Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 17, 2009 7:01 am Hi, I don't know the rules but am hoping someone might be able to clarify. When you are building a new home, does the gardening need to be complete in order for you to obtain your certificate of ocupancy? I am not building in an estate but am building in inner melb suburb... not sure if the rules are different Re: Council Rules on Garden 2Oct 17, 2009 8:07 am hmmmmm Hi, I don't know the rules but am hoping someone might be able to clarify. When you are building a new home, does the gardening need to be complete in order for you to obtain your certificate of ocupancy? I am not building in an estate but am building in inner melb suburb... not sure if the rules are different No 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Council Rules on Garden 3Oct 18, 2009 4:26 pm It depends entirely where you are. Councils around here don't seem to give a rat's what you do with your garden, as long as you comply with rules around easements, building envelopes and so on. Developers of new estates are a different kettle of fish, with many requiring full landscaping plans to be submitted along with building plans. There are a few members here from other areas (from memory, all outside Vic) who have had to submit landscaping plans to council at an early stage though - so your best bet is to ring your council and ask. Re: Council Rules on Garden 4Oct 18, 2009 6:40 pm kek It depends entirely where you are. Councils around here don't seem to give a rat's what you do with your garden, as long as you comply with rules around easements, building envelopes and so on. Developers of new estates are a different kettle of fish, with many requiring full landscaping plans to be submitted along with building plans. There are a few members here from other areas (from memory, all outside Vic) who have had to submit landscaping plans to council at an early stage though - so your best bet is to ring your council and ask. But garden shouldn't affect your Certificate of Occupancy - the estates normally give you 6 months or so to get the front garden done 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Council Rules on Garden 5Oct 18, 2009 9:15 pm Yes, our rule is that front garden must be completed within 6 months of handover (no-one seems to be policing it though ) No rules about the type of land scaping or requirements for land scaping plans here although others on this forum have had quite rigourous requirements about this in different areas. However, re your original question - I cannot imagine there would be a requirement to have the actual garden done (as oppossed to just submitting the plan) as it would be very hard to establish a garden in a house when you weren't actually liveing there Re: Council Rules on Garden 7Oct 19, 2009 6:20 am lisanne But garden shouldn't affect your Certificate of Occupancy - the estates normally give you 6 months or so to get the front garden done That's developers though, not councils. Whilst our local council is pretty good about most things to do with building, I've noticed that councils in Sydney seem to be major PITAs about everything. 1 1914 "is it exempt or do I need to get permission from council" Call your Council and ask them 1 1534 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11013 |