Publications
Brochures, fact sheets, fees, books and corporate publications
A
ACT Building and Construction Industry Safety Handbook
ACT Crime Prevention and Urban Design Resource Manual (PDF - 540.0 kb)
Assessment tracks quick reference guide (PDF - 194.6 kb)
B
Builders and certifiers (PDF - 444.7 kb)
Building approval (PDF - 201.1 kb)
Building better homes for Canberra's climate (PDF - 3.9 mb)
Building conveyancing enquiries (PDF - 203.7 kb)
Building near poles, pipes and wires
Building Work Cost Schedule - Building (Cost of Building Work) Declaration 2006
C
Cadastral control surveys (PDF - 261.8 kb)
Code of Service (PDF - 48.8 kb)
Codes - Territory Plan
Community council contacts (PDF - 151.5 kb)
Community engagement guide
Community title surveys (PDF - 16.7 kb)
Corporate Plan 2004-2007 (PDF - 1.4 mb)
Corporate Plan 2004-2007 addendum (PDF - 47.0 kb)
Corporate Plan 2007-2010 (PDF - 1.8 mb)
Courtyard walls
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Demolition (PDF - 2.2 mb)
Deposited plans checklist (PDF - 44.5 kb)
Design Standards for Urban Infrastructure
Development application naming conventions (PDF - 50.1 kb)
Digital data standards for cadastral database (PDF - 288.8 kb)
Domestic irrigation - do-it-yourself systems (PDF - 258.6 kb)
Don't Think Pink
Don’t Think Pink or Purple
Driveways (PDF - 190.7 kb)
E
Electrical Note 2: Electrical installation of street lights, traffic lights, combination street and traffic lights and public area lighting (PDF - 237.8 kb)
Electrical Note 3: Restricted electrical licences (PDF - 129.3 kb)
Electrical Note 4: Electrical licensing (PDF - 156.3 kb)
Entity referral requirements (PDF - 720.8 kb)
F
Facts about fences
Fees and charges booklet (PDF - 326.7 kb)
Fire wise home design and construction (PDF - 319.4 kb)
Fire wise home gardens (PDF - 239.3 kb)
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Garden City provisions fact sheet (PDF - 200.4 kb)
Garden City Values and Principles: design considerations for residential development in inner north and south Canberra (PDF - 784.9 kb)
Gas note: Composite gas pipe (PDF - 221.5 kb)
Greywater use
Guide to the Unit Titles Act 2001 (PDF - 376.5 kb)
Guidelines for estate development plans: greenfield land subdivision (PDF - 204.3 kb)
Guidelines on business conduct (PDF - 1.0 mb)
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I
Introduction to planning system reform - development assessment (PDF - 215.4 kb)
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Land regulation (PDF - 233.0 kb)
M
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Nature strips
Neighbourhood dispute resolution
Neighbourhood Plans
Noise in residential areas
O
Owner-builder licences (PDF - 267.6 kb)
P
Partial surveys and complied and computed plans (PDF - 47.6 kb)
Plumbing and drainage plan standards (PDF - 234.4 kb)
Plumbing note 03: Inspection shafts at property boundaries (PDF - 33.8 kb)
Plumbing note 06: Installation of lawn watering systems - backflow prevention (PDF - 28.8 kb)
Plumbing note 18: Hot water delivery temperature (PDF - 29.2 kb)
Plumbing note 19: Requirements for on-site sewer manholes (PDF - 24.2 kb)
Plumbing note 20: Drainage ties and building demolition
Plumbing note 22: Plumbing solutions for multi-unit developments (excluding multi-storey developments) (PDF - 106.8 kb)
Plumbing note 23: Water supply pressure requirements (PDF - 114.7 kb)
Plumbing note 24: Grey water drainage separation and provision for rainwater plumbing (Single residential buildings) (PDF - 124.3 kb)
Public register floor plans for single residential development (PDF - 142.5 kb)
R
Rainwater tanks: Guidelines for residential properties in Canberra (PDF - 2.3 mb)
Reality check: real esate guide for buyers and sellers
Renovator's guide
Reports
Retaining walls in residential areas
S
Selecting a greener, better house with lower running costs and saving our environment (PDF - 4.0 mb)
Small business charter (PDF - 204.5 kb)
Spatial Plan
Spatial plan handy guide (PDF - 143.9 kb)
Studies
Surveyors' Continuing Professional Development Guidelines
Sustainable Transport Plan
Swimming pools and spas (PDF - 190.1 kb)
T
Towards more solar efficient housing (PDF - 2.4 mb)
Tree protection and removal





