Is Council Making Your Head Hurt?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or drowning in endless paperwork and compliance, you’re not alone.
If you are not a town planner, dealing with Council can be a nightmare, not to mention very expensive. Plus, we’re pretty sure, you have better things to do.
That’s where we fit. It’s what we do, all day, every day. With a team of 20+ highly knowledgeable town planners and architects, we’re great at what we do.
Why Choose Council Approval Group?
8 Benefits to Streamline Your Council Approval Process
Reduced Risk

Getting council approval alone is difficult (not to mention the increased risk of refusal for a DIY Approval). We provide you with the greatest chance of approval.
Extensive Experience

For 30 years with over 50,000 projects, we have experience across all development types. Expert Guidance for a stress-free process
Reduced Stress

Our knowledgeable planners guide you through every step, saving you time and stress.
One-Stop Shop

From planning, to design, to post-consent services, our in-house design team provides it all, so you don’t waste money on plans that won’t get approved.
Maximised Potential
We specialise in maximising your project’s investment potential, which gives you superior development outcomes.
Project Management

Our team manages all the regulatory paperwork, so you can sit back and relax without spending hours going back and forth with council.
Council Liaison

We manage the relationship with your Council Development Assessment Officer, which means your project will have the best representation possible.
Simplified Approvals

We live and breathe approvals, making it look easy. On average we receive an approval every 2.5 days.
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Want to Talk About Your Project?
If you are ready to remove the hassle and stress out of the Council Approval process, then it’s time to claim your Free 30-Minute Consultation.
In your Free phone discussion, you’ll have the opportunity to share why you need approval, what development type you’ll need it for, and if we’re a good fit to work together.
Then based on our chat, and our proven formula, we’ll often recommend a Preliminary Planning Assessment as the first step to unlock any hidden value that may be hiding within your property to help maximise the potential of it for you.
Before jumping into a hearty development application, we love showing our clients how just this simple step can sometimes add hundreds of thousands of dollars in value to their project.
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*We have a 98% success rate in achieving development approval where our client follows our proven 7 Step formula which we have developed over the past 30 years and where the client is willing to go all the way to seek that approval on appeal if needed.
The key? Our Preliminary Planning Assessment, inclusive of your personal Project Strategy Session.
To get that success rate it has only come after helping over 50,000 people. We’ve worked hard to smooth out the kinks before they appear by carrying out this Preliminary Planning Assessment (PPA) on your property. It works a treat, especially for what it can do for you, the journey of the project and its future.
Want to learn more about a PPA and how to get one? Book a FREE CONSULT
We could make up a fantasied timeframe to wow you, but to be straight up the length of getting an approval is dependent on the project development type, the local council, who examines your application within council, location of the property within the local council and on the property itself, and the list goes on. The approval process will no doubt take longer than you expect because we are dealing with administrative red tape.
But what our team has done has studied the 50,000+ properties we have been involved in and analysed the 300+ flight years of team council approval experience to create a formidable system.
So to answer the question, how long does it take for us to get council approval? The fastest in our industry.
We have over 20 team members lead by our founder Max Fragar with his 50 consecutive years of town planning and council approval knowledge. The team is made up of skilled town planners, property consultants and designers that we have hand picked to work on your project. It turns out that we’ve had over 300 collective years of experience working and dealing with local government councils.
What does this mean for you? One word, streamline. We know how to talk the council lingo, can perceive even predict the ins and outs of those council hoops of fire, and understand the nitty gritty to work tirelessly to achieve the best outcomes for our clients and their projects.
Check out our current team
Our firm currently has the capacity to assist clients with projects located across New South Wales, Victoria and South East Queensland. We anticipate being able to offer our services to other states in the near future.
Get ready, this could be the best decision you’ll make in the lifetime of your property portfolio.
If you’re looking at a property or already own one and you’re serious about making the property work harder for you, the next step is to book a free 30 minute consultation to speak to one of our property consultants.
In this initial discussion you’ll help us to understand the seriousness of your intent about moving forward with your property plans and to see if we’re the right fit for each other.