Complying Development

8 - Complying Development

Complying Development

Building Alterations (External)

When: It is a new or replacement shopfront or window; or a new or replacement awning carried out at ground floor or at awning level only and meets the specification of what is and what is not complying development, as outlined below:

  • No increase in the floor area of the building
  • The work complies with the deemed to satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia
  • The changes must not result in a reduction to the existing carparking levels or landscaping
  • The work must be carried out at awning or ground floor level only
  • The external alterations to shopfronts must not be carried out over public property
  • Building/use must be an existing approved use
  • The work must not compromise fire safety or affect accessibility to a fire exit