Land development agreement

We will help to determine the water, wastewater, and recycled water infrastructure needed to support new residential, commercial, or industrial allotments. As the developer creating those allotments you will pay the costs of constructing this infrastructure.

When you sign a Land Development Agreement with us, you must engage an accredited consulting engineer to prepare detailed infrastructure designs and an accredited civil contractor to construct the infrastructure.

The Land Development Agreement consists of six documents; the Development Agreement Formal Instrument (DAFI) is the only document we issue. All Annexure documents are to be read in conjunction with the DAFI.

• Development Agreement Formal Instrument (DAFI)
• Annexure A – Standard conditions
• Annexure B – Design and construction standards
• Annexure C – Work health safety and environmental and heritage standards
• Annexure D – Role of the superintendent
• Annexure E – Approved form of unconditional undertaking

You or your representative (typically your surveyor) must lodge your proposed plan of division with the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP).

The SCAP will process your application and forward it to us for comment. When we have established your requirements, we will advise SCAP and forward these requirements to you or your representative by mail.

To start the process, you need to give us:

1. The name (developer or company) in which the Land Development Agreement documentation will be issued
2. The registered address of the company OR the residential address of the individuals
3. Staging details (if applicable)
4. The consulting engineer's name and address.

For more information please download and read our guidelines

Major Developer’s work on large property developments or large subdivisions. Major developments will often involve construction of roads. They may also include extensions of mains. A Major Developer will need to enter into a Land Developer Agreement.

If your land division extends a main (water or sewer), you need to fund the extension. We will contribute 50 per cent of the materials cost of an approach main that benefits others.

For more information, please email us.

Drinking water and recycled water administration

Sewerage administration

Water meter activation