hi all,
i am a new member to this forum and looking for some advise. I currently own a house in East of Melbourne. Our block is just under 1000m2. I am thinking about subdividing and creating a vacant block at the rear of the house size approx 350m2. I realise councils are the best place to find information but after finding this website i was hoping you could shed some light on the things i need to think of before subdividing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Your council will be able to tell you things like what the minimum size block is for your area, and what percentage of each block is permitted to be built upon. (In some cases the council won't allow further subdivision in a particular area.)
Naturally there needs to be vehicle access to each property, so you might have some dead space that is a side driveway or something like that.
You might be required to look into the electricity, water and telephone situation, and you might be required to pay for an extra Telstra pit to go in if the nearest available is deemed to be unsatisfactory by the service provider. Either way, you'll find that if you ring your council and explain you are thinking of dividing your block and are hoping for some guidance on the guidelines, what sort of paperwork has to be filled in, what costs are involved, and the turnaround times, you should find them to be pretty helpful.
Watch out for easements.
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itch64 wrote:hi all,i am a new member to this forum and looking for some advise. I currently own a house in East of Melbourne. Our block is just under 1000m2. I am thinking about subdividing and creating a vacant block at the rear of the house size approx 350m2. I realise councils are the best place to find information but after finding this website i was hoping you could shed some light on the things i need to think of before subdividing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Planning across Melbourne is quite diverse and the rules for one area may be quite different to another. Your council's Town Planning Department is a logical first step (as pointed out by JacM) and they should be able to give you some valuable feedback. In terms of what you need to think about before sub-dividing, there are many things! Perhaps the first step for you is to understand your strategy (what exactly would you like to do?) and communicate that to your Town Planning Department – you can do this yourself or engage a planner. From that point there is a series of steps you need to take that involve planners, land surveyors, perhaps a draftsperson or architect, service engineers, and solicitors to name a few.
This probably seems daunting, but it's not so much that it's difficult as it is time consuming. Also, there's expense involved, and some of the rules are ambiguous and easily misunderstood. The rewards, however, can be great.
Hope this was some help, and that your proposal works out.
thankyou very much christian and jacm, i will go in and see my local council and get the appropraite information i need. again this has been very helpful and any other advise you have is always welcome.
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