Confirmed
We hold the official wording, a link to the source and a check date. A rule missing any of the three is shown as not confirmed, even if someone marked it confirmed.
Checked, dated, sourced
How we check things
Every rule, price and builder detail here carries its source and the date we checked it. Where we have not checked, the page says so.
Council rules
We read the council's own planning scheme, local law or web page, and copy the official wording word for word. The plain-language answer sits beside the quote, with a link to the document and the date we checked it.
Each council is checked on six separate permissions: planning, building, local law, wastewater, transport and short stay. A yes on one says nothing about the others.
What the labels mean
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Not confirmed
We have not confirmed it. This is never a no. It means ask the council before you rely on it.
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Sources disagree
Two official sources give different answers. We show both and say so, and we do not pick one.
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Review due
Every confirmed rule has a next review date. Within 30 days of that date, or once it has passed, the rule is marked as due for a recheck.
Prices
A price is shown with whether it includes GST, which build stage it covers (trailer only, shell, lockup, kit or turnkey), whether it is advertised, quoted or estimated, and the date we saw it. Prices for different stages are never averaged together. Older prices stay on record and are marked as superseded.
The cost tool starts from ranges, which are estimates and not quotes. A figure you type in is treated as your quote.
Builders
A builder is listed after we check its identity, its role and whether it is operating. The operating status shows the date it was last checked. A builder we have not checked shows as not checked, not as operating.
A business description appears only when we know who wrote it. It is labelled as supplied by the business or written by our staff.
Payment
Payment is not an input to any ranking, ordering or match. A builder cannot pay for a better position, a longer profile or a different label.
Gaps
We do not fill a gap with a guess. Pages with little behind them say how little. Counts are published only when we have them, and a list that is empty says it is empty.
Asking for a correction
The correction channel is not open yet. When it opens it will be listed here, and a correction needs the page address, what is wrong and a link to the official source.
This site gives general information. It is not legal, planning, financial or building advice.