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Road Works Permit - City of Charles Sturt - South Australia

Description

You will need this permit to undertake any alteration to a public road. A public road is any road or road verge owned or controlled by your local council.

You will make an alteration to a public road if you:

  • alter the construction or arrangement of the road to permit or facilitate access from an adjacent property
  • erect or install a structure (including pipes, wires, cables, fixtures, fittings and other objects) in, on, across, under or over the road
  • change or interfere with the construction, arrangement or materials of the road
  • change, interfere with or remove a structure associated with the road
  • plant, interfere with, or remove a tree or other vegetation on the road.

This permit includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

  • construction of driveway crossovers
  • installation and repair of stormwater drainage connections
  • development of street verges and / or nature strips
  • installation of underground electrical and water connections.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible, your contractor must hold a minimum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) public liability insurance.

Please consult the council to identify any further eligibility requirements.

Duration

As specified

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $100.00

Fees for 2024-25
Apply Licence All -

You may need to pay additional fees. Please contact the agency for more information.

Forms

Approval time

Applications will be considered within 5 business days from the date that all required information has been lodged with the Council. An application that involves a full or partial road or footpath closure, or occupation of Community Land can take up to 16 weeks to be assessed. Additional costs associated with consultation and advertising may also apply.

Disqualified persons or entities

You will not need this permit if:

  • you are permitted to alter a road under some other legislative authority
  • the purpose of your alteration is to permit vehicular access to and from land adjoining the road and the alteration is approved as part of a development approval
  • the alteration is the installation, maintenance, replacement or removal of a telecommunication subscriber connection.

Administering agency

City of Charles Sturt

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.