Part 5 siting compliance · Victoria
Upload your architectural plans and get a detailed referenced assessment report against all Part 5 Siting provisions of the Victorian Building Regulations 2018 — typically in 5–10 minutes.
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Quick Check $39 · Full Check $59
At the preliminary design stage, a Part 5 Siting issue is an easy edit. Once it surfaces on the building surveyor's desk it becomes a $500–$2,000 redesign with a 2–4 week delay — and an awkward conversation with your client.
DesignSure tells you where you stand before you lodge.
The 2D PDF you already export from CAD, plus a few site details the drawings cannot tell us.
DesignSure reads the measurements off your drawings and shows you every value before it assesses anything.
A branded, dated report covering every provision — each result referenced to its regulation.
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Watch the walkthrough videosUploading your plans and reading your report — under 2 minutes each.
Up to 20 provisions (Regs 73–80, 85–87, 89–93)
The siting provisions that don’t require neighbour data.
Best for extensions, outbuildings, and quick pre-permit application checks.
All 27 Part 5 provisions (Regs 73–96)
Includes daylight, solar access, and overlooking provisions that require neighbour context.
Best for new dwellings and full permit pre-checks.
All prices GST-inclusive. No subscription — pay per report.
Meet the creator
Laura has spent over two decades in building and construction. She started out as an architectural drafter, then moved through technical, compliance and project management roles — including modular and offshore-procured building products — and is now a registered building surveyor and Director of Deemed to Perform Consulting.
Having worked on both sides of the building permit — first drafting plans, then assessing them as a building surveyor — she built DesignSure as the Part 5 check she wanted at each stage: fast enough to run while the design is still changing, and documented well enough to stand behind.
Non-compliance found at preliminary design stage is an easy edit. Found at building permit stage it is redesign fees and weeks of delay.
Every report is branded, dated and regulation-referenced — documented evidence of your due diligence for your file and your client.
Lodge plans you have already pre-checked. Cleaner submissions mean less back-and-forth and a faster path to permit.
See exactly which regulation was assessed, what was measured, and where the number came from. Nothing hidden.
2D PDF from your existing CAD. No BIM, no 3D model, no new software to learn — just the file you already export.
“The report shows the setback needs 200 mm more” lands better than “trust me” — and takes the friction out of design changes.
For Relevant Building Surveyors
A traceable, regulation-referenced Part 5 first pass can be on the file before you start — run by your assistant or cadet building surveyors as an initial check. Your time as a registered practitioner goes to judgement, not to measuring setbacks by hand.
The same provisions, the same method, every file — reducing variability between reviewers and across your team. It supports the RBS's assessment; it does not replace it.
No other tool automates Part 5 siting. Designers and building surveyors still do this by hand.
Part 5 siting (Regs 73–96) — not ResCode, not Clause 54–55, not the Small Lot Housing Code. The building permit pathway.
Powered by Deemed to Perform Consulting — a practising Victorian building surveying consultancy, not a pure software firm.
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