Draft Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy 2025
Queenstown Lakes District Council is taking formal submissions on a draft Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy 2025.
Below you’ll find information on what’s being proposed in the draft Policy and why, and how you can get involved and share your thoughts on the matter.
What’s a Dangerous and Insanitary Building Policy and how does it work?
To make our communities safer, legislation requires councils across Aotearoa New Zealand to have a Dangerous and Insanitary Building Policy.
The Policy is used to protect public health through a balanced risk-based approach, ensuring buildings are structurally sound and function without putting the health and safety of building users, residents, and visitors at risk.
Why do we need a new Policy?
Council is required to review its Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy every five years, with the last of these taking place in 2021.
Earlier this year, a Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) audit found the existing Policy lacked a statement regarding how QLDC prioritises potentially dangerous or insanitary buildings for assessment. The audit also found minor updates and corrections were needed to references and some wording.
As a result, we’ve brought forward the review by a year to incorporate any identified changes and updates from MBIE in the new draft Policy.
What’s included in QLDC’s draft Policy?
The draft Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy 2025 remains largely unchanged, but key changes including:
- Clarification regarding the management of dangerous and insanitary buildings during a declared statement of emergency.
- New statement regarding how QLDC prioritises potentially dangerous or insanitary buildings for assessment.
- Minor updates to references and some wording corrections.
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Make a submission today
We would like to hear your thoughts on what we’re proposing as part of the draft Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy 2025.
Let us know what you think we’ve got right, what you would like to see changed, or any other ideas you may have to make our communities safer.
Make a submission in any of the below ways:
- Online: Use the feedback form below or click here.
- Post: Mail your submission to Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy 2025, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Freepost 191078, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348.
- Email: Send your submission to letstalk@qldc.govt.nz using the subject line Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy 2025.
Please remember to indicate if you wish to speak to your submission at a hearing on the matter.
Consultation will take place from Monday 4 August 2025 to Sunday 7 September 2025.
What happens next?
All submissions will be reviewed and then considered by a hearings panel, before recommendations are made to Council on adoption of the draft Policy.
