Port Macquarie-Hastings rule changes, RapidSiteplan https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/ Rule changes on the way for Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales and the whole country, the rules brought up to date and the council notices, each dated and linked to its source. en-au Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Commences: NCC 2025 Volume Two Part H8 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-1c15e3558d https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-1c15e3558d Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. 1 May 2027. Livable housing for a class 1a is unchanged in substance. Source ncc.abcb.gov.au, read 1 Nov 2026. Commences: National Construction Code 2025 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-31e2dabbd2 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-31e2dabbd2 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT New South Wales. 1 May 2027. NCC 2025 replaces NCC 2022 as the building code in New South Wales, but Part H6 stays NCC 2022 Amendment 2 with BASIX and Part H8 does not apply. Source nsw.gov.au, read 1 Nov 2026. Commences: NCC 2025 Housing Provisions Part 9.2 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-d150b42bf3 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-d150b42bf3 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. 1 May 2027. Source ncc.abcb.gov.au, read 1 Nov 2026. Commences: NCC 2025 Housing Provisions Part 10.8 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-e1eb2d97d6 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-e1eb2d97d6 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. 1 May 2027. Class 1a condensation: wall membrane vapour permeance now by climate zone including zones 1 and 3 for the first time, cavity mandatory in zones 6, 7 and 8, new roof space clause 10.8.4. Source ncc.abcb.gov.au, read 1 Nov 2026. Commences: NCC 2025 Volume Two Part H6, Specification 42 and Housing Provisions Section 13 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-f2b0b7aa36 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-f2b0b7aa36 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. 1 May 2027. Energy and whole of home for a class 1a do not tighten: 7 stars and whole of home 60 stay, with small changes on overhangs and waffle pod slabs. Source ncc.abcb.gov.au, read 1 Nov 2026. Exhibited: Statewide low rise housing code and targeted assessment (discussion paper) https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-1e934b979b https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-1e934b979b Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT New South Wales. No date yet. One statewide code for low rise housing (houses, dual occupancies, multi dwelling housing) and a targeted assessment pathway between complying development and a full DA. Source planningportal.nsw.gov.au, read 21 Oct 2026. Exhibited: Planning for Bush Fire Protection 2026 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-6dcda773b1 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-6dcda773b1 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT New South Wales. No date yet. A new edition of the bush fire planning guideline to replace PBP 2019. Source rfs.nsw.gov.au, read 21 Oct 2026. Exhibited: Standard and model conditions of consent (explanation of intended effect) https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-a6b88afd3b https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-a6b88afd3b Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT New South Wales. No date yet. Standard and model conditions of consent across NSW, scaled to impact, with simpler outcome based conditions for low rise development. Source planningportal.nsw.gov.au, read 21 Oct 2026. Exhibited: Codes SEPP and the complying development variations pathway https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-ac84d2f841 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-ac84d2f841 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT New South Wales. Around Dec 2026. A council variation certificate for small departures from complying development standards, plus Codes SEPP changes to setbacks, garages, sloping sites and rainwater tanks. Source planningportal.nsw.gov.au, read 21 Oct 2026. Adopted: Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Act 2026 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-ccbe977710 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-ccbe977710 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT New South Wales. No date yet. Removes duplication between building and planning approvals, with staged approvals and minor changes to a building approval. Source nsw.gov.au, read 21 Oct 2026. Council rules brought up to date for Port Macquarie-Hastings https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#w-e0d8ee686a https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#w-e0d8ee686a Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Council rules in the rules we hold for Port Macquarie-Hastings, read 21 Oct 2026 from pmhc.nsw.gov.au. Commences: AS 1926.1:2024 Swimming pool safety barriers https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-04f84973e1 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-04f84973e1 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. 1 May 2027. NCC 2025 cites the 2024 edition for pool barriers, so it reaches each state that takes NCC 2025 without a variation; Western Australia keeps the 2012 edition for private pools. Source ncc.abcb.gov.au, read 11 Oct 2026. Adopted: National Construction Code, residential pause https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-2204a09245 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-2204a09245 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. Around Jun 2029. No residential changes to the NCC except essential safety and quality changes until mid 2029. Source treasury.gov.au, read 11 Oct 2026. Announced: AS 3959:2018 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-307310cbbc https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-307310cbbc Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. No date yet. The publisher lists the standard as pending revision; no new edition or draft is listed. Source store.standards.org.au, read 11 Oct 2026. Announced: National Construction Code, next edition https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-379f26f800 https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-379f26f800 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. Around Dec 2029. The edition after NCC 2025: the regular NCC 2028 moves back one year because of the pause on residential changes. Source abcb.gov.au, read 11 Oct 2026. Commences: ABCB Housing Provisions 2025 (with NCC 2025) https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-6cf8c80d9e https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-6cf8c80d9e Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. 1 May 2027. Source abcb.gov.au, read 11 Oct 2026. Announced: AS 4678-2002 Earth retaining structures https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-8a5258f76d https://www.rapidsiteplan.au/site-plan/port-macquarie-hastings/#c-8a5258f76d Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Australia-wide. No date yet. The publisher lists the standard as pending revision; no new edition or draft is listed. Source store.standards.org.au, read 11 Oct 2026.