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 · Use code WELCOME25 for 25% off — valid until 31 August 2026
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.
Prefer to see it? Watch the walkthrough videos — plus plan preparation guidance and the FAQ, all in Resources.
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.
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.
One avoided redesign pays for years of checking.
Check it first
$39–$59
One report, back in 5–10 minutes, every result referenced to its regulation. Fix it with a line edit while the design is still on your screen.
Find out late
$500–$2,000
Redesign fees, plus a 2–4 week delay to the permit, plus the conversation with your client about why the drawings are going back.
A single avoided redesign covers between 8 and 33 Full Checks.
The cheapest line item on the project, protecting the most expensive stage of it.
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.
Pay per report. Try it on a single project — no lock-in, no monthly commitment.
Quick Check $39 · Full Check $59 · 25% off with code WELCOME25 until 31 August 2026