Mainstreet Whanganui has called for a one-stop shop to help landlords understand building compliance requirements. The organisation, which represents businesses and property owners within Whanganui’s central business district, says each particular area of compliance involved dealing with a different organisation or department.

Mainstreet acting chairman Peter Robinson told the Whanganui District Council’s statutory management committee that owners often had to deal with a raft of issues including resource consent, building consent, fire regulations and heritage rules. The organisation wanted a working group formed to help building owners understand what was required of them.

Read the full article in the NZ Herald.