8731.0 - Building Approvals, Australia, Jul 2009 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 01/09/2009
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GLOSSARY
Aged care facilities Building used in the provision or support of aged care facilities, excluding dwellings (e.g. retirement villages). Includes aged care facilities with and without medical care. Agriculture/aquaculture Buildings housing, or associated with, agriculture and aquaculture activities, including bulk storage of produce (e.g. shearing shed, grain silo, shearers’ quarters). Alterations and additions Building activity carried out on existing buildings. Includes adding to or diminishing floor area, altering the structural design of a building and affixing rigid components which are integral to the functioning of the building. Alterations and additions to residential buildings Alterations and additions carried out on existing residential buildings, which may result in the creation of new dwelling units. See also Explanatory Notes, paragraph 13. Building A building is a rigid, fixed and permanent structure which has a roof. Its intended purpose is primarily to house people, plant, machinery, vehicles, goods or livestock. An integral feature of a building’s design is the provision for regular access by persons in order to satisfy its intended use. Commercial Buildings primarily occupied with or engaged in commercial trade or work intended for commercial trade, including buildings used primarily in wholesale and retail trades, office and transport activities. Conversion Building activity which converts a non-residential building to a residential building, e.g. conversion of a warehouse to residential apartments. Conversion is considered to be a special type of alteration, and these jobs have been separately identified as such from the July 1996 reference month, though they have only appeared separately in this publication from the January 1998 issue. Prior to that issue, conversions were published as part of the ‘Conversions, etc.’ category or included elsewhere within a table. See also Explanatory Notes, paragraph 13. Dwelling unit A dwelling unit is a self-contained suite of rooms, including cooking and bathing facilities and intended for long-term residential use. Regardless of whether they are self-contained or not, units within buildings offering institutional care (e.g. hospitals) or temporary accommodation (e.g. motels, hostels and holiday apartments) are not defined as dwelling units. Such units are included in the appropriate category of non-residential building approvals. Dwelling units can be created in one of four ways: through new work to create a residential building; through alteration/addition work to an existing residential building; through either new or alteration/addition work on non-residential building or through conversion of a non-residential building to a residential building. Educational Buildings used in the provision or support of educational services, including group accommodation buildings (e.g. classrooms, school canteens, dormitories). Entertainment and recreation Buildings used in the provision of entertainment and recreational facilities or services (e.g. libraries, museums, casinos, sporting facilities). Factories Buildings housing, or associated with, production and assembly processes of intermediate and final goods. Flats, units or apartments Dwellings not having their own private grounds and usually sharing a common entrance, foyer or stairwell. Health Buildings used in the provision of non-aged care medical services (e.g. nursing quarters, laboratories, clinics). House A house is a detached building primarily used for long term residential purposes. It consists of one dwelling unit. For instance, detached ‘granny flats’ and detached dwelling units (e.g. caretaker’s residences) associated with a non-residential building are defined as houses. Also includes 'cottages', 'bungalows' and rectories. Industrial Buildings used for warehousing and the production and assembly activities of industrial establishments, including factories and plants. New Building activity which will result in the creation of a building which previously did not exist. Non-residential building A non-residential building is primarily intended for purposes other than long term residential purposes. Note that, on occasions, one or more dwelling units may be created through non-residential building activity. Prior to the January 1998 issue of this publication, they have been included in the ‘Conversions, etc.’ column in tables showing dwelling units approved. They are now identified separately (e.g. see table 9). However, the value of these dwelling units cannot be separated out from that of the non-residential building which they are part of, therefore the value associated with these remain in the appropriate non-residential category. Offices Buildings primarily used in the provision of professional services or public administration (e.g. offices, insurance or finance buildings). Other dwellings Includes all dwellings other than houses. They can be created by: the creation of new other residential buildings (e.g. flats); alteration/addition work to an existing residential building; either new or alteration/addition work on a non-residential building; conversion of a non-residential building to a residential building creating more than one dwelling unit. Other residential building An other residential building is a building other than a house primarily used for long-term residential purposes. An other residential building contains more than one dwelling unit. Other residential buildings are coded to the following categories: semidetached, row or terrace house or townhouse with one storey; semidetached, row or terrace house or townhouse with two or more storeys; flat, unit or apartment in a building of one or two storeys; flat, unit or apartment in a building of three storeys; flat, unit or apartment in a building of four or more storeys; flat, unit or apartment attached to a house; other/number of storeys unknown. The latter two categories are included with the semidetached, row or terrace house or townhouse with one storey category in table 11 and 12 of this publication. Religious Buildings used for or associated with worship or in support of programs sponsored by religious bodies (e.g. church, temple, church hall, dormitories). Residential building A residential building is a building consisting of one or more dwelling units. Residential buildings can be either houses or other residential buildings. Retail/wholesale trade Buildings primarily used in the sale of goods to intermediate and end users. Semidetached, row or terrace houses, townhouses Dwellings having their own private grounds with no other dwellings above or below. Transport Buildings primarily used in the provision of transport services, and includes the following categories:
Warehouses Buildings primarily used for storage of goods, excluding produce storage. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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