# NZ Building Consent Notice Monitor (`k0nkupa/nz-building-consent-notice-monitor`) Actor Finds public council building consent, notified consent, and development notice pages for property, construction, and planning monitoring. - **URL**: https://apify.com/k0nkupa/nz-building-consent-notice-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [Tony Le](https://apify.com/k0nkupa) (community) - **Categories:** Real estate, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 consent notice rows This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## NZ Building Consent Notice Monitor Finds New Zealand council building consent, resource consent, public notice, and submission notice links from public council pages. It crawls supplied or default council sources one level deep, extracts notice links with evidence context, classifies notice type, parses common NZ dates, extracts simple street addresses, and emits property-monitoring rows. ### Inputs - `sourceUrls`: Council homepages, consent pages, or public notice pages to crawl. - `regions`: Optional hints for known council sources: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Canterbury. - `useDefaultSources`: Use built-in council sources when no explicit source or known region is supplied. - `maxItems`: Maximum notice rows to emit. Explicit `sourceUrls` are used as-is and do not silently mix in default sources. ### Default discovery sources - https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ - https://wellington.govt.nz/ - https://ccc.govt.nz/ ### Output fields - `recordType`: Always `consentNotice`. - `sourceUrl`: Normalized notice URL. - `title`: Notice title inferred from link text. - `council`: Council inferred from source hostname. - `address`: Simple street address extracted from nearby evidence when present. - `noticeType`: `buildingConsent`, `resourceConsent`, `submissionNotice`, or `publicNotice`. - `publishedDate`: ISO `yyyy-mm-dd` date when present. - `confidence`: Evidence score from 0 to 1. - `evidenceText`: Link text and nearby page context used for classification. - `capturedAt`: ISO timestamp for the run. ### Example input ```json { "sourceUrls": ["https://wellington.govt.nz/"], "maxItems": 100 } ```` ### Example output ```json { "recordType": "consentNotice", "sourceUrl": "https://wellington.govt.nz/consents/2026-07-08-12-queen-street", "title": "Resource consent application 12 Queen Street", "council": "Wellington City Council", "address": "12 Queen Street", "noticeType": "resourceConsent", "publishedDate": "2026-07-08", "confidence": 0.9, "evidenceText": "Published 8 July 2026. Resource consent application for 12 Queen Street. Resource consent application 12 Queen Street", "capturedAt": "2026-07-08T00:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### Limitations This actor uses static HTML link extraction and simple text heuristics. It does not parse attached PDFs, interactive map results, or JavaScript-only portals. Address extraction is intentionally conservative. ### Local validation ```bash npm test npx --yes apify-cli validate-schema ``` Do not publish without explicit approval. # Actor input Schema ## `sourceUrls` (type: `array`): Council homepages, consent pages, or public notice pages to crawl one level deep for consent and submission notices. ## `regions` (type: `array`): Optional region hints. Known values map to default council sources: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Canterbury. ## `useDefaultSources` (type: `boolean`): When no source URLs or known region hints are supplied, crawl the built-in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch council sources. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum consent or public notice rows to emit. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sourceUrls": [], "regions": [], "useDefaultSources": true, "maxItems": 250 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("k0nkupa/nz-building-consent-notice-monitor").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("k0nkupa/nz-building-consent-notice-monitor").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call k0nkupa/nz-building-consent-notice-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=k0nkupa/nz-building-consent-notice-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "NZ Building Consent Notice Monitor", "description": "Finds public council building consent, notified consent, and development notice pages for property, construction, and planning monitoring.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "aqXAPNQfEOMe7bZVc" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/k0nkupa~nz-building-consent-notice-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-k0nkupa-nz-building-consent-notice-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/k0nkupa~nz-building-consent-notice-monitor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-k0nkupa-nz-building-consent-notice-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/k0nkupa~nz-building-consent-notice-monitor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-k0nkupa-nz-building-consent-notice-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "sourceUrls": { "title": "Council notice source URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Council homepages, consent pages, or public notice pages to crawl one level deep for consent and submission notices.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "regions": { "title": "Regions or councils", "type": "array", "description": "Optional region hints. Known values map to default council sources: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Canterbury.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "useDefaultSources": { "title": "Use default council sources", "type": "boolean", "description": "When no source URLs or known region hints are supplied, crawl the built-in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch council sources.", "default": true }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max notice rows", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum consent or public notice rows to emit.", "default": 250 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```