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My home: does this renovation need approval

Swimming pool: does it need approval

An in ground or above ground pool or spa at a house, and the barrier that has to go around it.

State by state

The position on an ordinary residential lot with no overlay. An overlay on your own lot can change it.

StateWhere it landsBuilding approvalSource
NSWCDCRequiredCodes SEPP 2008 cl 2.59-2.60 and Housing Code cl 3.28; Swimming Pools Act 1992 s 7, s 30Bread 2026-09-15
VICBuilding approval onlyRequiredVPP cl 62.02-2; Building Regulations 2018 (Vic) Sch 3 item 8 and Part 9Aread 2026-09-15
QLDBuilding approvalRequiredBuilding Regulation 2021 (Qld) Sch 1 s 13(1)(d) and Sch 2 s 1; pool safety standard, Building Act 1975 s 231Dread 2026-09-15
WABuilding approval onlyRequiredBuilding Regulations 2012 (WA) reg 50, reg 50A, reg 15B, reg 53 and reg 53A; LPS Regulations 2015 (WA) Sch 2 cl 61(1) item 8read 2026-09-15
SANeeds checkingRequiredPDI (General) Regulations 2017 (SA) Sch 4 cl 4(1)(c) and cl 4(1)(d)(v)read 2026-09-15
TASPermittedRequiredTasmanian Planning Scheme SPP cl 6.6.1; Directors Determination cl 3.1.8 and cl 1.3.11read 2026-09-15
ACTBuilding approval onlyRequiredPlanning (Exempt Development) Regulation 2023 (ACT) s 1.51; Building (General) Regulation 2008 sch 1 pt 1.3 item 10; Building Act 2004 pt 5Aread 2026-09-15
NTNo approvalNot requiredNT Building Note 114 type 8; Swimming Pool Safety Act 2004 (NT) s 6 and s 8read 2026-09-15

Each row is read from the instrument named against it, on the date shown. Council controls sit on top of all of them.

What the job usually involves

Excavation, shell, filtration, coping and surrounds, fencing and certification. The barrier is not a detail: it is its own law with its own penalties, and it is enforced separately from whether the pool was approved.

What it costs

Read off published projects that carry a price. There is no estimator on this page.

No data yet. Nobody publishes this job as a project with a price on it, so there is nothing honest to read a band off.

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The overlays on your lot are what decide whether the row above actually applies to you.

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