If you are doing any work within 15 metres of the top of any watercourse bank, you will need an environmental development permit. This includes:

• construction of any structure or building
• construction of impervious or semi-pervious surfaces
• landscaping
• tree removals or pruning of any sized trees (more than 10-centimetre diameter at breast height)

You may not need an environmental development permit if your work only includes:

• interior renovations
• construction more than 15 metres from the top of bank boundary
• maintenance of existing landscaping

Environmental Development Permit Application Form