Front Counter Services
We are moving from CBD to Parap
The Department of Lands and Planning business units located at Cavenagh House will be moving to Arnhemica House in Parap in early 2012.
Business units included in this move are:
- Building Advisory Services
- Development Assessment Services
- Land Administration
- Strategic Lands and Planning.
There will be customer and staff car parking available at Arnhemica House and extra parking off site.
How to Access Building Files
Please note there is a $5.00 access fee
What is held on a Building File
- Drainage Plans
- Site Plans
- Floor Plans
- Building Permits
- Occupancy Permits
- Inspection Reports
- Pest Control Certificates
- Engineering Certificates
Provide Photocopies to the Public
Building files can not be taken off site. However, Building Advisory Services staff can provide photocopies of records held on the building file.
Photocopy charges are:
| Access to Building files | $5.00 per Lot number |
| A4 sheets | $1.70 per sheet |
| A3 sheets | $2.50 per sheet |
| A1 & A2 sheets | $7.50 per sheet |
| AO sheet | $9.50 per sheet |
GST does not apply to photocopies.
Sale of Documents
Building Advisory Services Branch sells a range of compliance documentation books:
- Building Inspection record
- Plumbers and Drainers Certification
- Section 69 Declaration of Builder
- Section 40 Certificate of compliance
Zoning
What zone can I build in?
Contact the Lands Titles Office to purchase a title search on your property, this will provide you with zoning for your parcel of land.
Contact Development Assessment Services for further information on Zoning Maps.





