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Building advice

Building or renovating your home is a big step. This section provides helpful tips, advice and answers to frequently asked questions.

Maintaining your home

Information about asbestos, decks and balustrades, smoke alarms, termites, stormwater and rainwater tanks.

Bushfire prone areas

The aim of the residential building standard for bushfire protection is to improve the ability of a building to withstand a wildfire attack.

Energy rating

Homes must have a range of energy and water saving features, which also save energy and costs.

Owner Builder

Owner Builder advice and application for Certificate of Consent

Fencing

Fencing requirements are regulated by the Victorian fences legislation. Find out more here about the rules relating to fencing between your your neighbour's property.

Swimming pools and spas

Information on swimming pools and spas, including permit requirements, and your responsibilities to maintain your safety barrier.

Essential Safety Measures

Maintaining your Essential Safety Measures in commercial buildings

Unsafe and illegal buildings

A number of issues arise from carrying out works without a building permit. Doing this can compromise the safety of occupants and cause problems with insurance, reselling and other legal matters.

Frequently asked questions

Find answers to frequently asked questions about building related matters.

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Central Goldfields Shire Council acknowledges the ancestors and descendants of the Dja Dja Wurrung. We acknowledge that their forebears are the Traditional Owners of the area we are on and have been for many thousands of years. The Djaara have performed age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal. We acknowledge their living culture and their unique role in the life of this region.

 

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