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Community road

Electricity usually nearby?		Check
Forestry approval required?		Yes
Shared development permitted?		No

A council-defined community road, usually joining two villages. If your land adjoins such a road, you can build according to one of several formulae which depend on the land area, from an allowed minimum of 100m2 up to a maximum of 200m2, and within 2.5-15 metres of the boundaries. One such formula is: Allowed built area = 100 + ((Land area - 750) ÷ 9) which, if applied to a plot of 1,500m2 would allow you to build up to 183m2.

Outside village limits

Electricity usually nearby?		Check
Forestry approval required?		Yes
Shared development permitted?		No

Outside the defined village limits, you must have a minimum of 4,000m2 land before you can build, up to a maximum of 200m2. You must also have 45 metres frontage onto a road, and in general have to build 15 metres from the boundaries - so be careful about the shape of any intended plot. If you cannot build at least 15 metres from the boundaries, you may be able to obtain an exemption whereby this is reduced to 7.5 metres, however some extra restrictions then apply. Planning rules now make it very difficult to sub-divide larger plots, e.g. 8,000m2 or 12,000m2.

Plot inside village limits

Electricity usually nearby?		Yes
Forestry approval required?		No
Shared development permitted?		Yes

By selling part of the garden of the adjacent house, this newly-created plot of 600m2 is more than the minimum 500m2 required. You could build up to 400m2 here, within 0-2.5 metres of your land boundaries.

Plot with existing house inside village limits

Electricity usually nearby?		Yes
Forestry approval required?		No
Shared development permitted?		Yes

On this 200m2 plot, you can build up to 240m2. With an existing house of 80m2, you could build a further 160m2 here, within 0-2.5 metres of the land boundaries.

Building zone outside village limits

Electricity usually nearby?		Check
Forestry approval required?		Yes
Shared development permitted?		No

Some villages have a council-defined building "zone", which usually extends 500-750 metres from the village limits. If a village has such a zone, you must have a minimum plot size of 2,000m2 and then can build up to 200m2 within 5 metres of your land boundaries.

Inside village limits

Electricity usually nearby?		Yes
Forestry approval required?		No
Shared development permitted?		Yes

Inside the defined village limits, you can build up to a maximum of 400m2 on a plot of 500m2. The building allowance for smaller plot sizes is as follows:

Land area m2	Build density
0-100	160%
101-200	80%
201-300	60%
Above 300	40%

You can build within 0-2.5 metres of your land boundaries.

Not a Community road

Electricity usually nearby?
Forestry approval required?
Shared development permitted?

For the purposes of this example, this is not a council-defined community road.

Small plot inside village limits

Electricity usually nearby?		Yes
Forestry approval required?		No
Shared development permitted?		Yes

Although this small plot is only 100m2 in area, there are documents to prove it existed in this form long before current planning rules, and so up to 160m2 can be built here within 0-2.5 metres of the land boundaries.

1,500m2 plot in the building zone

Electricity usually nearby?
Forestry approval required?
Shared development permitted?

You generally need a minimum of 2,000m2 to be able to build in the building zone, so this plot cannot be built on.

2,500m2 plot outside village limits

Electricity usually nearby?
Forestry approval required?
Shared development permitted?

You need a minimum of 4,000m2 to be able to build outside village limits, and this plot does not have frontage onto a defined community road, so it cannot be built on.

2,000m2 plot on community road

Electricity usually nearby?		Check
Forestry approval required?		Yes
Shared development permitted?		No

If your land fronts a defined community road, you can build according to various formula, from an allowed 100m2 minimum up to a maximum of 200m2. Depending on the shape of the plot, you have to build 2.5-15 metres from the boundaries.

4,000m2 plot outside village limits

Electricity usually nearby?		Check
Forestry approval required?		Yes
Shared development permitted?		No

You need a minimum of 4,000m2 to be able to build outside village limits, and council-defined road frontage of 25 metres - which this plot enjoys, so it can be built on within 15 metres of the land boundaries.