Relevant rules in the Regulation:

  • Schedule 1, Part 1.4, Division 1.4.2, Section 1.52.

Examples of dish antennas may include:

  • satellite dishes for receiving TV signals and sending signals to satellite
  • microwave receiving dishes for wireless voice and data, or
  • satellite dishes for wireless internet services.

A dish antenna doesn't need DA approval if:

  • it's a parabolic antenna with a solid, wire or mesh dish
  • it’s mounted on the ground, and:
    • the diameter is no more than 1.55m
    • the height is no more than 3m above datum ground level.
  • it’s mounted externally on a building in a residential area:
    • the diameter must not be more than 0.65m, and
    • the distance from the highest point of the antenna to the closest point on the roof is no more than 1.5m. This applies if the building is a single dwelling, and the closest point of the dwelling’s roof to the antenna is lower than the highest point of the antenna.
  • it's externally mounted on a building in a non-residential area:
    • the diameter is no more than 1.55m
    • the distance from the highest point of the antenna and the closest point on the roof is not more than 2m. This applies if the closest point of the building's roof to the antenna is lower than the highest point of the antenna, and
    • the antenna's colour matches the colour of the building, or is the manufactured colour.
  • it meets or complies with the general exemption criteria.

Satellite dishes are class 10 buildings. Extra criteria apply if you build 2 exempt class 10 structures within 1.5m of a side or rear block boundary.

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