Your custom complying development guidebook

We are very excited to be launching a small but very useful online tool to assist you with understanding what can be done on your site as complying development. The State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 is the primary piece of legislation that governs complying development in NSW. For many it is unclear, cryptic and long. The intent of our new tool is to simplify the process so you can more easily and quickly get a sense of what is possible on your site.

This is not a generic checklist of which there are many out there. This is a customised instruction guide specific to your particular site. It will deliver you a bespoke set of results outlining among other things the gross floor and landscape areas permissable for your site. It will also provide you with the in depth detail on the rules supported with easy to understand explanatory diagrams.

The process is simple. Head to this link. Answer a few questions about your site and within 1-2hrs we will deliver your custom guidebook straight to your inbox. If you are not sure if you can undertake a complying development on your site we have provided a method to obtain a planning certificate that we can then assess to give you an answer on this. If after this you have any questions we are always happy to answer questions. Just head to our calendar and book a free online or phone meeting. Oh, and we almost forgot to mention – because we think complying development is such a great development approval pathway we have made this resource FREE.

Will a CDC be limiting on what we can do?

One of the things we get asked is “will a CDC be limiting on what we can do?” The best way to answer this is by asking you instead If council reject your proposal will you get what you want? It is entirely possible to comply with all councils controls and rules when designing your home and still have them reject the development application.

For example, the application of councils rules is often applied differently between one town planner in council and another. The application of councils rules changes from year to year. And, good design does’t necessarily get approved and the flip side is also true. Bad design is often approved.

Depending on your site there may be little difference between what you might get under a DA and what you will get under a CDC.

There are numerous rules that need to be complied with when doing a DA or CDC and complying with one rule will often have a flow on effect to another. Don’t get me wrong. DA’s still have their place. Especially if you’re not allowed to do a CDC.

The best way find out what will suit you and your site best is to undertake a pre-design service with us. This will give you a DA vs CDC comparison. From there you should feel more confident in how to progress.

We talk about the benefits of complying development or CDC’s whenever we can. We have written about here and here if you would like to know more. Alternately if you would like to arrange a free online or phone meeting head here to arrange a time and date. We would love to help.