Draft Fees and Charges 2025/26

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Each year, as part of our Annual Plan, we review our Schedule of Fees and Charges to ensure they remain fair and reflective of the costs involved.

Share your views on the proposed changes to the Draft Schedule of Fees and Charges for 2025/26.

What are fees and charges?

Council applies fees and charges for specific services, activities and functions, in line with legislation.

These fees help cover the costs associated with providing goods, services, or amenities, issuing permits, and time spent processing applications for things like resource consents, building consents, and licenses.

Typically, where a service or activity is intended to benefit an individual or business (e.g. a building consent is for an individual building owner), Council will apply a fee to cover the cost of delivering that service.

Why are we reviewing fees and charges?

We need to ensure that our fees and charges reflect the actual and reasonable costs for goods, services, amenities, permits, approvals, and regulatory processes.

What’s changing?

The review has considered the impacts of inflation on activity costs, looked to increase cost recovery for activities and services provided, and made changes to better reflect the services provided to the community.

You can read the Statement of Proposal to find out more about the proposed changes. A full list of the proposed fees, which are planned to come into effect for the new financial year (1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026), can be viewed here.

Kōrero with us

If you want to provide feedback on the proposed fee changes, you can do so in the following ways:

  • Online, wānanga ipurangi - You can complete our online feedback form below.
  • Hard copy, pepa mārō - Drop your feedback off at any of our Library and Service Centres in Waihī Beach, Katikati, Ōmokoroa, Te Puke or to the main Council Office at Barkes Corner.
  • In person, ā kanohi - If you would like to provide your feedback to Council in person, please email yourplace@westernbay.govt.nz by 20 April 2025 to secure a timeslot. Alternatively, you may wish to speak to us at Council’s ‘Doggy Day Out’, on Saturday 22 March 2025 (11am-2pm) at Ōmokoroa Sportsground, Western Ave.
  • Email, īmēra - yourplace@westernbay.govt.nz
  • Or post, mēra - your feedback to: Fees and Charges Review, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Private Bag 12803, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga 3143.

Feedback closes at 5pm on Sunday 20 April 2025.

Each year, as part of our Annual Plan, we review our Schedule of Fees and Charges to ensure they remain fair and reflective of the costs involved.

Share your views on the proposed changes to the Draft Schedule of Fees and Charges for 2025/26.

What are fees and charges?

Council applies fees and charges for specific services, activities and functions, in line with legislation.

These fees help cover the costs associated with providing goods, services, or amenities, issuing permits, and time spent processing applications for things like resource consents, building consents, and licenses.

Typically, where a service or activity is intended to benefit an individual or business (e.g. a building consent is for an individual building owner), Council will apply a fee to cover the cost of delivering that service.

Why are we reviewing fees and charges?

We need to ensure that our fees and charges reflect the actual and reasonable costs for goods, services, amenities, permits, approvals, and regulatory processes.

What’s changing?

The review has considered the impacts of inflation on activity costs, looked to increase cost recovery for activities and services provided, and made changes to better reflect the services provided to the community.

You can read the Statement of Proposal to find out more about the proposed changes. A full list of the proposed fees, which are planned to come into effect for the new financial year (1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026), can be viewed here.

Kōrero with us

If you want to provide feedback on the proposed fee changes, you can do so in the following ways:

  • Online, wānanga ipurangi - You can complete our online feedback form below.
  • Hard copy, pepa mārō - Drop your feedback off at any of our Library and Service Centres in Waihī Beach, Katikati, Ōmokoroa, Te Puke or to the main Council Office at Barkes Corner.
  • In person, ā kanohi - If you would like to provide your feedback to Council in person, please email yourplace@westernbay.govt.nz by 20 April 2025 to secure a timeslot. Alternatively, you may wish to speak to us at Council’s ‘Doggy Day Out’, on Saturday 22 March 2025 (11am-2pm) at Ōmokoroa Sportsground, Western Ave.
  • Email, īmēra - yourplace@westernbay.govt.nz
  • Or post, mēra - your feedback to: Fees and Charges Review, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Private Bag 12803, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga 3143.

Feedback closes at 5pm on Sunday 20 April 2025.