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Part 5 Siting Assessments

What is a Part 5 Siting Assessment?

A Part 5 assessment is a review of the architectural drawings carried out by one of our trained technical staff which assesses your building design against the siting provisions of the Building Regulations.

Part 5 of the Building Regulations 2018 governs the siting of a single residential dwelling on an allotment.

Benefits of Part 5 Siting Assessment

With a Part 5 assessment, you will be notified of any potential issues which you may have with the location of your building on your allotment.

Having this prior to the preparation of final documents or even worse, building permit stage, prevents unnecessary delays when trying to obtain your building permit.

Relevant Content

A dedicated team experienced in preparing all types of applications, with expertise in all aspects of siting requirements.

Reduce your lead time

Report and consent applications may take weeks, even months to get through council.  Identifying these issues early will keep your clients projects moving.

Keeping your clients informed

We provide regular updates and status of where your job is at. We liaise with Council and provide you with their comments so your clients will be informed as your applications progresses.

Design Changes

We alert you of required design changes at schematic design stage and can save you money with design changes after all working drawings are complete.

Money Saving

Save you time and money with delays at building permit stage

Council

Take out the painful process of obtaining all necessary siting consents from Council

If your building does not comply with siting provisions of the Regulations, we can apply for a Report and Consent

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Part 5 Siting Assessment Timeframes

Typical Duration

Part 5 assessments

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Within 3 days of receiving documents, we will complete a Part 5 assessment of your project that will identify any non compliances with the Building Regulations.

You can either redesign your building to achieve compliance, or proceed to a Report and Consent from council.

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3 days

Report and Consent

Within 3 days of identifying the non compliances and with your approval, we can formulate a Report and Consent Application to submit to Council.

We will present arguments based on the surrounding neighbourhood context to justify why it is reasonable to vary the regulation and allow your design to remain.

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Within 3 days of your consent

Council Updates

We consult with Council’s weekly to follow up the status of outstanding applications and monitor any responses from neighbours where we have been advised to request their comments.

With our regular contact with local councils, we can advise on expected wait times and their success rate. This also gives yourselves and the client up to date information on how the project is progressing.

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Weekly

Appeals

In the event that your report and consent application is refused, we can assist with Appeals to the council.

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Ongoing

What does this mean for you?

  • Experience

    Our experienced and knowledgeable team can provide up to date regulatory advice.

  • Results

    Over 4000+ successful approved applications through council.

    On the rare occasion that an application is refused, our team can provide design advice tailored to the specific guidelines of the development or municipality.

  • Network

    We work with and service some of Victoria’s largest builders and have continued to provide a solutions orientated approach to consulting.

  • Education

    Our team can provide further education to your team to enable improved design and results for your clients.

  • Compliance

    Ensure that your projects are compliant. This can save time on obtaining your permits, assurance that your design actually works, save potential  future litigation where all parties miss matters of compliance.

Why?

Training

Our team provide ongoing support, training and communication to educate and inform your team to continually update you on the Part 5 process.

Savings

The cost saving benefits of identifying and resolving design issues as early as possible ensure the project minimises delays at all stages and keeps the job moving.

Solutions

Our solutions orientated approach ensures we provide succinct and accurate information to remain at the forefront of building regulatory services.

To get started, please provide us with your project and contact details and we will get back to you with an assessment.

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We ask that you check the following list and only provide us with plans once you have ticked each and every box:

  • Copy of Title and Plan of Sub Division
  • Property and Planning Information
  • Site plan drawn to scale 1:500 min
  • Elevations of the building with wall heights of each and every section of the building clearly articulated – including maximum and average height for walls on boundary
  • Setback distances from all boundaries – front, side and rear
  • Overall building height
  • Floor plans
  • Setback distances of each adjoining building
  • Types of fencing to each dwelling on each adjoining allotment
  • Shadow diagrams of each adjoining allotment
  • Overlooking diagrams
  • Nominate windows on adjoining properties as habitable or non-habitable

 

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