Character Provisions Brochure (PDF, 116 kb) - Ipswich City Council

Incentives and
Encouragement
The Ipswich Planning Scheme Character provisions
include a comprehensive package of incentive and
encouragement measures, including the following:
1. Free information kit for Ipswich residents and
property owners.
2. The appointment of a conservation architect to give
free advice to property owners.
3. A wide range of historical information in the form
of heritage trails, sketch books and education kits.
4. Waiving of certain application fees.
5. An on-going, annual system of heritage awards.
What approvals are
required?
Many works on Character Places do not require any
form of ‘special’ planning approval. [’Normal’ building
works approval under the Standard Building Regulation may
still be required, in the same manner for ‘non-listed’
places].
No special planning approvals are required (i.e. the
development is exempt)if you wish to:
(1) Undertake maintenance work.
(2) Demolish, remove, repair, add to or alter most post
1, 2
1947 buildings.
(3) Do repair work, which restores a building to its
previous condition or to its original condition. 3
(4) Undertake internal building works, unless the interior
is specifically listed. 3
(5) Undertake external works on the rear of a building
where the extension can not be readily seen from an
adjoining street or public right of way and it does not
increase the gross floor area of the existing building by
more than 50%. 2
(6) Close in a verandah where the verandah does not
face the street, the original fabric is retained and the
work is capable of being reversed. 2
(7) Replace stumps. 3
2
(8) Raise or lower a building by 750mm or less.
(9) Close in underneath a building provided the work is
screened with timber battens from view of an
adjoining street or public right of way, and set back
for the full depth of all open or enclosed verandahs or
set back 1.0 metre from the upper level of an exterior
wall where there is no verandah. 2
(10) Erect a Class 10 building (outbuilding), where the
main building on-site was erected after 1947 or
where the outbuilding is situated at the rear of the
main building. 1, 2
2
(11) Erect an open carport at the side of the main
building provided the carport:
(a) is a maximum of 3.5 metres wide;
(b) has a roof pitch which is a minimum of 15
degrees;
(c) has a gable or hip roof form; and
(d) contains corrugated metal roofing material or
matches the roofing material used on the main
building.
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(12) Erect an open carport in front of the main building
provided the carport:
(a) is detached from the main building;
(b) is a maximum of 3.5 metres wide;
(c) has a roof pitch which matches the main
building's predominant roof pitch;
(d) has a roof overhang that is a minimum of
300mm;
(e) has a gable or hip roof form;
(f) has 100mm x 100mm support posts;
(g) contains corrugated metal roofing material or
matches the roofing material used on the main
building; and
(h) has a quad gutter profile or matches the gutter
profile used on the main building.
(13) Erect an unroofed pergola or an ornamental garden
structure. 3
(14) Install a sunhood over a window or door. 3
(15) Relocate a building sideways on a lot in order to
remove an encroachment across a property
boundary or to achieve a minimum side boundary
clearance under the Standard Building Regulation. 2
3
(16) Build a fence to the side or rear boundary of a
property or a front (ie. street) boundary fence which
is:
(a)
(b)
1.2 metres or less in height; or
between 1.2 and 2.0 metres in height,
provided either the materials or the method of
construction used provides for a minimum
30% transparency.
No Ipswich City Council planning approval is required
where approval has already been obtained for the work
under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. 3
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Approval is required via the Impact Assessable process
if you wish to:
1. Erect a new building, which can be readily seen from
an adjoining street or public right of way, other than a
single dwelling or Class 10 outbuilding.
2. Demolish or relocate a building where the criteria for
exempt (see above)or code assessable (see below) do
not apply.
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Approval is required via the Code Assessable process
if you wish to:
1. Demolish a building or part of a building which has
been damaged or destroyed.
2. Demolish 20% or less of the fabric of the building.
3. Undertake a use or do works that does not conform
with the Impact Assessable criteria or Exempt criteria
above.
Footnotes
1
Please check with Council’s Planning Branch, as
some special exemptions may apply.
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3
4
5
Building works approval will be required under the
Standard Building Regulations.
Building works approval may be required under the
Standard Building Regulations, depending on the
precise nature and scale of the works.
Public Notification of the application is required.
No Public Notification of the application is required.