Cairns Regional Council

Planning, Building & Infrastructure

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The fees below (see the link at the bottom of the page) are current as at 1 July 2007, Council may form time to time change these fees. Prior to lodgement of an application the submitter should contact Council's Buildng Services Section on (07) 4099 9440 to check that the fees applicable are current.

Class 1a

-         Single dwelling

-         Detached house

-        One or more attached dwellings, each being a building separated by a Fire Resisting Wall, including a row house, terrace house, town house or villa unit.

Class 1b

Boarding house, guest house, hostel or the like with a total floor area not exceeding 300m2 and in which not more than 12 persons would ordinarily be resident.

Class 2

Building containing two (2) or more sole occupancy units each being a separate dwelling.

Class 3

Residential dwelling, other than a building of Class 1 or 2, which is common place of long term or transient living for a number of unrelated persons, including -

a)       Boarding house, guest house, hostel, lodging-house or backpackers accommodation; or

b)       Residential part of a hotel or motel; or

c)       Residential part of a school; or

d)       Accommodation for the aged, disabled or children; or

e)       Residential part of a health-care building which accommodates members of staff; or

f)         Residential part of a detention centre.

Class 4

Dwelling in a building that is Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 if it is the only dwelling in the building

Class 5

An office building used for professional or commercial purposes, excluding buildings for Class 6, 7, 8 or 9.

Class 6

A shop or other building for the sale of goods by retail or the supply of services direct to the public, including-

a)       An eating room, cafe, restaurant, milk or soft drink bar; or

b)       A dining room, bar shop or kiosk part of a hotel or motel; or

c)       A hairdresser's or barber's shop, public laundry or undertaker's establishment; or

d)       Market or sale room, show room or service station

Class 7

A building which is:-

a)       A carpark; or

b)       For storage, or display of goods or produce for sale by wholesale

Class 8

A laboratory, or a building in which handicraft or process for the production, assembling, altering, repairing, packing, finishing, or cleaning of goods or produce is carried on for trade, sale or gain.

Class 9

A building of public nature

Class 9A

A health-care building, including those parts of the building set aside as a laboratory

Class 9B

An assembly building, including a trade workshop, laboratory of the like in a primary or secondary school, but excluding any other parts of the building that are of another Class.

Class 10

A non-habitable building a private garage, carport, shed or the like; or

Class 10a

A non-habitable building being a private garage, carport, shed of the like

Class 10b

A structure being a fence, mast, antenna, retaining or free-standing wall, swimming pool or the like.


 


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 Fees and Charges - Building - 2007/2008