CDC, Construction Certificates, inspections and Occupation Certificates — with every document, booking and certificate tracked in one client portal. Sydney, the Central Coast, Newcastle and Wollongong.
Or call (02) 8772 4022 — we are happy to talk a project through.
Professional certification. Clear communication. Reliable service.
Certification gets difficult when documents, amendments, inspections and certificates are scattered across email threads and half-remembered phone calls. We keep the whole project in one place.
Project documents, approvals and certification information organised together rather than spread across inboxes.
You know what is required and what is still outstanding, in plain language, at any time.
Less unnecessary back-and-forth. Problems are raised while they are still cheap to fix.
Track the project from certification, through the inspections, to the Occupation Certificate.
From the first approval to the certificate that lets the building be occupied — carried the whole way by one certifier, or picked up from another. Every one of them runs through the same portal.
A combined planning and building approval in one certificate, determined by a private certifier without a development application to council.
When it is neededWhere the land and the design meet every complying development standard.
How we helpWe check the site and the title first, tell you honestly whether the pathway is open, then assess and issue — within 15 days of lodgement.
The second half of a council approval: confirmation that the construction drawings satisfy the Building Code of Australia and the consent conditions.
When it is neededAfter council grants development consent, before any building work starts.
How we helpWe read every condition at the start and list the ones that have to be satisfied before the certificate can issue.
The certifier responsible for the building work, attending the critical stage inspections through the build.
When it is neededAppointed by the owner before work starts — whoever issued the approval.
How we helpYou book each inspection in the portal as the work reaches it, and we send you the report and the site photographs afterwards.
The last certificate, and the one that lets the building be lawfully occupied, settled, let or insured.
When it is neededOnce the final inspection has passed and every compliance certificate is in.
How we helpWe track the outstanding compliance certificates as the build finishes, so the end of the job is not where the delay happens.
Two of the most common complying development pathways — a secondary dwelling, and a pool with its barrier.
When it is neededWhen the site itself, rather than the design, will decide the answer.
How we helpWe test the lot and the title before the drawings are committed, and carry the job through to the certificate of compliance.
A read of the land and the title before the design is finished, so you know which pathway is actually available.
When it is neededAt the cheapest possible moment — before a full set of drawings is paid for.
How we helpSend the address and the title documents and we will tell you what the site allows, and what would close the fast pathway.
Everything you need throughout your certification process — in one secure place.
Five things that decide whether a certification runs smoothly — and what we do about each of them.
A dedicated client portal carries the whole project — documents, amendments, inspection bookings and certificates — so nothing depends on finding the right email.
You get the full list of what is required at the start, and you always know what happens next. Problems are raised while they are still cheap to fix.
You deal with us, not a queue. Requirements in plain language, and a straight answer on what is still outstanding.
Registered to certify residential building work in New South Wales, from a single granny flat through to multi dwelling housing.
Every local government area in Greater Sydney, plus the Central Coast, Newcastle and Wollongong.
Five stages, in the order they actually happen. Nothing can be skipped — which is why it helps to know the order before you start.
The address, the type of work, and whatever plans exist. We come back with a fixed fee.
Title, survey, plans and engineering. We list everything missing at the start.
We assess the complete file and issue your CDC or Construction Certificate.
Critical stage inspections as the work reaches each point. You book, we confirm.
Final inspection passed and every certificate in — the building can be occupied.
Send us the property address and whatever plans exist. We will tell you which pathway your project is on and what it will cost.
What each of them actually gets out of it.
Understand the process without having to learn it. One list of what is needed, and a straight answer at every stage.
Keep certification, inspections and documentation moving without unnecessary administration.
Find the compliance problems while the design can still absorb them, rather than after the set is drawn.
Run several projects at once and see all of them in one place, each with its own live list of what is outstanding.
Refer a client with confidence. Ask to be given access to the project and you can see the same list they do.
How we work with the trade: problems raised at drawing stage, one contact who answers, and every project in one portal.
For builders and designers →Residential development of every kind. Not listed? Call us — a short conversation is usually enough.
Where the lot and the design meet the standards, a private certifier can determine the approval without going to council. The site decides, and the title is usually where it is decided.
We will tell you honestly whether the pathway looks open before you commit to drawings. No assessment can be guaranteed in advance.
Check CDC eligibilityHave these ready and the assessment moves quickly. Almost every delay in certification is a missing document rather than a slow assessment.
For a Construction Certificate we also need the development consent council issued and the conditions attached to it.
All 33 Greater Sydney local government areas, plus the Central Coast, Newcastle and Wollongong. For a CDC the council makes no difference to the pathway — the site does.
See all areas we coverA private building certification business based in Yagoona, working with homeowners, builders, architects, developers and drafting companies across New South Wales.
We carry residential projects from the first approval through the inspections to the Occupation Certificate — and can act as Principal Certifier on work approved elsewhere.
Figures you can plan a construction program around.
Issued within 15 days of the lodgement date.
Can be issued promptly once all required documentation is complete.
A few details are enough to quote most residential projects. We come back with a fixed fee. No obligation.
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A private certifier is a professional registered to assess and certify building work against the relevant legislation and the Building Code of Australia. A certifier has to be appointed for building work, and it is the owner who makes that appointment.
A Complying Development Certificate is a combined planning and building approval in one document. It applies where the work meets the fixed standards set out in the State planning policy for complying development. Because those standards are fixed, the proposal is measured against them rather than judged on merit — which is why a private certifier can determine it without a development application to council.
Where council has already granted development consent, the Construction Certificate is the second half of the approval. It confirms the construction drawings and specifications satisfy the Building Code of Australia and the conditions council attached to that consent. It has to be issued before building work begins.
Before building work starts. The Principal Certifier is appointed by the owner, carries out the critical stage inspections during construction, and decides at the end whether an Occupation Certificate can be issued. You do not have to appoint the certifier who issued your approval.
Inspections are mandatory at set points in the build, and they have to happen before the next stage covers the previous one. For a typical residential project that means the footings before the pour, the reinforcement in place, the frame once it is up, wet area waterproofing before tiling, stormwater drainage, a pool barrier where there is one, and the final inspection. The exact schedule depends on what is being built and what your approval requires.
The last certificate, and the one that matters at the end. It is issued once the final inspection has been passed and every compliance certificate has been received. Until it is issued the building may not lawfully be occupied, which generally also means it cannot be settled, let or insured as a completed dwelling.
We issue a Complying Development Certificate within 15 days of the lodgement date where the application is complete, and a Construction Certificate promptly once all required documentation is complete. In practice the timeline is set by how quickly the documents are gathered rather than by the assessment.
For a CDC: a title search, a section 10.7 planning certificate, the 88B instrument and any covenant on the title, a survey, architectural plans, structural plans and stormwater plans. For a Construction Certificate we also need the development consent and evidence that its pre-construction conditions have been satisfied.
It depends on the land and the design. Complying development is not available on every site — a heritage item or conservation area, certain flood or bushfire constraints, and some environmentally sensitive land can each exclude it, as can a covenant or easement on the title. Where a standard is missed, the project has to be redesigned to comply or lodged with council as a development application. Send us the address and the title documents and we will tell you which applies before you spend money on it.
Yes. The owner appoints the Principal Certifier, and that appointment is separate from who issued the CDC or Construction Certificate. We regularly take on projects approved elsewhere.
Send us the address and whatever plans exist. We will tell you which pathway your project is on, what is needed, and what it will cost.