Standards / legislation applicable to the below checklists:
- See list of state-based legislation and environmental exceptions
- AS/NZS 4200.1:2017: Pliable building membranes and underlays
- Re "daylight size" = AS 1288-2006: Selection and installation / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_factor
- Performance measure: "vapour permeance/diffusance" = water vapour flow per unit area, e.g. microgram per pascal square metre second (µg/Pa.m2.s); microgram per newton second (µg/N.s).
Below is a generalised list which your state based legislation will require:
- once the building envelope is laid out on site (i.e. staked marker, trench for cornerstones, etc), confirm building envelope is geospatially and legally (cadastral) placed
- placement of boundary markers (fence, wall, etc) matching council cadastral land survey/map.
- acquire from council a list of "exisiting buildings" in proximity which have registered "occupancy certificates"
- maximum allowed height of building from 'original foundation', vs 'excavated earthwork foundation'
- maximum/minimum allowed setback of building envelope from property boundaries and access routes (frontage street, rear & side overlooking property lines)
- maximum height on boundary line for fences, walls and party walls, etc.
- minimum parking, garden and permeance spaces (i.e. amount of water shedded/soaked)
- additional allowed space for 'unroofed' spaces: pools, spas, terraces, decks, ramps, pergolas, shade sail/umbrella, solar/fire shutter, water/fuel tanks, heating/cooling equipment and/or below ground structures
- maximum height of mast, pole, aerial, antenna, chimney, flue and/or service pipe
- [optional] estimate additional extensions of building via verandas, pagodas, porches, gutters, eaves and fascia.
- calculation of legal allowable daylight to existing habitable rooms, i.e. take a shadow diagram on 22nd September (equinox).
- calculation for overshadowing of recreational and/or private open spaces by building and/or fences
- calculation for overlookking of proximal existing buildings and/or fences, e.g. add obscure glazing and/or screening if applicable
- ventilation requirements for natural flow of air through building via windows/doors