Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 03, 2012 7:24 am Curious to see how long it has taken others to get their house plans through council approval, especially anybody in the Ipswich council region? Mine's been with them now over 4 weeks, frustrating to know your build is being held up because it's sitting in some public servants in-tray for weeks on end. Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57639 Re: How long council approval? 2Jul 03, 2012 9:16 am Most councils take around 6 weeks, some can be longer. Your builder should know how long your wait will be. 2 Re: How long council approval? 3Jul 03, 2012 10:09 am My plans took 8.5 weeks. Every council is different. You could call them and get an update? Novo Overture by Masterton Contracts 20/8/11 DA submitted 31/8/11 DA approved 27/10/11 Site scrape 30/1/12 Slab 6/3/12 Frame 21/3/12 Brickwork 24/4/12 Lockup 8/6/12 PCI & HANDOVER 27/7/12 Re: How long council approval? 4Jul 03, 2012 11:40 am ours was 12 days, but we are in a rural shire, so there prob isnt a lot of applications to get thru. Re: How long council approval? 5Jul 04, 2012 3:07 pm Our CDC took only 6 days. I made sure everything was covered before submitting though. We are also in a rural shire. Hi Minho I have heaps of experience in Ku-ring-gai with both DAs and CDC ( this is the main area we build in). DA's are taking 12-18months and CDC's we have been doing… 1 2199 1 1346 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 6853 |