Browse Forums General Discussion 1 May 03, 2018 11:25 pm Hi All, We are currently in the planning stage of building a new home. The site coverage allowed is 50% and we are slightly over. We are looking at various tweaks on our floor plan to meet the guidelines. This is a long shot... however will completely removing our timber decking somewhat help? It seems there is a difference with site coverage regarding roofed vs unroofed timber deck? Regards. Re: Site Coverage 2May 04, 2018 10:46 am In Brisbane Site Cover is all areas covered by a building or structure with an impervious roof. So uncovered deck would not be included. Try Googling your local council for a definition of Site Cover. It looks like Blacktown council allows up to a 6.0m wide driveway so just ask your builder to change the plans. If you are just in the planning stage then there is no… 6 3892 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37743 |