<https://westlandmatters.buzzit.co.nz/making-it-easier-to-build-granny-flats/>
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"The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Ministry for the Environment are seeking feedback on options to make it easier to build small, self-contained and detached houses, commonly known as ‘granny flats’ on property with an existing home on it. To make it easier to build granny flats and increase the supply of affordable homes for all New Zealanders. This consultation looks at two key pieces of legislation that set out the rules for residential building, the Building Act (2004) and the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). Building Act The Building Act sets out the rules for the construction, alteration and demolition of buildings. Regardless of whether building work is exempt from a building consent or not, all building work must comply with the New Zealand Building Code. The building system proposals in this consultation include: establishing a new schedule in the Building Act providing a building consent&hellip;"
<https://westlandmatters.buzzit.co.nz/making-it-easier-to-build-granny-flats/>