Fernleigh Drafting

25/11/2025

Our BLACK FRIDAY SALE is on now! 15% off Plan packages!

Ends COB Friday 28th of Nov. T&C's apply.

29/03/2025

13/03/2025

Here it is.... 2024 NSW COUNCIL APPROVALS FOR SHEDS submitted by Fernleigh. This is our average DA approval times for SHEDS in NSW.
HOW DOES YOUR COUNCIL COMPARE?

The average across the board in NSW is currently 88 days. What do you think it should be for a DA for a shed?

Here's our TOP 5 Game changers to help aid FASTER approvals.

www.PlanDAT.com.au is helping to change this by providing consumers and shed industry participants the information about what they can build and what the other approval pathways options are available for their site such as Exempt Development and Complying development (CDC).

02/01/2025

Where sheds are born PlanDAT aims to help make decisions around shed approvals easy. PlanDAT is an innovative extraction tool that pulls the applicable shed guidelines and approval pathways. It provides maps on potential risks to your site such as bushfire and biodiversity. All compiled within a sum...

28/10/2024

Pre Christmas SALE ON NOW - Discounts on all Plan Packages for . 10% off Plan packages until the 31st of October, 5% Off until the 15th of November. Get your discount promotion code from your local shed, patio or pergola supplier or builder. Don't miss it!

Limited site consultations available. Terms and conditions apply. See plan order form for details.

28/10/2024

RETAINING WALLS – When is approval required?
Most councils require you to submit an application for approval when the wall height is going to be greater than 600mm.
Generally, if you are building them over 900mm high council will also ask for an engineer to design and sign off on them. Retaining walls can be build with out approval if they are under 600mm high, more than 1m off your boundary, located 40m away from a water body.
*Check with you local council or certifier/building surveyor. The most popular retaining wall we do for larger excavation on larger properties is sandstone quarry block walls. For smaller residential jobs, our most commonly requested retaining wall product is either concrete sleeper or treated pine timber sleepers.

We can come to site and work out the heights of the new walls required, detail the plans engage engineers (if required), submit the application for approval.

Already built them? We also do Building certificate applications for retrospective approvals (illegal builds).