An application for a building information certificate (BIC) is typically made when unauthorised building works have been carried out. As it is not possible to obtain development consent or a construction certificate for a building that has already been erected, a BIC is generally the only option available to 'regularise' building work that has been carried out unlawfully.
This certificate prevents your council from taking the following actions:
- making an order requiring the building to be repaired, demolished, altered, added to or rebuilt
- taking civil proceedings in relation to any encroachment by the building onto land vested in or under the control of the council.
A building is a temporary or permanent structure (not including manufactured homes, moveable dwellings or associated structures). This certificate may apply to a part of or the whole of a structure.
