My Jandson Home Project: Milestone 1
Development Application
Objective of this milestone: Submit the Development Application to Council
What you have to do
What we have to do
Week 1
- Complete the colour selection template and BASIX questionnaire and send them to us.
- Send you an introduction letter, external colour selection template, and BASIX questionnaire.
- Order a full survey of the site.
- Order a 149 Certificate from Council to identify specific requirements for your site.
- Order a demolition quote if necessary.
Weeks 2-3
- Organise and complete demolition selection, and return to us for detailing on the Development Application.
- Prepare working drawings showing all requested variations and amendments. Send the working drawings to you.
Week 4
- Review the working drawings. Return them to us approved or showing any corrections required.
- Make an appointment with your Lender to get pre-approval.
- Finalise any outstanding variations for inclusion with development application. Any further changes become expensive after NatHERS and BASIX assessments are completed.
- Order NatHERS and BASIX certificates and assessment requirements, based on your completed BASIX questionnaire and external colour template.
Week 5
- Make appointment with Colour Consultant for internal colour selections.
- Order your landscaping details, and hydraulic details if required, for the Development Application.
- Order any additional reports required by Council. (The requirements vary between Councils.)
Week 6
If you currently live in the house to be demolished —
- Finalise your temporary accommodation requirements.
- Budget your relocation costs.
- Tell the Post Office, and anyone else who needs to know, about your change of address.
- Organise interim schooling if necessary.
- Prepare Council lodgement plans.
- Submit the Development Application to Council.
Week 7 onwards
We strongly recommend that you do not start demolition before the Development Application has been approved.
- Pursue the Development Application through Council until approved.
Documents
149 Certificate: a document issued by Council providing official information about your building site, its zoning, how it may be developed, and any restrictions on development.
BASIX Certificate: a document that we include with the Development Application, showing that your new home will meet energy efficiency and water usage targets. Click here for more information.
BASIX Questionnaire: a form for you to complete, providing information we need in order to prepare the BASIX Certificate..
Development Application: a document that we submit to Council, seeking approval to construct your new home.
External colour template: a form for you to complete, specifying the external colour scheme for your new home. We need this information to prepare the BASIX Certificate.
NatHERS Certificate: a document that we prepare, showing the thermal comfort rating of your new home. This document forms part of the BASIX Certificate. All new homes must achieve a minimum 3.5 star energy efficiency rating.








