Locations
Design fees and payments, state by state
Security of payment, building designer registration and planning are all set at state and territory level, so we have one page per jurisdiction, each covering its capital city. Every fact links to an official source; where we couldn’t verify something, we left it out.
Locations
- MelbourneVictoriaBPC building designer classes, the 2002 security of payment Act and municipal planning schemes.Victoria page
- SydneyNew South WalesDesign services named in the 1999 Act, registered design practitioners and the NSW Planning Portal.New South Wales page
- BrisbaneQueenslandQBCC low rise, medium rise and open design licences, the BIF Act and the Planning Act 2016.Queensland page
- PerthWestern AustraliaThe 2021 Act and its 1 August 2022 start date, Building Services registration and the R-Codes.Western Australia page
- AdelaideSouth AustraliaOne statewide Planning and Design Code, PlanSA and the SA security of payment Act.South Australia page
- HobartTasmaniaCBOS building designer sub-classes, the 2009 Act and the Tasmanian Planning Scheme.Tasmania page
- DarwinNorthern TerritoryBPB certifying engineer and architect categories, the 2004 Act and the NT Planning Scheme 2020.Northern Territory page
- CanberraACTThe Planning Act 2023 and Territory Plan, licensed certifiers and the 2009 ACT Act.ACT page
Why one page per state? The rules that shape design fees are made by states and territories, not cities, so separate city pages would repeat the same facts. Short city addresses such as /locations/melbourne redirect to the right state page.
Help shape it before launch
We are looking for a small group of Australian design practices and consultants to pilot this on one or two real projects.