Property Enquiry

Council is digitising property files, either planned or when requested. If you would like to receive your property file digitally, please complete our Property File Digitisation Request online form.

The online request form requires the property's valuation number. This can found at:

Rating and Property Search, click to go there
Geographic Information System and click on the Property Map
On your rates assessment and invoice

If you are considering purchasing a property, we recommend requesting a Land Information Memorandum (LIM) report.This may reveal important information that is not provided as part of the digital request.

Digitisation Turnaround Times

We are digitising all Central Otago property files on request. There is an estimated turnaround time of 20 working days for us to process requests, however our priority remains with LIMS, Consents, and urgent necessary requests (such as a plumbing leak).

What's in a Property File?

The information contained within each property file varies and we cannot guarantee the information you are looking for will be on file.

The types of information that may be on a property file include:

Building permits and consents
Drainage plans
Plans and specifications
Code Compliance Certificates
Planning reports
Resource Consent Decisions
Associated documents

Confidential and private information

Council takes privacy seriously. When digitising property files, the information held is audited to ensure information that is not public information is removed and confidential information is marked as confidential. Confidential information is not made available via the property file request process.