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Thanks RoadRunner. Have been ringing around experts for an estimate for a feasibility before committing to purchase. Uphill “battle”. Decided I wanted to chase up the information myself to better understand the process. Many experts do not encourage my choice I have to say. Have found an expert who doesn’t talk down to me so will be paying him to do a feasibility.
BAL = Bushfire Attack Level, rather than aalert level. I would also talk to council town planners for the particular area after you have done some of the above research.
You need to check the zoning of the blocks you are considering. In some mining areas there are overlays that may mean you have to do a clean up because of contamination. The least you would have to do is commission a report about potential contamination and clean up. I have heard recently if your block is in a bushfire prone area you will need to commission a risk assessment report – a “BAL” report (Bushfire Alert Level?). The BAL report will effect what, how, where you build on a block, possibly if you can even build at all. At the extreme could add $60k to an individual build (based on discussions with a real estate agent I respect) hence effect property values.