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We have significant experience dealing with development proposals relating to both new houses and alterations to existing houses. Experience gained during working for inner Sydney Councils (particularly City of Sydney/South Sydney, Woollahra, Waverley and Bayside Councils) has resulted in specific knowledge and experience in dealing with residential developments in Central Sydney, the Eastern Suburbs and the Inner West. We specialise in providing the mandatory reports required for your DA or CDC for both town planning and heritage requirements. A particular specialism of our company is to be able (and qualified) to provide advice in these areas through our experience and knowledge.

We have staff that specialise in both planning and heritage requirements and are in a unique position to provide services that require these specialist inputs.  We provide both planning reports (referred to as Statement of Environmental Effects or Complying Development Certificate reports) and heritage reports (referred to as Heritage Impact Statements).

Much of these Inner Sydney areas are within Heritage Conservation Areas.  In general terms Councils allow the renovation of older housing stock, recognising that older housing does not always provide for contemporary amenity requirements. However these works need to be carried out in a manner that is respectful to the form of the traditional dwelling. As such development proposals need to be mindful of each Council’s particular requirements.

Councils also seek to ensure that new dwellings and alterations to dwellings do not unreasonably impact surrounding sites and will seek to ensure that new development does not significantly impact on neighbour’s outlook, privacy or sunlight. Again each Council has its own rules and approaches to these requirements.

Call us should you want to build or alter your existing home.