Can you build a granny flat here?

Enter a New Zealand address for a free early screen of selected mapped planning information. The result highlights questions to verify; it does not decide whether the proposed building qualifies for the Building Act exemption.

Free · about 30 seconds · pick your address or Lot/DP from the list

We store the address you check, its result and its map coordinates, so we can improve the check and pick up where you left off if you get in touch. Your email is optional. If you give it we store it with your check so we can reply if you contact us about it, and for nothing else — we do not email you. To run the check we send the address to our mapping and council data providers, some of them overseas. We delete a stored check after 90 days if it has no email; if it has one we keep it until you ask us to delete it. We never sell any of it and never use it for advertising.

What the early address screen covers

  • The recorded zone and its broad NES-DMRU zone family
  • Selected mapped hazard, heritage and infrastructure controls returned by the connected services
  • Recorded residential building-coverage context where available
  • Indicative wind and corrosion information where available
  • Questions that require a manual property, title, service or design check

Two separate gates apply: the Building Act exemption (removes building consent) and the NES-DMRU planning rules (permitted-activity status). Meeting one does not satisfy the other — the check tests both. Source: building.govt.nz

Need a documented desktop assessment?

The free result is an early screen. The Site Feasibility Report reviews the supplied property and proposal within a stated desktop scope for $149 , with the fee credited only under the confirmed PIM-Ready Pack terms.

See the Feasibility Report