Your building and renovations may:
- be Exempt Development;
- be Complying Development; or
- need a Development Application and a Construction Certificate
Council's leaflet Are you thinking of building or renovating? (pdf 700kb) gives an overview of the approvals and certification process.
Exempt Development
If your development meets the nominated criteria for exempt development, Council consent is not required.
Complying Development
If your development meets the nominated criteria for complying development, a complying development certificate is required. A complying development certificate may be issued by Council's or an accredited certifier.
Development requiring a Development Application
All development proposals that do not meet the nominated criteria for exempt or complying development will require a development application.
If your proposal requires a development application and involves building work, you are required to:
- Submit a to Council
- Obtain Development Consent, subject to the application complying with relevant planning and environmental considerations
- Obtain a from Council's or an accredited certifier
- Appoint a (either Council's Building Certification Services or an accredited certifier) and notify Council of the appointment
- Notify Council of the date when it is intended that works will commence
- Organise for the Principal Certifying Authority to inspect the construction works at specified stages; and
- Obtain an from the Principal Certifying Authority, before using the building.
Note: Steps 4 to 7 also apply to Complying Developments
Further information
You may contact us by phone or email, or come into our Customer Service Centre to discuss your proposal with our duty officer.