Miscellaneous - Fees & Charges

Miscellaneous  Fees & Charges - Outside view of the Horowhenua Council building.

Horowhenua District Council's fees and charges for the 2025/2026 financial year, adopted by Council on 14 May 2025 are available below.

All fees are stated as GST inclusive and are effective from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. Council reserves the right to review any fees and charges at any time. Please check with Council for any updates.

Fees and charges for 2026/27

Fees and charges help ensure costs are shared fairly between those who use specific services and the wider community, while supporting access to essential facilities and services.

To keep our services running smoothly, some fees and charges will increase from 1 July this year.

The Fees and Charges are set each year and follow the approach set out in the Revenue and Financing Policy, agreed in the Long Term Plan 2024-2044. Council consulted on the fees proposed under the Resource Management Act 1991. Most of the Resource Management fees are not increasing, however three new fees were approved:

  • Two optional fees to help fund a fire appliance for growing areas that do not have access to a piped water supply
  • One new processing system fee.

The full Fees and Charges Schedule was publicly available throughout the consultation period.

At the Council Meeting on 27 May 2026 Council adopted the Fees and Charges for the 2026/27 year. They come into effect on 1 July 2026. These views can be viewed below.

Schedule of Fees & Charges for 2026/27(PDF, 939KB)

 

 

Miscellaneous Fees & Charges 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
Litter Infringement Offence $400.00
Mobile Shop/Hawker (Non Food) - Permit to Operate $344.00
Mobile Food Businesses registered with other Territorial Authorities - permit to operate (does not apply when operating at events only) $344.00
Water Testing for Registered Premises $161.00
Certificate of Compliance (New Liquor Licence Application) $529.00
Interpreters Cost + 20%
Monitoring/Inspection Costs – Swimming Pools, Consent Monitoring Fee Time based hourly rate at $185.00 per hour
Printing and Copying 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
A4 Black & White $0.20
A4 Black & White Double Sided $0.30
A4 Colour $1.40
A4 Colour Double Sided $2.90
A3 Black & White $0.30
A3 Black & White Double Sided $0.40
A3 Colour $2.90
A3 Colour Double Sided $5.20
A2 Colour or Black & White – Single Sided Only $9.00
A1 Colour or Black & White – Single Sided Only $17.00
A0 Colour or Black & White – Single Sided Only $32.00
Abandoned Vehicles 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
Towage $185.00 plus actual costs and daily storage costs
Daily Storage $10.50
Noise Control 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
Return of Seized Equipment (Cash/EFTPOS Only) $359.50
Infringement Fine Fee Set by Legislation $500.00
Skateboards 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
Return of Impounded Skateboard $41.00
Administrative Services 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
Receiving third party reports or other information to place on a property file at the owner’s request. (Includes recording a Building Consent Exemption on the property file). $190.00
Support service administration fee (hourly rate) $160.00
Land Information Memorandum (commercial/industrial/rural/rural residential) fee. Plus hourly rate over three hours. $399.00
Land Information Memorandum (urban residential) $390.50
Property File Request - Building information only (per title) $74.00
Property File Request - Resource consent information only (per title) $74.00
Property File Request - Record (Certificate) of Title, consent notices and easement documents only (per title) $74.00
Research Fee (per hour)   $80.00
Consents List (monthly subscription) $14.00
Rates postponement establishment fee: including legal costs, cost of interest, and production of documents for registering statutory land charge (includes LINZ fee) $350.00

Administrative services notes:

  1. Property file information and LIMs will be delivered electronically. If hard copies are required, additional printing fees will apply.
  2. A statutory land charge will be registered against the property and the cost of establishing this will be added to the postponed amount.
Other Fees and Charges 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
Amusement Permit Set by legislation
Fencing Inspection Fee (per inspection) $185.00
Building Warrant of Fitness Renewal - complete and on time $161.00
Building Warrant of Fitness Renewal - late and / or incomplete $241.50
Building Act Territorial Authority (TA) processing fee (hourly rate or part thereof) $186.00
Periodic Swimming Pool Barrier Inspection / Re-Inspection $185.00
Application for extension of time to provide engineering assessment (EPB) $369.50
Application for exemption from requirement to carry out seismic work $369.50
Building Warrant of Fitness Audit Fee (per inspection) $185.00
Associated Costs for Special Events 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
Road Closure Cost
Traffic Management Approval Cost
Advertising Cost
Vehicle Crossing Deposit (if no indemnity form signed) 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
- Urban (as defined in District Plan) $2,230.00
- Rural (as defined in District Plan) $1,672.50
FlagTrax System 2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025
Any costs associated with a physical flag are not the responsibility of Council, and it is expected that customers source their own flags.
Installation of one FlagTrax Flag $24.50
Removal of one FlagTrax Flag $24.50