Building Surveying Assessment

Task 1: Planning Application requirements George Rivers Council

a. All documents needed to achieve satisfactory planning-approval submission for a three-storey home and whether or not the venture would acquire council approval.

Development Application lodgment requirements

Application forms (Hard copies accepted)

Complete Development Application

Consent of the owner on a separate letter or form

Plans- PDF (All new additions colored)

Survey Plan (needed in case of every new structure and any additions or extensions made to extant structures)

Site Analysis Plan

Site Plan (All applications) Needs to display site area, size, north point, extant vegetation, structures locations and their distance from the boundaries, and adjacent plots building locations

Elevations (Fresh external modifications and developments) that explicitly display individual floor, roof and ceiling levels heights, besides extant and planned ground levels

Sections (Every fresh external modification and development)

Floor Plans (Every fresh development. In case of additions and modifications, there is a need to submit extant as well as planned floor plans). Floor plans must cover individual rooms use, levels and layout to AHD

Elevational Shadows and Shadow Diagrams (all developments of a minimum of two floors)

Landscape Plan displaying deep soil areas and pervious and impervious areas; this includes all retaining structures or walls

Schedule of finishes and colors

Storm water management report or calculator, checklist and storm water concept plan

Design Review Panel Package (SEPP 65 Applications) 3 additional hard copies

SEPP 65- Registered Architect-prepared Design Verification Statement

Environmental Effects Statement

Whole Set of landscaping and architectural plans (A3 size)

Supporting Documentation- Electronic PDF copies

BASIX Certificate

Environmental Effects Statement

Report on Acid Sulphate Soils

Waste Management Plan

Conservation management plan and Statement on Heritage Impact (Georges River Council n.da)

The present three-storey structure venture possesses most of the vital documentation needed as per George River Council planning application requirements. But it fails to entirely meet the requirements outlined in the councils lodgment checklist for development applications. Further, the following key documents needed in case of new residences are missing - a Waste Management Plan and an Acid Sulphate Soils Report. Thus, the application in its existing state will probably not acquire council approval.

b. Compliance with statutory requirements

The Australian statutory requirements applicable to a three-storey buildings construction include; the Building Code of Australia, the 1975 Building Act, the Queensland Development Code, and the 2006 building regulation. Up until now, the documents presented adhere to the legal prerequisites for the edifices particular class. But a few remain to be presented, such as documentation detailing the techniques for conducting the planned construction work; this includes a working plan outlined within AS 2601, required for building demolition. In case of the site in question, two detached structures a brick garage and a weatherboard cottage need to be demolished. Thus, there is a need for a demolition plan.

c. Is the council asking for more documentation than is required by legislation?

No, according to legislation, only the following are needed: no less than 3 copies of; details on the surroundings, site plan, extra plans, and details on the planned development. Besides these requirements, local and state governments and councils can incorporate more planning instruments for altering the nature of assessment...…good recommendation, it fails to define the term near explicitly. Consider trees different breast sizes and kind, besides prevalent environmental conditions, it would have been prudent to specify measurements with regard to how near excavations may be conducted. Hence, the report may be concluded to have been formulated by an inexperienced person not adequately familiar with the standard.

Task 4: Consent/approval document

Conditions required for the permit/approval

Storm Water Management report/calculator, checklist and concept plan. The report needs to explicitly state where storm water will be discharged. In case of plans to link to extant systems, plans need to specify the location of the extant system and where the water drains to. Present documentation fails to display details on storm water management on the site.

ASS Report must be composed and presented by a specialist and must indicate the interaction between the class 5 acid sulphate soil and the building venture.

A demolition waste management plan, besides that on management of waste produced due to continued usage of the structure ought to be offered for project approval, according to the requirements stipulated by George River Council.

Task 5: Legal requirements for application notification when it is being assessed for approval

1. Presenting an application notice to occupiers or landowners of:

All adjacent properties (which covers lands across a reserve or road up to 60m from the site) (The Acts Section 4 offers a more detailed explanation of what adjacent land implies)

Other plots within the locality that, according to relevant authorities, would be impacted directly and significantly by the construction project.

1. A notice issued at least once within a…