A territorial authority must not issue a certificate under section 224(f) of the Resource Management Act 1991 for the purpose of giving effect to a subdivision affecting a building or part of a building unless satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the building:
- will comply, as nearly as is reasonably practicable, with every provision of the building code that relates to the following matters:
- means of escape from fire
- access and facilities for persons with disabilities (if this is a requirement under section 118):
- protection of other property; and
- will;
- if it complied with the other provisions of the building codeimmediately before the application for a subdivision was made, continue to comply with those provisions; or
- if it did not comply with the other provisions of the building codeimmediately before the application for a subdivision was made, continue to comply at least to the same extent as it did then comply
Typically this type of report is required if your development involves the following:
- Residential Unit Subdivision
- Commercial Unit Subdivision
If you have any questions about whether a new build fire report is required for your property, please contact us to discuss.
Within the fire engineering design report, Chester’s provide recommendations/improvements required for compliance. Chester’s will undertake a site inspection to assess the following:
- Existing Building Construction
- Means of Egress
- Existing fire safety precautions.
Once the site inspection has been undertaken Chester’s develops a Fire Engineering Design Report for the purpose of Building Consent Application which assesses the following:
- Building Use
- Occupancy Load Assessment
- Fire Safety Precautions
- Internal Fire Spread
- External Fire Spread – Where applicable
- Fire Service Access
