Before you begin any building or construction work that requires a Development Application (DA), you will need to draft plans.
These should be completed by a professional draftsperson or architect.
What plans and drawings do I need to provide?
The following is a general guide to the types of plans you may need to prepare:
- Scaled site plans, floor plans and elevations - generally required for all applications.
- Survey plan - required for new buildings, major alterations and first-floor additions to existing buildings (particularly on steeply sloping sites), swimming pools over 500mm above the ground, earthworks, landscaping and subdivisions.
- Landscape plan - required for all new single dwellings, multi-unit housing, commercial and industrial development.
- Drainage plan - required for all new buildings as well as alterations and additions that involve changes to stormwater drainage.
- Site Analysis plan - required for all applications that involve external building work, except minor additions and outbuildings.
- A4-sized site plan and elevations - required for all applications for the purpose of neighbour notifications.
- Construction Management Details - required for all development involving construction or other work.
- Subdivision plan - required for all applications involving subdivision.
- Shadow diagrams - required for all new buildings and additions two or more storeys in height.
- Operational Waste Management plan - PDF - 969 KB - required for major development involving multi-dwellings or residential flat buildings.
ePlanning Service
For enquiries regarding the lodgement of an application, call 02 9710 0040 or email Council’s ePlanning Team.
Further information and more detailed descriptions of the DA requirements are available in the Sutherland Shire Development Application Guide.