BASIX & Development Approvals
Last modified: January 16, 2007 - 12:05 AM
BASIX Certificate The Building Sustainability Index (BASIX) is a web-based planning tool designed to assess the potential performance of residential buildings against a range of sustainability indices.
A BASIX Certificate identifies the sustainability features required to be incorporated in the building design. These features may include sustainable design elements such as recycled water, rainwater tanks, AAA-rated showerheads and taps, native landscaping, heat pump or solar water heaters, gas space heaters, roof eaves/awnings and wall/ceiling insulation.
You need a BASIX Certificate in the Narrabri Shire when BASIX applies to the type of development for which you require approval. Commencement dates and details of types of development are at www.basix.nsw.gov.au.
The applicant is required to submit the BASIX Certificate with the Development Application or Complying Development Certificate application. The plans and specifications must also identify the BASIX commitments which will be checked by a professional building certifier during construction. Where submitted plans or specifications are inconsistent with the relevant BASIX Certificate, Council will require applicants to submit consistent applications before progressing the assessment process, either by amending plans / specifications or by submitting a new BASIX Certificate with commitments that match the rest of the application.
Applicants can generate the BASIX Certificate only on the NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources' BASIX website: www.basix.nsw.gov.au. For more information, phone DIPNR's BASIX Help Line on 1300 650 908.
Please click on the link below to view the diagram showing BASIX in the development assessment process in NSW.
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Contact details
Narrabri Shire Council
(02) 6799 6866 (ph)
(02) 6799 6888 (fax)
council@narrabri.nsw.gov.au
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