Under the Exempt Development Policy if your Garden Shed meets the planning controls, no planning or building approval is required.
- Maximum height 3m.
- Garden sheds in residential areas can be up 20m2, and
- Rural Areas- 50m2.
Check here to see if your shed will meet the policy requirements.
Exempt development – Garden Shields
If your Garden shed doesn’t meet the Exempt development requirements then it may be possible it can be approved as Complying Development.
Complying Development
Complying Development
Complying development is “Fast Track Approval” and the shed must meet all the specified criteria of Policy.
Complete Certification is accredited to issued Complying Development approvals on behalf of Council. The approval documents are then provided to Council for their records.
If your Shed doesn’t meet 100% of the criteria it must be approved by council
Once we have reviewed your proposal and we have been fully engaged we will send you a checklist confirming the requirements for the approval. This is because each project is different and may have requirements that others do not.
This can vary depending on the project, approval type and council. For a standard shed and provided we have received all the requirements in a timely manner, we average shed approvals to be:
Two (2) Months – Development Application & Construction Certificate
One (1) Week – Complying Development Certificate