- Development Applications
- Development Information for the Community
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Building and Construction
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Building and Development Information Guides
- Advertising Signage
- Air Conditioning
- Asbestos
- Boarding Houses and Co-living
- Building Height Explained
- Carport
- Change of Use
- Demolition
- Fences
- Fire Places - Domestic Oil and Solid Fuel Heating
- Garage
- Home Based Commercial Enterprises (HBCE)
- Home Building Compensation Fund (HBCF)
- Lead Paint
- Mobile Business
- Owner Builders
- Pollution Signs
- Retaining Wall
- Secondary Dwellings - Granny Flats
- Shed
- Shipping Containers
- Short Term Rental Accommodation
- Studio
- Solar Panels
- Subdivision
- Swimming Pool/ Spa
- Temporary Events and Uses on Private Land
- Tiny Houses
- Construction Certificates
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- Principal Certifier, Building Inspections and Occupation Certificates
- Road Naming
- S10.7 Planning Certificates
- Street Numbering
- Swimming Pool Requirements
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Building and Development Information Guides
- Strategic Land Use Planning
What is a studio?
A detached studio is a habitable building that is generally used by members of the household for purposes ancillary to a dwelling house, such as a home office, games room, art studio, or guest room, but is not a secondary dwelling (granny flat) or a space that can be rented separately from the main dwelling.
Under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes), a detached studio is defined as:
- Is established in conjunction with a dwelling house,
- Is on the same lot of land as the dwelling house,
- Is separate from the dwelling house,
- Is not used as a separate dwelling house, and
- Does not contain any cooking facilities
Yes, a studio will require development consent prior to construction. Consent can be obtained either be a Complying Development Certificate or a Development Application.
To complete a Complying Development Certificate the development must comply with Part 3, Housing Code, State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008.
Alternatively, Development Application may be lodged and will need to comply with relevant sections of the Newcastle Development Control Plan (DCP), including Section D2.
Designing the development and applying for development consent are the next steps.
You can engage the help of a development professional such as a town planning consultant, building surveyor/certifier, architect or draftsperson to help you through your development process.
