Before you can start work
While receiving your development consent is worth celebrating, it does not mean that you can start building work. Before you can start building you must do four things:
- Get a Construction Certificate – building approval from your council or a private certifier.
- Appoint a Principal Certifying Authority (PCA) to monitor construction – this can be your council or an accredited certifier.
- Give the council and the PCA two days’ notice before you start work.
- Complete any works listed in the ‘Prior to commencing work’ part of the consent.
Construction Certificate (CC)
The CC must be obtained from your council or an accredited certifier and includes your detailed building plans/engineering details and specifications. The plans will most likely contain a lot more information than your approved DA plans, to allow your builder to work directly from them.The building must be consistent with them and the development consent.
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