Patio & Shed Kits WA
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Owner-Builder Approval Checklist
Use these prompts when asking the relevant authority and suitably qualified professionals about managing work yourself. This is not a required document list or an owner-builder, permit, exemption or compliance determination. Exact requirements are project, property, pathway and current-authority specific.
Scope and next step
This resource is a general planning prompt, not a required document list, project pre-check, application-management service, or permit, exemption or compliance determination. Exact requirements are specific to the project, property, pathway and current advice from the relevant authority or a suitably qualified professional.
Canonical BA1/BA2 pathway handoff: patiokitswa.com.au/wa-shire-approval-centre#ba1-ba2
Questions about responsibilities
- Which current authority guidance applies to a person proposing to manage this work?
- Are there project-specific questions to ask about value, scope or contracting arrangements?
- Which qualified advisers can explain safety, insurance and legal responsibilities?
- Which permit or planning pathways, if any, does the relevant authority identify?
Information to discuss
- What site-specific design input should be discussed with a suitably qualified professional?
- What site information does the relevant authority want for the identified pathway?
- Which current forms or details, if any, does the authority identify?
- What product information or professional records may be useful to retain?
Questions about site-stage advice
- Who should advise on construction against the project-specific design and authority decisions?
- Ask the authority or appointed professional what inspection process, if any, applies.
- What site records would a qualified adviser recommend retaining?
- Ask the relevant authority how it describes any completion-stage process for the pathway.
General discussion only
You can share plans, sketches or photos for a general product and planning discussion. We do not determine permits or exemptions, decide what documents an authority will accept, manage an application, pre-check a project or determine compliance.
Discuss the product and project context on 1800 942 932 or share material at patiokitswa.com.au/upload-plans