Register to manage your permits online
If you are a permit participant or current permit contact, use the form on this page to register to manage your permits in the online permitting system (OPS).
Once you have completed this form, we will send you an email invitation to complete the registration process. You will then have access to the permits you are a permit participant or authorised contact for. This process is not automatic and may take up to 5 working days to complete.
To use the OPS, you will also need a RealMe® login.
On this page
- If you are not a current permit participant or authorised permit contact
- If you are a new permit applicant
- Using the public register
- Register to manage permits online
If you are not a current permit participant or authorised permit contact
There are different types of contacts that can be attached to a permit in the online permitting system.
To use the online permitting system to view information about a permit, you must be a permit participant or an authorised permit contact. If you are not and want to view or manage permits, you will need the permit holder to complete the following form and send it to us.
APP-11 – change an application contact
To find out about the different contact types you can have on a permit and what they can see and do in the online permitting system, see the following page.
If you are a new permit applicant
You do not need to complete this form if you are a new permit applicant, (if you have never had a previous permit or application with us). You just need a RealMe® login to use the online permitting system.
RealMe® — RealMe.govt.nz
Using the public register
This form is not required to search public information about permits or use the Quick Reports function. More information about searching the public register can be found on the following page.
Online permitting system – public search