Building consent applications are the latest Whanganui District Council service to go online.
Greg Hoobin, council building control team leader, said the current consent process was extremely reliant on a paper-based system and can be very time consuming.
"We're proud to be the first of our group of regional councils to develop an online application process for building consents. Digital communication has become crucial in any organisation and the demand from customers to deal with the council electronically is increasing.," Mr Hoobin said.
He said online applications will tailor the application to the customer's needs, streamlining the process and means council staff are better able to track applications.
"It's crucial that our customers get used to this new process over the coming months. To help out, we will supply a dedicated person to help with the online applications and make a computer available at the council's Guyton St building to help with lodging applications," he said.