Do You Need a Registered Design Practitioner - Architect?
The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 was introduced by the NSW Government to reform the building and construction industry. The primary goal of this legislation is to enhance building safety and quality while restoring consumer confidence in the sector.
In recent years, media coverage has highlighted numerous cases of buildings with serious defects, rendering them unsafe for occupancy. This legislation seeks to eliminate unqualified designers, builders, and certifiers, ensuring that only competent professionals operate within the industry.
Under the Act, “regulated designs” must be prepared for specific building classifications outlined in the National Construction Code. These include Class 2, 3, and 9C buildings, which accommodate multiple occupants, such as apartment complexes, boarding houses, hotels, and hospitals.
At Council Approval Group, our Senior Architect, Giuseppe Calabrese, is a Registered Design Practitioner – Architect. This accreditation allows us to design all building classes while complying with government standards. Obtaining this registration requires a rigorous assessment process, including intensive study, testing, and expert review. Additionally, ongoing professional development is mandatory to maintain certification.
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What Are the Risks of Not Using a Registered Design Practitioner?
1.Legal Penalties:
Legal Penalties:
The government mandates certain buildings to be designed and declared by registered practitioners; without this, your building could risk compliance
2.Wasting Time:
Wasting Time:
Non-compliant designs are likely to be not accepted or refused by the Council and will require time for revision.
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Financial Risk:
Practitioners not registered may not carry liability insurance, leaving you vulnerable to fines and legal disputes.
Why You Should Work With Us?
Choosing the right Architect for your Development Application is a crucial first step to ensuring you don’t waste precious time and money on designs that will not meet new regulations. Many architects and drafters don’t understand the council rules, which can lead to significant risks and challenges. Our Architect works alongside our Town Planners to ensure that your project is more likely to succeed.
We Make Council Approval as Easy as...
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Claim Your FREE 30 Minute Consult with one of our Property Consultants
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Let’s Us Conduct a Preliminary Planning Assessment (PPA)
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We Prepare & Submit Your DA or CDC with a 98% Success Rate*
Meet Our Architect, Guiseppe...
Council Approval Group has an in-house, highly professional architecture and drafting team led by award-winning Nominated Architect Giuseppe Calabrese (NSW Architect Registration Number 8079). Guiseppe is a fully registered and accredited Registered Design Practitioner – Architect, ensuring designs adhere to the New Building Code of Australia. He is an internationally acclaimed architect and award-winning designer.
Having previously worked for both boutique and major firms in Sydney, he has a wide range of experience across multiple project types.
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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 29 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 40,000 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.
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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 40,000+ 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.
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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.