Relevant rules in the Regulation:
- Schedule 1, Part 1.4, Division 1.4.3, Section 1.61.
Signs attached to buildings, other structures and land do need DA approval if:
- the sign is put up, attached or displayed in such a way that the sign cannot be removed without:- for a sign attached to or displayed on a building or other structure—damaging the sign, building or structure or unfastening the sign; and
- for a sign put up or displayed on the ground—disturbing the ground; and
 
- the sign is of a type mentioned in part 1.6 (Tables of exempt signs) and is located in a zone for which the letter ‘A’ appears in the column for the zone in which the building, structure or land is located; and
- the sign complies with a relevant signs development control
Note: type, for a sign, means the sign type for the sign in a relevant signs development control.