Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 30, 2009 10:57 pm I'm in Vic, Casey council area and we flipped our house on the block. This means that we to apply to council for a new crossover. Anyone know when we should do this? it's about 8 weeks until our house will be finished and we'd like to get the driveway and crossover done before we shift in. Would the concreter be able to take care of the permit or do we have to do it in advance? If anyone has any experience of this please advise, thanks. Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: When to apply for new crossover? 2May 31, 2009 9:21 am Hi Hels Not sure about Casey Council but it's probably the same as our Council (Glen Eira). You will have to apply for the permit for the crossover not the concreter. It's a pretty easy process, I know, we had to apply 3 times because our build took so long. The permit lasts a year so you can apply now. The permit contains all the details required for the crossover which you will need to give to the concreter. The council will inspect the crossover before it is poured to ensure that it will be to standard. My advice, get someone who really understands crossovers because Council's can be quite strict about them. Also, before you do the crossover take some photos of the road. Our road was already damaged but the Council tried to put that responsibility on to the concreter. You don't want to have to pay for something that is already damaged. There will probably be an application on their website which you can print off. I just had a look at your thread and noticed that you have an existing crossover. Just in case you haven't done so already you will need to check with council because you might also have to reinstate the existing crossover, we had to because it was no longer a driveway. Re: When to apply for new crossover? 3May 31, 2009 11:07 am In northern Victoria we went to our council and they said that the concreter applies for the permit. The permit is only required to allow works to occur on council land (the road and nature strip). It is actually a Vic roads form so you could have a look on heir weebsite. Also the council website should have some info as well. Re: When to apply for new crossover? 5May 31, 2009 11:48 am Thanks for the replies. I think I will need to contact Casey council to see what we have to do and also enquire about the existing crossover (thanks for the tip about that one). It's good to know that the permit is valid for a year. It would be easier if the concreter can do the application and we also want to see if we can get a wider crossover. We have noticed that some houses in the estate have widened their existing one. Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: When to apply for new crossover? 6May 31, 2009 12:26 pm mundie mansion In northern Victoria we went to our council and they said that the concreter applies for the permit. The permit is only required to allow works to occur on council land (the road and nature strip). It is actually a Vic roads form so you could have a look on heir weebsite. Also the council website should have some info as well. I had forgotten about that part. I think it actually depends on the road. I had to contact Vic Roads to find out. Our permit application stated "A vehicle crossing permit is not required from Council for works on a vehicle crossing with an arterial road", and "A planning permit is required for works on a vehicle crossing located within a heritage area or an arterial road". As ours was a residential street not an arterial road Vic Roads had no involvement and it had to go through council. But I had forgotten about that part and it is good to check because Vic Roads have seperate requirements to Council that also have to be met. In fact our list of requirements from Council was about three pages long. I think it's just one of those things that changes from Council to Council. But I would definitely be doing an application now just in case anything comes up, it gives you a bit of time before you move in. Just a bit of advice on the driveway if it is of any help. We wanted to do ours before we moved in (not sure what you will be using, ours is exposed agg) so we spoke to the builder first to make sure that the timing would be fine. I think this is a really important thing to do because it keeps them in the loop, plus they can't say that you are holding things up because you undertook that job whilst building was going on. Exposed aggregate shouldn't be driven on for about 2 weeks and we wanted to be able to drive on it when we moved in (plus less dirt to deal with so always a good thing). It also limits the access to the site so we needed to make sure that wouldn't be an issue for the trades. All the big jobs had been done by that stage so it made things a bit easier. Make sure that the builder advises all the trades that the driveway can't be walked on and as an added precaution get the concreter to barrier off the side of the driveway and not just the front. We turned up one day to find trades on the driveway the day before it was meant to be sealed. I wasn't happy so that day we put up barriers and signs. The thing is right near the end of the build there can be heaps of trades there because of final touch ups and fixings and the site supervisor can't be there all the time watching what is going on so it's a good idea to put some precautions in place and protect the driveway. 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