Design and build

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Design and build

Get approval and manage building work

Announcements

ACTPLAn	Avoiding delays with your DA
Stimulus package

Assessment of development

Approvals needed	Code track
Development applications - a quick guide	Environmental impact statement inquiry
Environmental impact statements	Exempt development
Impact track	Merit track
Pre-application information	Prohibited development

Begin a project

Accessing building files	Community titles
Concessional lease change	Crown lease change
Driveways, garages and carports	Fees for extending building and development provisions
Fences, hedges and walls	Guide to fees for extending building and development provisions
Landscaping, trees and nature strips	Lease conditions and responsibilities
Unit titles

Design and siting

Block information	Crime prevention
Energy ratings	Heritage
Survey certificates	Sustainable design
Water efficiency	Wish lists

Development and building approval exemptions

Aerials and antennas	Carports and shade structures
Courtyard and freestanding walls	Decks, patios, terraces
Definitions	Demolition
External doors, walls and windows	Fences
Garages, sheds and gazebos	General exemptions criteria
Heating and cooling installations	Internal alterations
Landscape gardening	Letterboxes and barbeques
Maintenance	Open space boundary fences
Ponds	Pool fencing and barriers
Refinishing external appearance	Retaining walls
Satellite dishes	Second building in clearance area
Single dwellings	Skylights
Swimming pools	Tanks
Unroofed pergolas and arbors

Finances

Change of use charge	Government fees
Quotes and estimates	Valuations

Lodgement of a DA

DA lodgement requirements	DA public notification
Entity referral	Notice of decision
Reconsiderations of DA decisions and appeals	Transitional arrangements

Managing construction

Building approval	Building certification
Building insurance and warranties	Construction site management
Electrical safety	Electrical work
Encroachments	Gas appliances
Gas work	Occupancy certificates
Plumbing and backflow work	Plumbing certification

Regulation

Complaints	Compliance mechanisms
Controlled activity orders	Inspectors
Prohibition notices	Rectification work
Searches and seizure

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