Change is just around the corner for Western Bay of Plenty's building consenting system and early feedback has been positive overall.

Western Bay of Plenty District Council's new online building consenting system, Objective Build, will go live on Monday, March 27.

This new system will help the building industry around the area keep their building consents moving with real-time updates and notifications sent directly to them.

Since the switch to Objective Build was announced, the local industry has been attending demonstration sessions to familiarise themselves with the new software, says WBOPDC building services manager Nigel Mogford.

'We've been walking people through the new system, showing them how it can work for them. And so far people have been positive," says Nigel.

'Our stakeholders are telling us that Objective Build is an improvement and that aligning with other councils in New Zealand is a move in the right direction.”

This project is part of council's commitment to making things easie.

'We're excited to be rolling out a new system for our customers and giving them a modern digital experience that's focused on making the process simpler and more streamlined for them,” says Nigel.

Tauranga City Council will be following suit with the same software later in 2023.

Building consent applications that are in process will be transferred over automatically. Applicants will receive an email from Objective Build asking them to create an Objective Build account - sent to the email that was associated with the building consent application.

From there you can log in online and see all the information about your building consent as it's processed.

New building consents will be directed through Objective Build accessed on council's building consent webpage.

For help and support, contact the dedicated Objective support team from 8.30am-6pm weekdays. Email: build.support@objective.com or call: 0800 024 508.