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Outdoor Approvals
A clearer path through outdoor approvals.
Epic manages approvals for swimming pools, retaining walls, decks, patios, pergolas, driveways and other outdoor works — preparing and lodging the application, coordinating the required information, responding to questions and requests for further information (RFIs), and managing the process through to approval.
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From plansto a clear way forward
Start with the project, not the paperwork
You don’t need to know which process applies.
Some outdoor work may not require planning approval. Other work may proceed through complying development or require a Development Application. Existing unauthorised work may involve a Building Information Certificate, which is a separate process rather than retrospective approval.
Epic reviews the site and the proposed or existing work, explains what is required, then manages the appropriate process through to approval or the relevant certificate outcome.
What may apply
Epic identifies what applies
and manages the process from there.
Outdoor work Epic can help with
Approval guidance across the outdoor project.
Epic can help with proposed work and with selected matters involving existing outdoor structures.
Retaining walls
Pergolas, decks and patios
Driveways and associated outdoor works
Building Information Certificate matters
Other landscape and outdoor approvals
One managed process
From the first review through to approval.
Where are we starting?
Review the project and site
Epic reviews the proposed or existing work, the available site information and the planning controls that may affect it.
What process applies?
Identify what is required
Epic assesses whether approval is needed and identifies the appropriate planning, certification or council process.
What needs to be prepared?
Coordinate the information
Epic prepares the relevant plans and documentation and coordinates any additional information needed from specialists.
What happens after lodgement?
Lodge and manage the assessment
Epic lodges the application, coordinates with council, the certifier or other relevant authority, and responds to questions and requests for further information (RFIs).
When is the project ready to proceed?
See the approval through
Epic manages the application through to the point that the required approval or certificate is issued.
What happens once the green light is received?
Move into construction
For Epic-led landscape projects, the work can proceed into construction. For an approval-only engagement, Epic hands the approved information to the client, pool builder or landscape contractor so they can begin construction or installation.
For clients and project partners
Less chasing. Fewer loose ends.
One point of coordination.
Epic works with property owners as well as landscape contractors, pool builders and other industry partners who need an experienced approval service.
Clear guidance for property owners
You do not need to arrive knowing the pathway or the paperwork. Epic works out what is required and guides you through it.
A dedicated approval partner for industry
Epic can manage the approval component while the contractor or pool builder focuses on planning and delivering the physical work.
Connected consultants and information
Plans, council or certifier requirements and specialist input are coordinated through one point of contact.
Your next step
Tell us about the outdoor work and where you’re starting.
Share a little about the work, its general location and any information you already have. Epic will review your enquiry and get in touch to discuss the next step.
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