Plumbing and drainage
The following information may be helpful for domestic and commercial plumbing and drainage applications and enquiries.
For more information, please contact our team.
As-constructed plans
As-constructed plans show where and what below-ground sanitary drainage pipes have been installed on a property. This includes the connections from the fixtures (e.g. toilets, sinks) on the property to the sewer connection point, or the treatment plant for non-sewered areas.
Where available, you can access sewer, water, stormwater, roofwater and your property-approved as-constructed plans for free online.
Due to local government amalgamations, plans for some properties may not be available. This includes:
- amalgamated areas of the former Beaudesert Shire Council (all records prior to 1995)
- amalgamated areas of Gold Coast City Council.
If plans are not available online, please call us on 07 3412 3412, or email us at council@logan.qld.gov.au. We will search our records and tell you if any plans are available for the property. Please allow 5 to 10 working days.
If we have no plans available for a property, you may need a licensed plumbing contractor to locate the on-site sanitary drainage pipes. A licenced plumber can draw drainage plans for your property. For a copy of a blank drawing template, please download Drainge plan drawing template (PDF 253 KB).
We do not keep a record of private roofwater drainage for class 1a dwellings (single detached house or one or more attached dwellings e.g. terrace/townhouse). In Queensland, roofwater falls under the responsibility of a private building certifier and records of installed roofwater drainage are not needed as part of a building approval.
Application forms and lodgement
The table below lists the forms you need, and if a fee applies for plumbing and drainage services.
You must include with your application any supporting documents listed on the forms (e.g. an evaluation report for on-site sewerage and greywater facilities).
To allow us to start assessing your application as soon as possible, it needs to be properly made according to the rules in the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018. For more information, please download Lodgement and properly made Form 1 applications or contact our team.
You can lodge your application:
- online – some types of applications can be lodged online, as listed in the table below
- by email – the table below tells you which email address to send your application to
- by post – to find out where to post your application, please see Connect wth us
- in person – you can lodge your application at your nearest customer service centre.
To see applications you have previously lodged (from 1 July 2018), please see My plumbing and drainage applications.
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Type of application / notification |
Form to lodge |
Lodgement |
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Plumbing and drainage |
Form 1 – Compliance assessment application for plumbing, drainage and on site sewerage work (online form) |
A fee applies |
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Commercial – alternative/performance solution |
Email – council@logan.qld.gov.au A fee applies Please contact us on 07 3412 4840 for help with lodgement |
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Notification of a responsible person (before starting installation and 24 hours before booking inspections) |
Department of Housing and Public Works - Form 7 (Notification of responsible person) (must be signed by a licensed plumber, drainer or contractor) |
Online (Application enquiry, My plumbing and drainage applications, Click on your application and Submit response) Email – council@logan.qld.gov.au |
|
Visual compliance inspection of plumbing and drainage installations |
Email – council@logan.qld.gov.au A fee applies |
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Backflow prevention devices (an annual registration fee is payable) |
Email – council@logan.qld.gov.au A fee applies |
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Notifiable work inspection request (under the Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019) |
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Email – council@logan.qld.gov.au A fee applies Please contact us on 07 3412 4840 for help with lodgement |
Fees, charges and payments
To find out the fee that applies to your application, you can:
- get an estimate of development application fees using the development fees estimator tool in the Logan PD Hub. The estimator will give you a report that you can download (as a PDF) and attach to your application if you need to explain the fee amount entered
- download a Register of cost-recovery fees and schedule of commercial and other charges 2019–20 (PDF 7282 KB) – choose Development assessment in the table of contents to find the fee applicable to your development.
If you need to confirm the fee before you lodge your application, please email us at council@logan.qld.gov.au.
Payment options
Plumbing and drainage application fees are payable when an application or request is lodged. As part of the lodgement process you can choose to pay:
- online with a credit card when you lodge your application
- online using the online payment reference number located at the bottom of the notice of account
- by BPay with a savings or cheque account using the biller code and reference number located at the bottom of your notice of account (there is a limit of $500,000 for each BPay payment; you can make multiple payments if needed)
- by email to council@logan.qld.gov.au – an officer will call you for your payment by credit card
- by direct deposit (this option applies to large business customers with multiple transactions) – to arrange direct deposit, please email council@logan.qld.gov.au
- by post with a cheque or money order to Logan City Council, see connect with us
- in person at one of our customer service centres by cash, cheque, money order or Eftpos.
Plumbing and drainage inspections
Plumbing and drainage inspections are conducted Monday to Friday from 7:00am to 4:00pm.
To book a plumbing and drainage inspection, please call us on 07 3412 4840 between 8:00am and 5:00pm. Please note that:
- you can request an inspection outside of our normal inspection times, but an additional fee will apply
- to book an inspection for the next day, you must book by 12:00pm (noon) the day before
- to change an inspection time, you need to give us one hour notice before the agreed inspection booking
- a re-inspection fee will apply if you have booked an inspection but do not attend, or if the work is not finished in time for the inspection (the fee will need to be paid and a new inspection time will need to be booked).
The plumbing and drainage application fee covers assessment and normal inspection costs, but does not guarantee approval.
On-site sewerage facilities
Property owners and tenants are responsible for maintaining on-site sewerage treatment facilities or septic systems.
For more information about these on-site sewerage facilities, please download On-site sewerage facilities (PDF 209 KB).