8Documents to accompany application for construction certificate

8 Documents to accompany application for construction certificate

8 Documents to accompany application for construction certificate

(1) This section applies to an application for a construction certificate for development that involves building work.

(2) The application must be accompanied by—

(a) a detailed description of the development, and

(b) appropriate building work plans and specifications (referred to in this Part as relevant building work plans and specifications).

(3) The detailed description of the development must indicate the following matters—

(a) for each proposed new building—

(i) the number of storeys in the building, including underground storeys, and

(ii) the gross floor area of the building in square metres, and

(iii) the site area of the land on which the building is to be erected in square metres,

(b) for each proposed new building to be used for residential accommodation—

(i) the number of existing dwellings on the land on which the new building will be erected, and

(ii) the number of existing dwellings that will be demolished in connection with the erection of the new building, and

(iii) the number of dwellings to be included in the new building, and

(iv) whether the new building will be attached to an existing building, and

(v) whether the new building will be attached to another new building, and

(vi) whether the building will include a dual occupancy, and

(vii) the materials to be used in the construction of the new building, using the abbreviations set out in the Table to this section.

(4) The appropriate building work plans and specifications must include the following—

(a) detailed building work plans, drawn to a suitable scale and consisting of a block plan and a general plan, that show the following—

(i) a plan of each floor section,