PlanBuild Tasmania for Building Surveyors
PlanBuild Tasmania is a centralised solution which brings Councils, industry professionals and property owners together to manage the end-to-end approval processes relating to planning, building, plumbing and related environmental and public health applications.
Building Surveyors can register as users of PlanBuild Tasmania where they can submit applications on behalf of clients, track progress, received updates and view approved documents.
What can Builder Surveyors use PlanBuild Tasmania for?
Issue documents
Building Surveyors can issue the following documents in the portal:
- Lodge Certificate of Likely Compliance (Notifiable Work) with Council
- Lodge Building Surveying Documents with Council
- Request for Environmental Health Officer Occupancy Report (Form 42)
- Request for Report from Environmental Health Officer CLC (Form 42)
Request for Environmental Health Officer Occupancy Report/Request for Report from Environmental Health Officer CLC (Form 42)
Builder Surveyors can request an Environmental Health Officer Occupancy Report or an Environmental Health Officer Report from the relevant Council via PlanBuild Tasmania Application Services portal.
Lodge Building Surveying Documents with Council
Building Surveyors can lodge building surveying documents with the Council. Depending on the Council, lodgement of these documents may require payment of fees.
View documents issued by Permit Authorities or submitted by other parties
For relevant projects, Building Surveyor can view the documents issued by the Permit Authority, including:
- Certificate of Completion - Permit Demolition Work (Form 70)
- Certificate of Completion - Permit Building Work (Form 20)
- Permits issued by Council, including Building Permits, Demolition permits and Permits of Substantial Compliance
Link a licence
PlanBuild Tasmania is connected to the Tasmanian Occupational Licensing system.
A building professional can link their Tasmanian Occupational Licence with their PlanBuild Tasmania account by simply entering a valid licence number when they register as a user. Once linked, the licence details will be visible to other users who are involved in the same Sub Projects and will be shown when submitting an application or form.
Users can also link a building professional, who has registered with PlanBuild Tasmania account, to the projects or relevant forms.
What can an applicant lodge using PlanBuild Tasmania?
As each council adopts PlanBuild Tasmania, applicants will be able to submit applications directly to organisations using the service for properties in that area.
Organisations currently using PlanBuild Tasmania include:
City of Hobart
The City of Hobart are now using PlanBuild Tasmania for their end-to-end application, assessment and approval processes for Planning, Building and Plumbing. For properties located in this municipality, you can now submit applications using PlanBuild Tasmania.
See our City of Hobart page to see what applications can be lodged in this municipality.
TasWater
As each council adopts PlanBuild Tasmania, you will be able to submit applications directly to TasWater for properties in that area. Councils will be able to make referrals to TasWater via the system once they adopt PlanBuild.
See our TasWater page to see what applications can be lodged to TasWater using PlanBuild Application Services.
Heritage Tasmania
As each council adopts PlanBuild Tasmania, you will be able to submit applications directly to Heritage Tasmania for properties in that area. Councils will be able to make referrals to Heritage Tasmania via the system once they adopt PlanBuild.
See our Heritage Tasmania page to see what applications can be lodged to Heritage Tasmania using PlanBuild Application Services.
Resources available for Building Surveyors
Visit our Self help and training guides page to find access to:
eLearning
PlanBuild Tasmania has a suite of eLearning packages available for industry users.
Earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points by completing the relevant course and providing your completion certificate to contact@planbuild.tas.gov.au
User Guides
User Guides are available for the common application types which can be lodged using PlanBuild Tasmania.
Quick Reference Guides
Quick Reference Guides are available with quick information on how to:
- Register
- Register a business
- Create a project
- Start an application
- Track progress
- Download documents
Support available for Building Surveyors
Visit the PlanBuild Tasmania's support pages which have a range of resources and information available to assist Building Surveyors and their clients using the system.