City of Canada Bay
Private building certifier in Concord
Concord is mostly detached houses on established blocks, with a heritage shopping strip and waterfront estates nearby. We help owners and builders choose an approval route and certify the work.
NSW 2137
Class 1 homes and Class 10 structures
Local rules
Concord streets, shops and waterfront estates
A suburb of family homes
The 2021 Census put Concord's population at 14,551, spread across 5,349 private dwellings. Detached houses were 70.6% of occupied homes. Apartments were 16.5% and semis or townhouses 10.5%. Typically, the job is an established house sitting on its own lot.
Majors Bay Road
The shops along Majors Bay Road have their own chapter, Part G3.3, in council's development control plan (DCP). A heritage conservation area covers its mostly interwar shops. Its statement points to the unbroken street edge, the parapets and awnings, and homes or offices above shops. These rules apply to mapped land only, not to every house in Concord.
Pelican Point and nearby estates
A separate DCP chapter, Part K14, deals with three riverside estates: Philips Landing, Pelican Quays and Pelican Point. It ties building form and planting to public access along the water. Homes inside those estates also have an original consent to respect, and changes to balconies, stairs or gardens are read against it. Zoning everywhere is set by the Canada Bay Local Environmental Plan 2013.
Typical work
Common projects and how they get approved
What owners build here
Common Class 1 and 10 jobs in Concord include:
- Rear extensions. Measure roof form, side gaps and neighbour windows before you lock in the new floor area.
- Knockdown rebuilds. A new house is tested against current setbacks and height, not the old footprint.
- Granny flats. Check that a secondary dwelling is permitted and the site suits it. A big backyard alone is not enough, as lot width, access and drainage also count.
- Pools, garages and decks. Within the waterfront estates, keep clear of shared landscape and foreshore paths.
Shop fitouts on Majors Bay Road are a different building class. They belong with a certifier who holds that class.
How approval usually works
Some small structures are exempt if they meet every standard. Most projects take one of two paths: a CDC, which a certifier issues quickly against a State code, or a development application (DA) lodged with council and then a CC. A CDC can be blocked by a heritage listing, flood mapping or a narrow frontage. Having plenty of detached houses nearby does not make any one lot eligible; measured existing conditions decide. First sort the job into ordinary house work, a shopping centre proposal or work inside a mapped special precinct, then gather only the controls for that setting. Borrowing standards from different corners of the suburb produces a misleading result. To get started, send us your survey, the current floor plans and any earlier consents. From there, CertifiBuild will check eligibility and keep you informed at each inspection.
Our services
From approval to sign-off.
One certifier for your whole Concord job, from the first plan check to the occupation certificate.
Local questions
Questions we hear about this suburb.
No two lots in Concord are the same. Give us your address and we will check every map that affects it.
See the council pageDo the Majors Bay Road heritage rules cover my Concord house?
Only if the mapped shopping centre takes in your property, or its heritage conservation area does. Those rules focus on the mostly interwar shops along Majors Bay Road, with their continuous street edge, parapets and awnings, and homes or offices above. Most Concord houses fall outside that boundary. Look up your address on council’s current maps or a planning certificate. If you are outside, the normal house controls in the Canada Bay local environmental plan (LEP) and development control plan apply instead. Shop fitouts sit outside Class 1 and 10.
Can I put a granny flat behind my Concord home?
Often, yes. About 70.6% of Concord homes are freestanding houses on established blocks, which suits a secondary dwelling. Even so, a roomy yard does not decide it on its own. Confirm a granny flat is permitted on your lot, then check width, side access and drainage. Plan the flat around the main roof shape, the side gaps and windows next door. A heritage listing or flood mapping can block the fast-track complying development certificate (CDC), sending the job to a development application (DA). Check the maps before paying for plans.
I live at Pelican Quays. Do I need to look at the original consent?
Yes. Pelican Quays, along with Pelican Point and Philips Landing, is covered by a dedicated chapter of council’s development control plan (DCP). That chapter links building form and planting to public access along the river. Each estate also has an original development consent, and changes outside, such as a new balcony, stairs or garden works, are read against both. Work close to the public foreshore path needs particular care. Gather the original consent plans and your title before you brief a designer, so changes start from what was approved.
Building in this suburb?
Send us the address first.
We check the local maps for your lot, confirm the approval path and quote in writing.