Zero-Consent Granny Flats: Navigating New Zealand’s Building and Planning Overhaul
Adding a “minor dwelling” or “granny flat” to a residential or rural property is now potentially significantly faster and less bureaucratic. Parallel reforms have streamlined both planning and building pathways: the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Detached Minor Residential Units) Regulations 2025 (NES-DMRU) and Schedule 1A of the Building Act 2004 (introduced via the…
