PROPERTY EXPLAINED
Sources and versions
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Shed, deck, pergola or carport: which permits do you need?
Can I build an 80 m² granny flat in Victoria?
VPO1 or VPO2 on your property: what changes for tree removal?
Easements, covenants & Section 173 agreements
- Land Use Victoria: title and instrument searches ↗
- LANDATA title services ↗
- DTP: restrictive covenants and section 61(4) ↗
- DTP: Section 173 agreements ↗
- South East Water: work near assets and easements ↗
- Council: building over easements ↗
- Building Regulations 2018: regulation 130 ↗
- Melbourne Water: public asset-consent process ↗
Buying a house: check the works and restrictions
- Sale of Land Act 1962: section 32E ↗
- LPLC: building information and Section 32 statements ↗
- Building Regulations 2018: regulations 50–51 ↗
- Council: Building Information 51(1) ↗
- Council: copies of house plans ↗
- Council: buying a house on the Peninsula ↗
- Consumer Affairs Victoria: expert property advice ↗
- BPC: report and consent, including completed work ↗
- VicPlan ↗