Renovation & relocations regulatory requirements
Type of work Compliance
required		 Entire building
to comply?		 Building surveyor discretion?
Building renovation work including extensions less than
(the lesser of) 1000m2 or 25% of existing floor area		 YES NO* YES
Building renovation work that represents more than
50% of the original volume of the building (including
the re-erection of an existing dwelling)		 YES YES YES^
(discretion applies to compliance of both the
alteration work and the remainder of the building)
Building renovation work that is an extension of floor
area greater than (the lesser of) 25% of floor area of
the existing building or 1000m2		 YES NO* NO

 

* Subject to the alteration not triggering the 50% rule
^ If the alteration includes an extension that exceeds the size described in the row below, the discretion only applies to the requirement to bring the remainder of the building into compliance.

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