An applicant may request a reconsideration of the development contributions payable on their development where there are grounds to believe that the Council has incorrectly applied its development contributions policy, or the development contribution levies were incorrectly calculated.
A request for reconsideration must be submitted within 10 working days of the date on which the person lodging the request receives notice from the Council of the level of development contributions required.
For more information on lodging a reconsideration request, please review the reconsideration process in section 12.2 (page 20) of the 2021 Development Contributions Policy.
Application process
- Reconsiderations must be requested within 10 working days of the date on which notice is received
from Council of the level of development contributions required. No requests for reconsideration will
be accepted after this time.
- Once it has been established that the request meets the ground(s) for reconsideration Waikato District
Council will reconsider your development contributions assessment within 15 working days after the
date all required information is received.
- Council will reconsider the development applied for against the requirements of the Waikato District
Council 's Development Contributions Policy, along with and any other relevant information (which
Council is obliged to consider) set out in the circumstances surrounding the grounds above or legislation
and regulations.
- You will receive written notice of the outcome of the reconsideration. You will also receive written
notice if your request for reconsideration cannot be made due to expiry of time limits or other
insufficient grounds.
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