Council demolition requirements
Demolishing a house in the Campbelltown City Council area
What Campbelltown City Council publishes about demolition approvals, heritage, trees and site conditions, read from its own pages on 21 September 2026 (updated 6 October 2026). The council or certifier confirms the pathway for your address.
Covers 37 suburbs we service across the Macarthur and South West Sydney.
How the council handles demolition approvals
Campbelltown City Council requires a DA to demolish a structure, prepared in line with its Demolition Application Requirements.
Heritage items and conservation areas
Campbelltown City Council requires a Heritage Impact Statement for work on land with a heritage item or in a heritage conservation area, generally where significant elements are to be demolished. For total demolition, the statement must consider whether redevelopment is a reasonable option and include an archival recording of the building and its setting by a qualified heritage practitioner.
Conservation areas the council names: Queen Street Conservation Area.
Trees on the block
Campbelltown City Council says trees on private land may need its approval to prune or remove, depending on the circumstances, and prefers owners engage an AQF level 5 arborist to work out which approval pathway applies. Where a DA is needed for any reason, tree clearing follows the DA process.
Flood and bushfire mapping
On bushfire prone land, Campbelltown City Council requires a DA to include a Bushfire Report from a qualified consultant or one prepared with the NSW Rural Fire Service application kit. A complying development application must include a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) certificate from a qualified consultant.
Fees, bonds and public land
Works in Campbelltown’s road corridor, footpath or nature strip, such as driveways or kerb and gutter restoration, need Section 138 approval, which the council says is a prerequisite for a construction certificate on any new DA or CDC. Applicants need $20 million public liability insurance, and most applications attract inspection fees.
Council pages change. Treat this as a starting point and confirm requirements with Campbelltown City Council or your certifier before setting a demolition date. Campbelltown City Council website
The same across NSW
What applies in every council area
Council requirements sit on top of state rules that do not change from one area to the next.
Approval pathway
Most house demolition needs either a development application to the council or a complying development certificate from the council or a registered certifier under the state Demolition Code. Heritage items and conservation areas are generally excluded from the complying pathway.
Read the approvals guideLicensed demolition
Demolition work is licensed by SafeWork NSW. Gabrael holds restricted demolition licence AD202697 (DE2) and lodges the required notifications for the work it carries out.
How to check a contractorAsbestos
Suspected asbestos must be assessed before the building is disturbed. Our Class B licence AD211249 covers bonded, non-friable material; friable asbestos is removed by our Class A licensed partner.
Asbestos before demolitionUtilities
Water, sewer, electricity, gas and telecommunications are disconnected or abolished through the providers before demolition, and Before You Dig Australia is checked for services.
Utility disconnections guideNeighbours
Approval conditions commonly set working hours and neighbour notice, and a dilapidation report protects both sides where buildings sit close to the boundary.
Neighbours and noticeWaste
Concrete, timber and metals are sorted for licensed recycling and asbestos goes to an approved disposal facility with documentation. Some councils ask for a waste plan with the application.
Where the waste goes
Suburbs we service in this council area
Suburbs that sit across a council boundary appear under each council. We confirm the council for the exact address before preparing an application.
- Airds
- Ambarvale
- Bardia
- Blair Athol
- Blairmount
- Bow Bowing
- Bradbury
- Campbelltown
- Claymore
- Denham Court
- Eagle Vale
- Englorie Park
- Eschol Park
- Gilead
- Glen Alpine
- Glenfield
- Gregory Hills
- Holsworthy
- Ingleburn
- Kearns
- Kentlyn
- Leumeah
- Long Point
- Macquarie Fields
- Macquarie Links
- Menangle Park
- Minto
- Minto Heights
- Mount Annan
- Raby
- Rosemeadow
- Ruse
- St Andrews
- St Helens Park
- Varroville
- Wedderburn
- Woodbine
Start with your property
Planning a demolition in the Campbelltown City Council area?
Send the property address and what needs to go. We check the council, planning controls and heritage status for the address, then arrange a free site assessment.
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