Approval

Did you know that you dont need council approval (DA) to Build a Granny Flat. By engaging  private certifiers we can provide complying development certificate within 14 days. Granny build will assign an approval manager to your project which will lodge all documentation required to obtain the certificate.
​Approval descriptions listed below for reference.

Complying Development
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 ​Development Application

What is Complying Development? Complying development is a combined planning and construction approval for straightforward development that can be determined through a fast track assessment by a council or private accredited certifier. Complying development applies to homes, businesses and industry and allows for a range of things like the construction of a new dwelling house, alterations and additions to a house, new industrial buildings, demolition of a building and changes to a business use. 

In 2013-14, the State Policy for exempt and complying development enabled 29% of all development approvals in NSW to be fast-tracked, saving time and money for families and business owners. Fast-tracked complying development approvals can be issued within 14 days. This compares with the average determination time for a full development application of 70 days. More than $4.4 billion of development was delivered by complying development in 2013-2014.
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A development application (DA) is required for most developments in the local area.
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 defines development as:

• using land
• subdividing land
• erecting a building
• carrying out work
• pruning or removing trees
• demolition
• any other matter controlled by an environmental planning instrument.

To get development consent you must lodge a DA with your local council which can take between 3 to 6 months