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Builders' Page

Council welcomes good builders and good building work. To assist you in understanding our local requirements we include this page with links to relevant topics which will be updated from time to time.

Parking in Stonnington

Commercial Areas (eg shopping strips)

Stonnington is the home of some of Melbourne's busiest suburban shopping strips, village trading areas and the Chadstone Shopping Centre. In such areas the needs of builders must be balanced against the needs of traders, customers, residents and other local workers.

For builders requiring regular contractor parking (eg for major construction sites) in public roads, special works zone permits can be issued to allow the sign-posted restrictions to be changed so trades and construction vehicles can gain access without breaching parking and traffic regulations.

A new class of permit has also been introduced for short term requirements in busy commercial areas. This overcomes the inconvenience and nuisance of watching the clock and having to shift vehicles while in the middle of a job. A time-based fee however applies. See section on Local Law Works Zones.

Residential Streets

Many of the quieter residential streets in Stonnington have restricted residential parking. Council can however issue trades parking permits (pdf format Tradesperson parking permit application.pdf (75.71 KB)) on a monthly basis. These are available from Council's Customer Service desks at the Prahran and Malvern Town Halls.

Local Law Permits

Please refer to the Local Law permit pages for detailed information about when special permits are required, what is required and how much it will cost.

Foundation Information

Go to the web page describing foundation soil conditions in Stonnington.

Wind Speed

For full wind speed analysis it is necessary to refer to Australian Standard AS/NZ 1170.2. In most cases however, building sites in the municipal district of Stonnington can be classified as:

  • Region = A1 -A5;
  • Terrain Category = 3;
  • Shielding Factor = fully shielded;
  • Topographic Effect = T1.

For this combination the deemed wind speed for design is W28 (28 m/s).

Asbestos

What do you do it you find asbestos at the site? See Section on Asbestos for more information, the same section also contains information on fibreglass and rockwool products.