Building Applications at Moorabbin Airport

Land use planning and building control at Moorabbin Airport is regulated by the Airports Act 1996 (Act). This means that State law does not apply and all building approvals for building activity on Moorabbin Airport land are issued under Commonwealth law.

Regulations have been made pursuant to the Act, and the regulations dealing with the approval of “building activities” (as defined in S98 the Act) are the Airports (Building Control) Regulations 1996.

Generally speaking building activities can only be carried out after approval has been obtained from the Airport Building Controller (ABC) for Moorabbin Airport. The Regulations set out the way in which applications are made for approval of building activities, as well as the matters the ABC considers before an approval is issued.

A building activity is defined as:-

Construction of buildings or other structure.
Alterations to the structure of buildings or other structures.
Constructing or altering earthworks (whether or not in relation to a buildings etc.)
Constructing or altering engineering, electrical or hydraulic works.
Demolishing, destroying, dismantling or removing.
Building, structure, earthworks, engineering works, electrical works and hydraulic works.

The approval process also involves obtaining the consent of the Airport Lessee Company (ALC) which is Moorabbin Airport Corporation (MAC).

The Regulations describe the things Moorabbin Airport must be satisfied about before it gives its consent, such as whether the proposed building activity is consistent with the Moorabbin Airport Master Plan.

Information published on this website

As of 27 March 2010 the Regulations require certain information about building applications at Moorabbin Airport to be published by the ALC on the Moorabbin Airport website. Accordingly, this information is published by MAC in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations.

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