Demolition Permits in Ballarat: Report and Consent, Surveyors and Heritage
Who approves what in Victoria
- Building surveyor. Issues the building permit for demolition.
- City of Ballarat: report and consent (s29A). Required where demolition, over three years, would remove more than half the building's volume, or affect any part of a street-facing facade (including verandahs, chimneys and roof planes).
- Planning permit. Often required in a Heritage Overlay. Council will not give consent if a required planning permit has not been obtained.
- Service authorities. Power, gas, water and sewer are abolished or disconnected by the relevant authorities and licensed trades.
- Asbestos. It must be identified and, so far as reasonably practicable, removed before domestic demolition. Licensed removal is required above 10 m² of non-friable asbestos, and for any friable asbestos.
Heritage in Ballarat
Large parts of Ballarat sit in heritage precincts. Check the overlay before you sign a building contract, because heritage demolition can take months.
Sources
- https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/vic/consol_act/ba199391/s29a.html
- https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/
- https://www.asbestos.vic.gov.au/
- https://www.vba.vic.gov.au/
- https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/
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