Complying Development

What is Complying Development?

Complying development is a fast-track approval process for straightforward residential, commercial and industrial development. Complying development generally includes larger building works than exempt development. Complying development is a fast-track approval process for straightforward residential, commercial and industrial development. Complying development generally includes larger building works than exempt development. For this, ‘sign off’ by a building  professional (known as a certifying authority) is needed. Provided the  proposal fully meets specific development standards, it can be  determined by a Council or accredited certifier without the need for a  full development application.

Complying development is also subject to conditions of approval to  protect surrounding uses during the construction period and the life of  the complying development.

Complying development generally includes larger building works than exempt development. For this reason, ‘sign off’ by a building professional (known as a certifying authority) is needed. Complying development is also subject to conditions of approval to protect surrounding uses during the construction period and the life of the complying development.

Examples of complying development include:

  • Building a one and two
  • torey home
  • Dual occupancy
  • Subdivision
  • Terraces (townhouses)
  • Building a granny flat or
  • secondary dwelling
  • Building earthworks and
  • structural supports
  • Building a fence
  • Building a swimming pool
  • Building waterway structures
  • Carrying out a strata subdivision
  • Demolishing a building
  • Establishing a home-based enterprise
  • Removing and pruning a tree
  • Renovating a home
  • Temporary uses and structures
  • Works to improve fire safety.

All Complying Development Certificates are issued in accordance with the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008. Within this legislation, there are various codes that each development has to comply with. As certifiers, we assess your proposed development in accordance with the relevant codes to determine whether Complying Development is applicable to your project.

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