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Ponds

Relevant rules in the Regulation:

Schedule 1, Part 1.4, Division 1.4.2, Section 1.56.

Examples of ponds that aren’t inside buildings include:

fish ponds
water storage ponds
ponds for water features, and
fountain ponds.

A pond doesn’t need DA approval if:

it isn’t used for swimming, wading or bathing
the water depth is no more than 300mm deep
no part of the pond is between a front boundary and a building line for the block
no part is within 1.5m of a side boundary or rear boundary for the block, and
it meets all the relevant general exemption criteria.

Also see: pond BA exemptions.

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