Apply for Council Consent

'Report and Consent' (dispensation) is required if the building design does not meet siting requirements under the residential code.

Consents are provided for:

• Maximum street setback
• Minimum street setback
• Building height
• Site coverage
• Permeability
• Car parking
• Side and rear setbacks
• Walls or carports on boundaries
• Daylight to existing/new habitable rooms
• Solar access to existing north facing habitable rooms
• Overshadowing of secluded private open space
• Overlooking
• Private open space
• Siting of outbuildings
• Front fence height
• Fence setbacks from rear or side boundaries
• Fences on side or rear boundaries
• Fences on street alignment
• Fences and daylight to existing habitable room windows
• Fences and solar access to existing north facing habitable room windows
• Fences and overshadowing of recreational private space
• Masts, poles etc

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You also require our consent to:

• Build over an easement: apply online now
• Project beyond street alignment
• To allow erection of precaution over the street alignment (hoardings)*
• Build above or below certain public facilities
• Construct a building on land subject to flooding (Building in Flood Prone Areas)
• Build on land subject to uncontrolled overland drainage

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Temporary structures, like those used in events are also controlled by the regulations affecting siting requirements. 

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You may require Council consent to conduct:

• Demolitions
• Alterations
• Additions to a building

Your building surveyor can advise you if you need to apply for consent.

Fees

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You can apply by completing an application online.

Apply for consent for demolition online