing a new scheme to speed up building consents and pump about a billion dollars into local infrastructure every year.
The policy, released to Newstalk ZB, would see GST revenue from new builds split 50/50 between central government and local authorities.
The revenue would help councils pay for related infrastructure, like water and roads.
ACT leader David Seymour told Mike Hosking under the current system, councils have an incentive to reject consents rather than accept them, and that needs to change.
"When someone goes for a resource consent, the council is actually asking how it can say yes instead of constantly asking how it can say no."
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The policy, released to Newstalk ZB, would see GST revenue from new builds split 50/50 between central government and local authorities.
The revenue would help councils pay for related infrastructure, like water and roads.
ACT leader David Seymour told Mike Hosking under the current system, councils have an incentive to reject consents rather than accept them, and that needs to change.
"When someone goes for a resource consent, the council is actually asking how it can say yes instead of constantly asking how it can say no."
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