Retaining Wall Service Areas Around Canberra
Where requests can come from
Each decides for itself whether to reply, and some will travel further for a bigger wall than for a small garden job. Canberra is spread over several districts, so travel time is a real part of what a builder quotes.
Suburbs with local guides
We have a guide for each of these suburbs: Gordon in Tuggeranong, Weston in Weston Creek, Casey and Gungahlin in the Gungahlin district, and Evatt, Belconnen, Florey and Kaleen in the Belconnen district. Each guide cites Wikipedia for something specific about the suburb, such as its geology, its history or its shops, and then links it to the approval and licence rules that apply across the ACT. A guide is not a promise that a builder is nearby.
Which rules apply
Wikipedia says Canberra is the capital and largest population centre of the ACT. The ACT Government rather than a city council sets the planning and building rules. ACT Planning publishes a development approval page and a building approval page, and each has a section on retaining walls. Whichever suburb you are in, read them for your block, and note that building work on National land is assessed by the National Capital Authority, as the building approval page explains.
If your suburb is not listed
Send the request anyway. The list shows where we have written a guide, not where a business will or will not travel. Give the suburb, the postcode and a few details about the slope, and if nobody replies, add detail and try again. A sketch of the wall line, a few photos and a note about what sits above and below the wall make it easier for a builder to say yes or no quickly.
- Gordon
- Weston
- Casey
- Evatt
- Belconnen
- Gungahlin
- Florey
- Kaleen