BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - SCHEDULE 4
BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - SCHEDULE 4
[r. 41]
1 . Areas where building permit not required for
certain work
Table
Column 1 Local government district |
Column 2 Area where building permit not required for building work for Class 10
building or incidental structure |
Column 3 Area where building permit not required for building work for building other
than Class 10 building or incidental structure |
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Broomehill‑ |
Whole district other than — (a) townsites; (b) Broomehill Suburban Lots 362, 363, 372 to 423,
427 to 432, 438, 445, 446, 603 to 605, 609 and 610; (c) Lots 17 to 24 being portion of Kojonup
Location 256; (d) Kojonup Location 1671; (e) Reserves 8163, 10285, 10431 and 17230; (f) area that was district of Tambellup
immediately before 1 July 2008 | |
Bruce Rock |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Carnarvon |
Gascoyne‑Minilya Ward | |
Corrigin |
Whole district other than townsite of Corrigin | |
Cranbrook |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Cue |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Cunderdin |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Dalwallinu |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Dandaragan |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Derby‑West Kimberley |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Dowerin |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Dumbleyung |
Whole district other than townsites of Dumbleyung, Kukerin | |
Esperance |
Whole district other than — (a) townsites; (b) lots measuring 10 ha or less | |
Gnowangerup |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Greater Geraldton |
Mullewa Ward other than townsites | |
Jerramungup |
Areas zoned rural by a local planning scheme | |
Kellerberrin |
Whole district other than townsites of Kellerberrin, Doodlakine and Baandee |
|
Kent |
Whole district other than townsites of Nyabing, Pingrup |
Whole district other than townsites of Nyabing, Pingrup |
Kojonup |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Koorda |
Whole district other than — (a) townsites; (b) Avon location 16386 | |
Lake Grace |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Laverton |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Leonora |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Meekatharra |
Whole district other than townsites |
Whole district other than townsites |
Menzies |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Merredin |
Whole district other than townsites of Burracoppin, Hines Hill, Korbel,
Merredin, Muntadgin, Nangeenan, Nokaning, Nukarni | |
Mingenew |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Moora |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Morawa |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Mt Marshall |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Mt Magnet |
Whole district other than townsites |
Whole district other than townsites |
Mukinbudin |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Murchison |
Whole district |
Whole district |
Murray |
Areas zoned rural by local laws or a local planning scheme | |
Narembeen |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Narrogin |
Areas zoned for farming purposes by a local planning scheme | |
Nungarin |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Perenjori |
Whole district other than — (a) townsites; (b) areas subject to local planning schemes | |
Port Hedland |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Ravensthorpe |
Areas zoned general agricultural by a local planning scheme | |
Sandstone |
Whole district other than townsites in Sandstone Ward |
Whole district other than Sandstone Ward |
Tammin |
Whole district other than townsite of Tammin | |
Three Springs |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Trayning |
Whole district other than townsites of Trayning, Kununoppin, Yelbeni |
Whole district other than townsites of Trayning, Kununoppin, Yelbeni |
Wagin |
Whole district other than — (a) townsites in Town Ward; (b) Williams loc. 440, 507, 545, 618, 945, 1165 or
5330 | |
Wandering |
Whole district other than — (a) townsite of Wandering; | |
West Arthur |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Wickepin |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Williams |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Wiluna |
Whole district other than townsite of Wiluna | |
Wongan‑Ballidu |
Whole district other than townsites of Wongan Hills, Ballidu, Cadoux, Kondut,
Burakin |
Whole district other than townsites of Wongan Hills, Ballidu, Cadoux, Kondut,
Burakin |
Woodanilling |
Whole district other than townsite of Woodanilling | |
Yalgoo |
Whole district other than townsites | |
Yilgarn |
Whole district other than townsites |
Whole district other than townsites |
[Clause 1 amended: Gazette
22 Dec 2017 p. 5973‑4.]
2 . Kinds of building work for which a building
permit is not required
In this
clause —
pergola means an open structure that does not have
a roof but may have a covering of open weave permeable material.
Table
Item |
Description of building work for which building permit is not required |
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1. |
Construction, erection, assembly or placement of a freestanding Class 10a
building that — (a) has a floor area not exceeding 10 m 2 ;
and (b) is no more than 2.4 m in height; and (c) is not located in wind region C or D as
defined in AS 1170.2. |
2. |
Renovation, alteration, improvement, repair or maintenance of a building or
incidental structure if the building work — (a) will not adversely affect the structural
soundness of the building or incidental structure and does not
include — (i)
an increase or decrease in the floor area or height of
the building or incidental structure; or (ii)
underpinning or replacement of footings; or |
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(iii)
the removal or alteration of any element of the building
or incidental structure that is contributing to the support of any other
element of the building or incidental structure; |
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(b) is done using materials commonly used for the
same purpose as the material being replaced; and |
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(c) will not change the use or classification of
the building or incidental structure; and |
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(d) will not adversely affect the safety and
health of the occupants or other users of the building or incidental structure
or of the public; and |
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(e) will not affect the way in which the building
or incidental structure complies with each building standard that applies to
the building or incidental structure; and |
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(f) is not work of a kind to which
section 76, 77, 78 or 79 relates; and |
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(g) is not subject to an order, agreement or
permit under the Heritage Act. |
3. |
Construction, erection, assembly or placement of a temporary office, shed or
sanitary facility to be used by a builder in connection with building work
carried out on the land on which the office, shed or sanitary facility is, or
is proposed to be, located. |
4. |
Construction, erection, assembly or placement of a fence, screen or similar
structure, other than a fence forming part of a barrier to a private swimming
pool, if — (a) the fence, screen or similar structure is
constructed in accordance with a local law made under the
Local Government Act 1995 section 9.60 that applies to the
construction of the fence, screen or similar structure in the district in
which the fence, screen or similar structure is, or is to be, located; or (b) the fence, screen or similar structure is, or
is to be, located in a district in which there is no local law of a type
referred to in paragraph (a) and the fence, screen or similar
structure — (i)
if constructed of masonry, is no more than 0.75 m in
height; and (ii)
if constructed of a material other than masonry, is no
more than 1.8 m in height; and (iii)
is not located in wind region C or D as defined in
AS 1170.2. |
5. |
Construction, erection, assembly or placement of a mast, antenna or similar
structure that — (a) is not located in wind region C or D as
defined in AS 1170.2; and |
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(b) if attached to a building — (i)
is no more than 2 m in height above the highest point of
attachment to the building; and (ii)
will not affect the way in which the building complies
with each building standard that applies to the building; |
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(c) if not attached to a building, is no more than
3 m in height. |
6. |
Construction, erection, assembly or placement of a retaining wall
that — (a) retains ground no more than 0.5 m in height;
and (b) is not associated with other building work or
with the protection of land adjoining the land on which the retaining wall is
located; and (c) is not work of a kind to which
section 76, 77, 78 or 79 relates. |
7. |
Construction, erection, assembly or placement of a pergola associated with a
Class 1 building that — (a) is no more than 2.4 m in height; and (b) is not located in wind region C or D as
defined in AS 1170.2; and (c) covers an area not exceeding 20 m 2 . |
8. |
Construction, erection, assembly or placement of a water storage tank with a
capacity of 5 000 L or less. |
9. |
Building work for a park home or annexe as those terms are defined in the
Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 section 5(1). |
9A. |
Building work for a manufactured home or attachment as those terms are defined
in the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Regulations 1997
regulation 40A. |
10. |
Attachment of photovoltaic panels or solar hot water systems to the roof of a
Class 1 or Class 10a building that is not located in wind region C or D
as defined in AS 1170.2. |
11. |
Building work for which a building licence was not required under the former
provisions if, before commencement day — (a) the on‑site building work had commenced;
or (b) a contract to carry out the building work was
entered into. |
12. |
Building work for buildings owned or occupied by, or under the control or
management of the Crown in right of the State or a department, agency or
instrumentality of the Crown in right of the State that — (a) commences before 30 June 2017; and (b) has, when it commences, an estimated value of
less than $50 000. |
13. |
The installation of a roof mounted evaporative cooling unit on a building or
incidental structure if — (a) the building or incidental structure is not
located in a bush fire prone area; or (b) the building is a Class 4 to Class 9
building; or (c) the building or incidental structure is
located in a bush fire prone area and the BAL for the building site is
BAL‑Low; or |
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(d) the building or incidental
structure — (i)
is located in a bush fire prone area; and |
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(ii)
the BAL for the building site is BAL‑12.5,
BAL‑19 or BAL‑29; and |
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(iii)
the installation of the evaporative cooling unit complies
with the requirements for roof penetration in respect of the building or
incidental structure set out in AS 3959. |
[Clause 2 amended: Gazette 15 Jun 2012
p. 2515; 18 Dec 2012 p. 6576; 24 Apr 2014
p. 1141; 5 Apr 2016 p. 1021; 15 Apr 2016
p. 1172; SL 2020/11 r. 4.]