{"id":14,"date":"2021-09-25T23:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T23:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:43:42","slug":"approval-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"Approval Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><u>Key words:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignleft is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Private Certifying Authority<\/td><td><strong>PCA<\/strong> (usually called Certifiers)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Development Application <\/td><td><strong>DA<\/strong> (can only be issued by Council)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Construction Certificate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><td><strong>CC<\/strong>\u00a0(can be issued by Council <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> a PCA)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Complying Development Certificate<\/td><td><strong>CDC<\/strong> (issued by Council <strong><em>or<\/em><\/strong> a PCA)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Development Control Plan<\/td><td><strong>DCP<\/strong> (varies for all councils)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Local Environmental Plan<\/td><td><strong>LEP <\/strong>(varies for all councils)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>State Environmental Planning Policy<\/td><td><strong>SEPP (<\/strong>state Government compliance)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If lodging a Development Application (DA) with Council then you need to have the DA approved by council first and follow that with a Construction Certificate (CC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is crucial to be aware that you can only commence construction after the CC is approved, as constructing before you have CC approval is not legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Complying Development Certificate (CDC) is generally the equivalent of a DA + CC and hence the cost and documentation involved in the preparation\/submission of a CDC is roughly equivalent to that of a DA + CC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If lodging a submission as a CDC, <strong>ALL DOCUMENTATION<\/strong> needs to be prepared and submitted to the Certifying Body 100% upfront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council does not normally get involved in the assessment process for a CDC if you are engaging a Private Certifier, except under very special circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key words: Private Certifying Authority PCA (usually called Certifiers) Development Application DA (can only be issued by Council)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Construction Certificate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CC\u00a0(can be issued by Council or a PCA) Complying Development Certificate CDC (issued by Council or a PCA) Development Control Plan DCP (varies for all councils) Local Environmental Plan LEP (varies for all councils) State Environmental Planning Policy SEPP (state Government compliance) If lodging a Development Application (DA) with Council then you need to have the DA approved by council first and follow that with a Construction Certificate (CC). It is crucial to be aware that you can only commence construction after the CC is approved, as constructing before you have CC approval is not legal. A Complying Development Certificate (CDC) is generally the equivalent of a DA + CC and hence the cost and documentation involved in the preparation\/submission of a CDC is roughly equivalent to that of a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/?page_id=14\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronjamesdesigns.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}