Relevant rules in the Regulation:

  • Schedule 1, Part 1.4, Division 1.4.9, Section 1.136.

If DA approval is required for a home business, it's given for 5 years. A home business (conducted from a residential lease) doesn't need DA approval if:

  • no more than 2 people work on the premises at any time
  • anyone who works on the premises also lives there
  • the area used for the business (including storage) is not more than 40m2
  • any vehicles parked at the home business are in a driveway, garage, carport or location away from the road
  • all goods and materials business (other than goods or materials kept on another lease) are:
    • stored in buildings or structures that are on the lease, and
    • not seen from outside the lease.
  • the business does not bring more than 5 vehicles to the premises each day (averaged over a period of 7 days).

Note: the conduct of the business must follow the Environment Protection Act 1997.

Even if your home business is exempt from DA, you may need DA for any related development. For example, new building work, site works, or signage.

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