Adjoining owners detail request

To ensure building works don't affect or damage adjoining properties, you may need to get your neighbours' details for protection works.

How do I know if I need protection work?

Your building surveyor will assess and decide if you need protection work for your project. They will base this decision on the information you have provided in your building permit application.

What are my obligations?

If the building surveyor decides you need the adjoining owner's details for protection works, you must:

  • serve a Protection Work Notice on the adjoining owner
  • get a contract of insurance
  • prepare a survey of the adjoining property
  • pay any related expenses.

Please direct any questions on specific obligations and rights to the relevant building surveyor.

What are my adjoining owner's rights and obligations?

The adjoining owner has the right to:

  • agree or disagree to the proposed work
  • request further information
  • seek reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred while protecting their interests.

The adjoining owner must:

  • respond to the Protection Work Notice within 14 days
  • help the property owner prepare a survey of their property before work starts.

Please direct any questions on specific obligations and rights to the relevant building surveyor.

How to apply

Your building surveyor will submit their decision to us in writing and request the adjoining owner's details.

This will either be together with a Section 80 notification at the beginning of the building permit or soon after your building surveyor has identified that protection work is needed.

The adjoining owner details are protected under privacy laws and may only be disclosed through these steps.

Further information

For more information about the protection work process and your rights and obligations as an adjoining owner, please see the Victorian Building Authority's approved statement on protection work.

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