Before your Building Certifier can approve your building plans (so you can start building), you'll often have to ensure no planning permits or other Council approvals - such as a 'concurrence agency approval' (see below) - are needed.  aup town planning charges $350 for a pre-certification assessment; then if you do need a permit or approval, we refund half this fee. 

aup town planning will help and guide you in your search for a property to develop then, before buying, undertake a due diligence assessment ($400 set fee) to make sure there are no development 'prohibitions' or constraints to development.....and we'll refund you half this fee is you engage us to prepare you planning permit application.

Before purchase a property or after, aup town planning will advise you on all the ways a property can be used and developed, and the best 'type' of development for the property - to maximise the certain of getting approved and your financial returns through development, and minimise risk.

aup town planning draws on > 20 years of experience of its Principal, Tony Comrie. He is expert in all the steps in getting planning, and other applications, approved. Tony has worked extensively for both local government and in private practice, in Victoria, Queensland, and the Northern Territory. 

aup town planning assists and advises landowners and developers in disputes with Councils.  

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From October 2025 persons wishing to sell land have to be able to provide a vendor disclosure statement to intending purchasers. The information contained in this statement includes diverse matters - however most relate to the planning scheme, the Qld. building regulation, and the property's title documents.

If you're a town planning consultant, developer, etc. not on the Sunshine Coast- and you want someone local to do your town planning work - call us. We're experienced town planning agents.