Council Checklist
Council staff responsible for checking development applications against BASIX Certificates can use the Council Checklist (pdf 44kb), to ensure all commitments are shown on the plans.
Verifying BASIX Certificates
Councils are able to assess the validity of BASIX website via the BASIX website.
To access this function, Councils must register with BASIX to receive a login name and password.
Contact the BASIX Help Line on 1300 650 908 or basix@planning.nsw.gov.au to do this.
BASIX brochures
Brochures, brochure holders and posters are available to Councils, for promotional and educational purposes. Please contact the BASIX Help Line on 1300 650 908 or basix@planning.nsw.gov.au.
Councils can also print off the range of BASIX fact sheets (from the Resources page), as well as link to the BASIX website.
Monitoring BASIX Outcomes
The Department is closely monitoring the on-ground outcomes of BASIX, to ensure that the intended residential design improvements and water conservation and greenhouse gas abatement objectives are being achieved.
Monitoring initiatives to date include:
- analysis of single dwelling and Dual Occupancy DA documentation at 16 Councils to verify the standard of plan marking;
- visits to BASIX-affected development sites in Sydney, Queanbeyan, Nowra, Albury, and Bathurst to verify on-ground outcomes ('built as promised'); and
- negotiations with key utilities to track true energy and water performance of BASIX dwellings, thereby validating the anticipated greenhouse gas abatement and water conservation savings (commencement of data analysis: 2007).
Updating development application (DA) forms
When reprinting DA forms, councils are requested to include the following wording when referring to BASIX. The Department acknowledges the assistance of Blacktown City Council in preparing this text.
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"BASIX Certificate" The Building Sustainability Index (BASIX) is a web-based planning tool designed to assess the potential performance of residential buildings against a range of sustainability indices.
A BASIX Certificate identifies the sustainability features required to be incorporated in the building design. These features may include sustainable design elements such as recycled water, rainwater tanks, AAA-rated showerheads and taps, native landscaping, heat pump or solar water heaters, gas space heaters, roof eaves/awnings and wall/ceiling insulation.
You need a BASIX Certificate in [name of local government area] when BASIX applies to the type of development for which you require approval. Commencement dates and details of types of development are at www.basix.nsw.gov.au.
The applicant is required to submit the BASIX Certificate with the Development Application or Complying Development Certificate application. The plans and specifications must also identify the BASIX commitments which will be checked by a professional building certifier during construction. Where submitted plans or specifications are inconsistent with the relevant BASIX Certificate, Council should require applicants to submit consistent applications before progressing the assessment process, either by amending plans / specifications or by submitting a new BASIX Certificate with commitments that match the rest of the application.
Applicants can generate the BASIX Certificate only on the NSW Department of Planning' BASIX website: www.basix.nsw.gov.au. For more information, phone the BASIX Help Line on 1300 650 908.
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