Building or Renovating

Learn the planning and building requirements for building or renovating a house.

Find out about subdivision and amalgamation of property.

Learn about planning and building requirements for building a garage or carport on a residential property.

Understand the planning and building requirements for building a shed or outbuilding at a residential property.

Find out about the planning and building specifications and requirements for fences and retaining walls.

Information about building and maintaining a residential swimming pool or spa, including barrier and fence requirements, pool and spa inspections...

Learn about planning and building requirements for patios, pergolas, shade sails, or other open shade structures

Learn about the requirements and approvals needed to build a granny flat or ancillary dwelling on your property.

Find out about planning and building requirements for mixed use, commercial and industrial developments.

Find out about verge bonds and verge bond refunds.

Understand what approvals are needed for demolition work and how to apply for a demolition permit.

Find out about requirements for crossovers, how to apply to build a new crossover, and how to apply for the crossover subsidy.

Find out more about our requirements for verges.

Find out more about universal design principles as well as mandatory energy efficiency requirements.

Find out about our Local Heritage Survey and Local Heritage List, which lists places in our City of considerable heritage significance.

Request building plans, building related documents or past development approvals for properties in the City of Melville.