Private building certifier in the Lithgow City Council area

Lithgow town streets

The Lithgow development control plan (DCP) 2021 names thirteen heritage conservation areas. Several sit within Lithgow's urban area, including Mort Street and the Pottery Estate. Mort Street's 1920s railway houses were built from precast concrete panels. The DCP calls them the largest intact group of their kind in the State. Additions there go at the rear, and roofs should be corrugated iron.

In the Pottery Estate on Silcock Street, workers' cottages from the local pottery line a planned street. Front driveways are not permitted, so garages and sheds are reached from the rear. Any addition stays single storey and behind the house.

Portland

Portland grew on lime burning and cement making, and most of the town was built early in the twentieth century. Its conservation area keeps houses in landscaped gardens, with garages and driveways kept low key. Buildings may rise no higher than two storeys, and plain timber pickets suit most period homes. The former cement works, known as the Foundations site, now has its own stand alone DCP, in effect since October 2024.

Hartley Vale and Little Hartley

These small rural villages carry their own heritage controls. Hartley Vale grew from 1860 around kerosene shale mining. New buildings there should be one storey and should not dominate the valley floor. Little Hartley runs along the highway, with early inns, farms and houses close to the road. Its controls prefer floors raised above the ground rather than cut and fill. Modern or brick fencing is not considered suitable there.

Marrangaroo and the wider area

The Marrangaroo urban release area sits outside the 2021 DCP and is to have its own site specific plan. Elsewhere, cut or fill deeper than one metre outside the house footprint needs extra supporting detail.

Why Lithgow owners and builders turn to CertifiBuild

CertifiBuild understands that Lithgow's rules change from one village to the next. We read the right conservation area controls and hazard maps for each address early, before a builder prices the job. We know how the Lithgow plans fit with the state codes for houses and outbuildings. Questions get a prompt reply, and inspections are booked to suit the build program. We focus on homes and Class 10 structures, for example pools, garages, sheds and carports.