Waverley Council
Private building certifier in Queens Park
Almost all of Queens Park is conservation land, so most house work starts with a heritage question. CertifiBuild certifies the semis, terraces, houses, pools and outbuildings in this parkside suburb.
NSW 2022
Class 1 homes and Class 10 structures
Local rules
Queens Park: a conservation suburb beside Centennial Park
Houses and semis, not flats
Queens Park was carved out of Bondi Junction in 1992 and named a separate suburb. Everywhere else in Waverley, flats are the biggest housing group. In 2021, semis and terraces made up 38.0% of occupied homes. Freestanding houses were 36.0%, and flats only 25.8%. About 35% of the land is public recreation, the most in the council area. Most mapped lots have a height limit of 8.5 metres. Big areas of the suburb, though, are parkland with no mapping.
Nearly everything is conservation land
Conservation mapping covers about 89% of Queens Park's land area, close to nine tenths. General areas, including Queens Park, Blenheim Street and Yenda Avenue, cover about 41%. Landscape areas cover another 54%. Two of them are State significant: Queens Park itself, and a corner of Centennial Park that crosses into the suburb. Waverley's development control plan (DCP) has conservation area controls on streetscape, materials, roofs, verandahs, garages, fencing and solar panels.
Parkland and bushland
Queens Park itself belongs to Centennial Parklands, together with two other parks. Confirm who approves work on parkland before you lodge. A small area of mapped biodiversity reflects Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub remnants.
Typical work
Common projects and how they get approved
What owners build here
With houses and semis making up most homes, work here is mainly domestic. Common Class 1 and 10 jobs include:
- Rear additions to terraces and semis, the largest housing type.
- Second storeys and extensions on detached houses, assessed under heritage controls.
- Pools, sheds and other detached structures, still possible as complying work on conservation land.
- Replacement homes, tested against conservation area character rules on streetscape and roofs.
Unit buildings here are Class 2, outside our scope. We will tell you at once that such work belongs with a certifier holding Class 2 registration.
How approval usually works
Treat your lot as conservation land until the map proves otherwise. Both general and landscape areas count for the housing code exclusion, so the whole 89% matters. That leaves pools, detached outbuildings and similar freestanding structures as the main CDC options. CDC means complying development, a streamlined path under State rules. Most additions and alterations require a DA supported by a heritage impact statement, followed by a construction certificate. Because it excludes conservation land, the pattern book route barely applies here. On conservation land, the state Low and Mid-Rise Housing Policy may still apply, though only inside the Bondi Junction catchment. CertifiBuild confirms the heritage layers on your property up front, so the DA and design brief reflect what council will look for.
Our services
From approval to sign-off.
One certifier for your whole Queens Park job, from the first plan check to the occupation certificate.
Local questions
Questions we hear about this suburb.
No two lots in Queens Park are the same. Give us your address and we will check every map that affects it.
See the council pageIs my Queens Park home likely to be in a conservation area?
Very likely. Conservation mapping takes in roughly 89% of the land in Queens Park, split between general areas, such as Queens Park, Blenheim Street and Yenda Avenue, and larger landscape areas. The council map gives the final answer for your lot, but plan on it being affected. Waverley’s development control plan has conservation controls on streetscape, materials, roofs, verandahs, garages, fencing and solar panels. Most additions here need a development application (DA) supported by a heritage impact statement.
Do landscape conservation areas count the same as heritage ones?
For the complying development exclusion, it is safest to assume they do. The housing codes exclude land in heritage conservation areas without separating the general and landscape groups, and the local plan names both as conservation areas. That means the whole 89% matters, not just the general areas. Confirm how this applies to your own site before relying on a narrower reading. Pools and detached outbuildings remain the main fast-track options.
Is a pool or shed still possible in Queens Park?
Yes, in most cases. Pools, detached outbuildings and similar freestanding structures can still use complying development on conservation land, provided every code standard is met. A detached studio is the exception, so be clear about its intended use. Other external changes and additions will usually need a development application (DA). If your lot borders parkland managed by Centennial Parklands, confirm who approves any work affecting that land before lodging.
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.