6 x6m carport on the fenceline (Bris)

[Dale&Bron]

Hi guys,

My wife and I have just bought a house in Brisbane and I'm wanting to tear down the 2 (very old) garage/sheds and put in a carport that is in line with the side boundary. The 2 garages are set back about 6 metres from the boundary at the moment, and I want to knock them down, and install a 2 car carport (6 x 6m) on the boundary with an automated roller gate.

The house is on a corner, with the driveway on the side street.
What sort of regulatory hoops will I need to jump through to make this happen? Is is common for councils to knock back development apps like this?
This is the first time we've done anything like this, so be gentle!

[pawnhead]

There are councils and there are councils.

Generally, if it's mainly quarter acre blocks, then there's a minimum front boundary set-back for the building line of at least six metres at a guess, but you can get exemptions for car ports and garages, especially if it's impractical otherwise with an existing house on the block. Side boundaries are usually 900mm set back, with a extra 400mm for eaves overhang, but again you could get an exemption. For three storey houses, it's 1500mm.
Garages built on an adjoining boundary would have to be fire rated, with no windows, and a parapet wall that extends above the roof line. I don't know about car ports, but they may have to be built out of a non combustible material. And I don't know about conditions if you're building on an existing street frontage. I believe that they'd generally only allow that in a more high density area, such as older suburbs with a lot of semis in them.

Of course the easiest answer is to ring the council and inquire before you start planning anything.

[lpg_falcon]

For what its worth,
You will probably get some sort of relaxation on the setback due to being a corner block.
I live on a corner block in Pine Rivers Shire and my house is closer to the street than both of my neighbours. My shed is in line with my house so everything is closer to the street than my neighbours are. Also my shed is on the boundary. My neighbours house is away from the boundary, and my shed is away from my house the prescribed distance. To get around the shed on the boundary issue, my shed had to be less than 9Mtrs long. If it was over 9mtrs, I would have had to set it back from the boundary.
I would suggest that your carport company should know all of this stuff, they sorted it all out for me. I also had the help of guys at work, I work for a local council and was able to throw some ideas at them.

lpg_falcon.

[pawnhead]

I work for a local council and was able to throw some ideas at them.

And a couple of back-handers/slabs of beer.
"No wuckers". APPROVED
"Thanks lads." "I owe you one."

[lpg_falcon]

pawnhead,
Unfortunately, I don't work for the same council I live in.

[OBBob]

pawnhead,
Unfortunately, I don't work for the same council I live in.

That doesn't matter in Vic ... you can lodge your permit through another council, doesn't have to be the one you live in.