Building permits can require much more than an application. Plans, engineering, soil reports, authority consents and other supporting documentation may all be required before your permit can be issued.
Pool Safety Network coordinates what's required for your project and brings it together to deliver your building permit.
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Specialists in Pools, Spas, Decks & Sheds
Whether you're adding a pool or transforming your entire backyard, we can coordinate the building permit requirements for a range of residential projects.
Every project and property is different. Rather than handing you a checklist and leaving you to coordinate it, we identify what your project requires and manage the relevant components within our service.
We prepare the plans and documentation required to support your building permit application.
Where engineering is required, we coordinate the relevant structural documentation for your project.
Where required, we arrange the soil testing needed to inform engineering and permit documentation.
Where your project requires additional consents or approvals, we coordinate them as part of the permit process.
We bring the required documentation together, coordinate the application and manage the process through to permit issue.
Everything you need to get compliant and stay compliant, handled by one team from start to finish.
Complete our free 2-minute assessment so we can understand what you're planning to build.
We review your project and property to establish the plans, consultants, reports and approvals likely to be required.
Our team coordinates the documentation, consultants and relevant authority consents required for the permit.
We coordinate the application through the building permit process and keep you informed as it progresses.
A building surveyor is an essential part of the building permit process. Their role is to assess the application and issue the building permit when the requirements have been satisfied.
Which approach is right for you?
Engage a Building Surveyor Directly
Engage Pool Safety Network
Building permit assessment & issue
You arrange
Project plans
You arrange
Structural engineering
You arrange
Soil testing where required
You arrange
Authority consents
You arrange
Additional information requests
You coordinate
Consultants
You manage
Permit documentation
You bring together
Main point of contact
Multiple parties
Best suited to
Comfortable coordinating the permit yourself
* NOTE: Before the permit can be issued, your project may require plans, engineering, reports, authority consents and other documentation. You can manage those requirements yourself, engage a building surveyor directly, or engage Pool Safety Network to coordinate the complete permit package for you.
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Have questions about building permits? Find answers to the most common questions about requirements, costs, timelines and how we can help coordinate the entire permit process for your project.
Most pools, spas, decks, pergolas, sheds and retaining walls over a certain size require a building permit. Complete our free 2-minute assessment to find out what applies to your project.
Cost depends on your project scope and what's required — plans, engineering, soil testing and authority consents can all affect the total. We'll give you a clear quote after your assessment.
You can — a surveyor issues the permit itself. We're for people who'd rather have one team coordinate the plans, engineering, consents and documentation around it, instead of managing each part themselves.
Yes — we prepare the plans and documentation required to support your building permit application.
Where structural engineering is required, we coordinate that documentation as part of your permit package.
We identify where additional consents are required and coordinate them as part of the permit process.
Yes, where your project requires planning approval in addition to a building permit, we can coordinate this too.
Absolutely, we assist a lot of owner builders obtain their building permits.
Timeframes vary by project and council, but we'll give you an estimated timeline once we understand your project’s scope. We can also advise any opportunities to modify the design to minimise council approval time.
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