Building Projects
Before erecting, altering, extending, changing the use or demolishing a building we recommend that you speak to our Development Services staff. The building project you are considering may require planning, building, demolition or plumbing approvals.
Our Development Services team can assist you regarding the required approvals for your building project. We have provided some information sheets and application forms below. For more information, fact sheets and resources regarding the Building Regulatory Framework, visit the Consumer, Building and Occupational Services website and the National Construction Code website.
To help you navigate through the necessary steps before you begin your building work Council has prepared some information sheets designed to walk you through the process.
- Checklist for your building project
- How to – building design info sheet 1
- How to – planning approval for building project info sheet 2
- How to – plumbing approval for building project info sheet 3
- How to – building approval for building project info sheet 4
Building for Bushfire
Information on building in Bushfire Prone Areas is available by visiting the Tasmanian Fire Service website.
Information sheets
- Asbestos
- Building a Deck
- Building a shed in Tasmania
- Building Notice and Building Order Information Sheet
- Building Near Power Lines – Your responsibilities as a land owner / occupier
- Checklist before using the Directors Determination of Categories of Building/Demolition Work
- Directors Determination – Categories of Building and Demolition Work
- Directors Determination – Categories of Plumbing Work
- Engaging a New Building Surveyor – Customer Guideline
- Excavations near or under buildings
- Expired Permits Fact Sheet – Consumer, Building and Occupational Services
- Maintenance of Safety Features of Commercial Buildings
- Onsite Waste Water Management Systems
- Occupancy of buildings
- Pool and Spa safety
- Retaining Walls
- Rules regarding bushfire shelters
- Solar panel installation in your home
- Stormwater runoff from buildings
- Temporary Occupancy
- Tiny Homes, Studio Pods & ‘Granny Flats’
- Tiny Houses (Consumer, Building and Occupational Services Regulatory Note, Jan 2024)
- Prefabricated buildings – Prefabricated Buildings – Plumbing Approvals Process (Consumer, Building and Occupational Services Regulatory Note, Jan 2024)
Building forms (effective 1 October 2024)
Request for Building Amendment
Additional forms for building work can be found on the Consumer, Building and Occupational Services website under the section called Approved Forms at:
https://www.cbos.tas.gov.au/topics/resources-tools/Building-and-trades-forms,-publications-and-report
