Withdraw your building consent

The applicant can request to withdraw their building consent application at any time prior to the consent being granted.

To withdraw a building consent application, the owner or agent (with the owner’s approval) must make a written request on the request to cancel application form located here and return it to the Southland District Council by emailing building-cs@southlanddc.govt.nz

Please note, depending on how much processing work has been completed, you will be charged for costs to date.

Notify us in writing by completing the request to cancel application form located here if you no longer wish to proceed with your building work after your building consent has been issued (and before it has reached the 12-month from issue date). Your consent will continue to remain active until it lapses at 12 months. At this time, you will receive a letter advising that your consent has lapsed.

At the time that your notification is received you may be eligible to receive a partial refund. You will need to request this refund by emailing us at building-cs@southlanddc.govt.nz. Please include payee and bank account details in your notification as above.