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BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 25

Application for permit to construct or alter building

    (1)     An application for a building permit to construct or alter a building must be accompanied by the following—

        (a)     a copy of any planning permit relating to the proposed building work to which the permit application applies;

        (b)     drawings showing the plan at each floor level, elevations, sections, dimensions and the sizes and locations of structural members to a scale of not less than 1:100, together with any details that are necessary to show compliance to a scale of not less than 1:20, or to other approved scales;

        (c)     specifications describing materials and methods to be used in the construction or alteration;

        (d)     allotment plans to a scale of not less than 1:500 or other approved scales, showing the matters set out in subregulation (2);

        (e)     a statement of the use or proposed use of all buildings shown on allotment plans;

        (f)     a copy of any computations or reports necessary to demonstrate that the building and building work will, if constructed in accordance with the computations and reports, comply with the Act and these Regulations;

        (g)     if the application is for a building permit to alter an existing building, copies of drawings and allotment plans that clearly differentiate between the existing building and the proposed building work for which the
permit is sought.

    (2)     The following matters are to be shown on an allotment plan—

        (a)     the boundaries and dimensions of the allotment and any easements that are relevant to the proposed building work;

        (b)     the distance to the nearest intersecting street;

        (c)     the position and dimensions of the proposed building and its relationship to—

              (i)     the boundaries of the allotment; and

              (ii)     any existing building on the allotment; and

              (iii)     any part of a building or land on an adjoining allotment if necessary to show compliance with the Act and these Regulations;

        (d)     the levels of the allotment, floors of the building, street drainage channel and stormwater drain;

        (e)     the layout of drains to the point of discharge on the allotment together with details necessary to show compliance with the Act and these Regulations;

        (f)     the location, dimensions and area of impermeable surfaces covering the allotment if necessary for the purposes of  regulation 77;

        (g)     the location and dimensions of car parking spaces for the purposes of regulation 78;

Reg. 25(2)(h) amended by S.R. No. 132/2023 reg. 7.

        (h)     the location, dimensions and area of private open space for the purposes of regulation 86 or regulation 86A.

    (3)     An application for a building permit to construct or alter a building must also be accompanied by any additional copies of the documents set out in subregulation (1) that the relevant building surveyor reasonably requires.



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