Building and development
Information about building and development in the Northern Territory.
- Access to building files
How to access documents in a building file and the associated fees.
- Building control areas
Find out about declared building control areas in the Northern Territory. - Building height controls: Darwin city
Restrictions on how high you can build in Darwin for developers of multi-storey building projects.
- Development application: Indigenous land
Information about planning and development on Indigenous land. - Indigenous community engineering guidelines (ICEG)
Guidelines for provision of essential services to remote communities.
- Building and renovating a home
Permits and requirements for residential building work in the Northern Territory. - Building and renovating: permits and processes
Information about building certification and permits in the Northern Territory. - Building a garden shed, carport, fence or shade structure
Legal exemptions, certification for occupancy and building approvals needed, for building a garden shed, carport, fence or shade structure in the Northern Territory. - Building an independent unit
Permits and legal requirements for building an independent unit or granny flat in the Northern Territory. - Building and energy efficiency
Information about energy efficient homes and the star energy ratings that are needed for houses and apartments in the Northern Territory. - Check if your builder is registered
Search the Public Register of Building Practitioners. - Converting a shed into a house
Building and legal approvals for converting a shed into a house in the Northern Territory. - Get an owner builder certificate
How to get an owner builder certificate if you want to build or extend a home on your own land. - Renovating or refurbishing wet areas in your home
Requirements for renovating the bathroom, toilet, ensuite, powder room or laundry of a house, shed or garage in the Northern Territory. - Residential building insurance
Information about residential building insurance in the Northern Territory. - Termite protection
Recommendations and requirements for termite protection systems in residential buildings.
- Audit of a building practitioner
How an audit is conducted by the Director of Building Control on a building practitioner.
- Contact Building Advisory Services
Get contact details for your nearest Northern Territory Building Advisory Services office. - Contact Lands Planning and Development Assessment Services
Contact Northern Territory Government planning and development services.
- Building certification industry: forms and resources
Find out about and get forms and other resources related to building industry certification. - About occupancy certification
Find out how to gain approval to occupy renovated and new buildings in the Northern Territory (NT).
- Non-conforming building products
Making sure you use building products that conform and comply to the National Construction Code. - Asbestos and building
Information for working or living in a home with asbestos in the Northern Territory. - Cyclone, storm surge and riverine flooding building and development standards
Information about living and building in areas of the Northern Territory affected by cyclone, storm surge and riverine flooding. - Health requirements for mining and construction camps
Environmental health requirements for mining and construction projects in the NT, including food safety, on-site wastewater management and public health.
- Building Notes
Get Building Notes, documents produced by the Director of Building Control to explain legislation, regulations and policy related to building. - Planning notices online
How to get planning notices online from the Development Applications Online website. - Public hearings on behalf of the minister
These meetings may be held when a development application is lodged in areas where the Minister for Lands and Planning is the consent authority. - NT Planning Commission hearings
The NT Planning Commission is the reporting body pm hearings that deal with planning scheme amendments or exceptional development permits.
- Heritage properties: building works and development
Heritage listed properties and information to help before you do any building works, redevelopments or repairs.
- Subdivisions: permits and processes
How to subdivide land in urban and rural or unzoned areas of the Northern Territory.
- Wastewater management
Find out how to install a septic tank, holding tank or wastewater treatment system, and about using greywater, in the Northern Territory.
- Building complaints and disputes
Get information about how to resolve building disputes or submit a complaint about a builder or contractor. - Construction contracts and resolving disputes
Information about construction contracts and the special disputes scheme.
- Building: private open space
Planning requirements for private open space in the Northern Territory. - Building single dwellings on small lots
Requirements for building single dwellings on small lots in the Northern Territory. - Jabiru Town Plan
The planning scheme for the town of Jabiru. - Northern Territory Planning Scheme
Information about the Northern Territory Planning Scheme.
- Development and planning fees and forms
Find out about fees and forms related to development and planning services. - Development One Stop Shop: applications and processes
Information for developers and the general public about the Development One Stop Shop and handling of development applications. - Development permit
About development permits including types of permit, how to apply and meeting the conditions of a permit.
- Zoned land: development and land use complaints
Make a complaint about a failure to follow planning or zoning rules and laws. - Zoning maps
Get zoning maps including for the Northern Territory, including for urban areas and Major Remote Towns. - Zoning
What different land zones mean, how to look up zones, unzoned land and how to apply to change zoning.