Dams and soaks can provide a valuable supply of water especially during dry months when rainfall is low. If you wish to build a new dam or soak or expand existing ones, you need to know about planning approvals and licences required to construct, expand or clean them out.
Definition
A dam is defined under the Local Planning Scheme No.1 as:
“….any man made structure or excavation designed and constructed to intercept, accumulate, and impound water flowing across through or under any land and includes an off-stream dam, an on- stream dam, a gully wall dam, a turkey nest dam, an excavated soak and any structure excavation or other device designed to act either solely or partly as a nutrient stripping basin.”
More information and contact
For more information or assistance, please contact the Planning Team on (08) 9780 5220 or email [email protected]