Campbelltown City Council
Private building certifier in Menangle Park
Menangle Park is changing from farmland and large lots to an urban release area. CertifiBuild certifies new homes, farm sheds and outdoor works here, starting with the bushfire and flood mapping over your lot.
NSW 2563
Class 1 homes and Class 10 structures
Local rules
Menangle Park: old large lots beside a new release area
Farmland becoming suburb
Menangle Park has been farmed since the early 1800s, and a railway station and racecourse followed. Land east of the station was cut into one hectare lots for returned servicemen after the First World War, and that pattern is still visible. Today a handful of long-standing properties sit beside a large planned release, so two lots in one street can face very different rules.
Two planning documents
Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan 2015 applies. A Menangle Park precinct plan then sits over the council’s general Development Control Plan (DCP, its detailed design rules) and wins wherever the two disagree. The general plan still covers anything the precinct plan leaves out, so you need to read both.
Heritage and ground
Glenlee, on Glenlee Road, is on the State Heritage Register, and the precinct plan protects its setting. Menangle Park also appears on the South Campbelltown Mine Subsidence District map, which brings a separate approval.
Typical work
Common projects and how they get approved
What owners build here
A small existing community next to a large planned one produces two kinds of work. Typical jobs we certify include:
- New homes on released land, following the staging in the precinct plan.
- Houses on the older one hectare lots, where sewage disposal, access and distance from watercourses drive the siting.
- Farm sheds and rural buildings on land still used for agriculture.
- Pools, patios and sheds on the first completed estate homes.
How approval usually works
Three precinct controls do most of the work. Bushfire construction is capped at BAL-29, which is a ceiling and not a target: if a site assesses higher, the layout has to change, not just the materials. New dwellings are kept out of the modelled one per cent flood extent, measured after development. And the Nepean River and Howes Creek systems mean riparian corridors are protected. Mine subsidence approval is a separate step from a separate agency. A complying development certificate (CDC, the fast-track route under state rules) is only possible where the mapping over your lot allows it. CertifiBuild checks bushfire, flood and subsidence mapping first, before a plan is locked in.
Our services
From approval to sign-off.
One certifier for your whole Menangle Park job, from the first plan check to the occupation certificate.
Local questions
Questions we hear about this suburb.
No two lots in Menangle Park are the same. Give us your address and we will check every map that affects it.
See the council pageWhat does a BAL-29 limit mean for my Menangle Park house?
The precinct plan will not accept development assessed above BAL-29. It does not ask for tougher construction to cope with higher exposure. If your layout would assess higher, the setbacks, asset protection zones or building position have to change. Get the assessed level before the design is settled, since it can move the house on the block.
Which plan applies to my Menangle Park site?
Both. The Menangle Park precinct plan prevails over Campbelltown’s general development control plan wherever they are inconsistent, and the general plan fills in what the precinct plan does not cover. Working from only one of them is the usual mistake, so read both together, along with the maps over your lot.
Do I need mine subsidence approval at Menangle Park?
Quite possibly. Menangle Park is named on the South Campbelltown Mine Subsidence District map, and the precinct plan requires compliance with Subsidence Advisory NSW requirements. In a proclaimed district that approval is needed in addition to the usual certificate or consent. Ask early, because it affects timing.
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.