Mosman Council
Private building certifier in Spit Junction
Homes near Spit Junction sit right at the edge of Mosman’s main shopping centre. CertifiBuild certifies houses, additions, garages and fences on these residential streets, checking heritage and frontage rules first.
NSW 2088
Class 1 homes and Class 10 structures
Local rules
Living beside Mosman's main centre
A ridge top shopping hub
Spit Junction sits in Mosman, postcode 2088, where Military Road meets Spit Road on a ridgeline. Mosman's Business Centres DCP calls it the primary business and retail centre in the area, with over 150 shops including Bridgepoint Shopping Centre, a supermarket, cinema, pub and the council's civic centre. Its zoning is E1 Local Centre.
Heritage along Military Road
Part of the centre falls within the Military Road heritage conservation area, one of thirteen in the Mosman LEP 2012. Mosman's residential DCP also has a Spit and Military Roads Townscape among its character areas. A house on a nearby street could fall in a conservation area, in a townscape area, or in neither. Confirm which for your lot.
The residential edge
When a centre site borders residential land, its lowest two storeys need a gap of 1.5 metres or more from that common boundary. The centre keeps a mostly two storey street wall. Spit Road is listed in the residential DCP as a high traffic road, which affects fencing for homes facing it.
Typical work
Common projects and how they get approved
What owners build here
Around Spit Junction, our work is on the houses and their structures, not the shops or the shop top apartments along the main roads. Typical jobs are:
- Extensions and renovations to homes close to the centre, a few of them in conservation or townscape areas.
- Solid front fences up to 1.8 metres along Spit Road, where the DCP allows them for noise.
- Garages and carports, ideally placed so they sit back from the main face of the house.
- Pools, decks and garden structures in rear yards close to the busy roads.
Mixed use and apartment buildings in the centre need a certifier for those classes.
How approval usually works
Check whether your house is in the Military Road conservation area or a townscape area first, as that changes the pathway. Council has noted that the state's low and mid-rise housing provisions exclude heritage items but not conservation areas. A CDC (a fast-track approval under state rules) may suit simpler work on unlisted lots that meet the codes. For fences, the DCP generally caps front fences at 1.2 metres, with solid fences up to 1.8 metres possible on listed high traffic roads such as Spit Road. Garages are generally not allowed forward of the front building alignment. CertifiBuild sorts out the heritage, townscape and frontage rules for your address before drawings start and answers questions without delay.
Our services
From approval to sign-off.
One certifier for your whole Spit Junction job, from the first plan check to the occupation certificate.
Local questions
Questions we hear about this suburb.
No two lots in Spit Junction are the same. Give us your address and we will check every map that affects it.
See the council pageCan I build a taller front fence facing Spit Road?
Possibly. Mosman’s residential development control plan (DCP) lists Spit Road as a high traffic road, and on roads like that a solid front fence up to 1.8 metres may be allowed to help block noise. On most other streets around Spit Junction, front fences are generally capped at 1.2 metres, and barbed wire is not allowed. Check first whether your home sits in a conservation or townscape area, since that can affect materials and style. Sketch the fence with the gate, letterbox and driveway so the street view is clear.
Is my house near Spit Junction in a conservation area?
It varies from street to street. Part of the centre falls within the Military Road heritage conservation area, one of thirteen in the Mosman Local Environmental Plan 2012, and the residential design rules also describe a Spit and Military Roads Townscape character area. So a home close by might sit in a heritage area, a townscape area, or neither one. A planning certificate will tell you. The answer can change your approval route, and may rule out a complying development certificate (CDC) for some work.
Will a new building in the centre overshadow my backyard?
Council’s rules limit how close centre buildings can come to homes. Under Mosman’s Business Centres development control plan, a centre site that borders residential land must hold its lowest two storeys back 1.5 metres or more from the shared boundary, and the street wall is kept mostly at two storeys. These controls help manage overshadowing and privacy, though they cannot remove every effect. When a development application (DA) next door is notified, read the shadow diagrams and lodge a comment with council if you have concerns.
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.