ConsentMate drafts your resource consent application — Assessment of Environmental Effects, cover letter, and application form — for any council in New Zealand. Lodge it yourself and save thousands.
Answer 30 questions about your property and what you're building. Upload a site plan and photos. Takes about 20 minutes.
Our AI drafts your Assessment of Environmental Effects, cover letter, and application form. A human reviews every draft for accuracy.
You receive your complete application package within 2-3 business days. Review it, sign it, and lodge it with your council.
Beta pricing: completely free for our first 5 customers. All we ask is honest feedback and a short testimonial if you're happy with the result.
We're just getting started — testimonials coming soon from our pilot customers.
For simple, non-notified residential consents (sleepouts, decks, garages, fence heights, recession plane breaches), our service covers the application drafting. For complex, notified, or contested applications, we recommend engaging a qualified planner.
No. ConsentMate is a clerical drafting service. We prepare documents from information you provide. We are not lawyers or licensed planners. You are the applicant and are responsible for reviewing everything before submission.
We handle non-notified residential resource consents across New Zealand. This covers most minor residential projects like sleepouts, garages, decks, minor dwellings, and fence/height infringements.
We deliver your draft application within 2-3 business days of receiving your completed intake form. Your council then has 20 working days to process non-notified applications.
If your council issues a section 92 request for further information, we'll help you respond for a small additional fee. Done-for-you customers get this included.
Council fees are separate and paid directly to your council. For a non-notified residential application, expect a deposit of around $2,000-$4,000 depending on complexity. Our fee covers the application drafting only.
Yes — you'll need a simple site plan showing your property boundaries and where the proposed building will go. A hand-drawn sketch with measurements is fine for simple projects. We provide a checklist of what to include.