Building Inspectors' Cards, 1935-1997

Description

Unique IDAS-0135DateBetween 1st January 1935 and 21st April 1997Date qualifiercircaFormatCardShort descriptionThis series consists of cards that provide a summary of the history of each building application received by Council. DescriptionThese cards contain a summary of each building application received by Council. Any person or company intending to carry out building works on their property must submit a building application to Council, detailing the work to be carried out. If the application is approved, a building inspector will carry out periodic checks to ensure the work is in line with the approval.

They were created by:
- Planning and Building Department (AG-0008) in the period 25/10/1971 to 31/12/1992
- City Architect and Building Surveyors Department II (AG-0016) in the period 01/06/1936 to 25/10/1971
- City Engineering and Building Surveyors Department (AG-0061) in the period 01/01/1935 to 01/06/1936
- City Development AG-0135 in the period 01/01/1993 to 21/04/1997.
They are controlled by the Building Application Registers AS-0122 in the period 01/01/1935 to 31/12/1993.

These cards record the building application number, names of the applicant, architect, builder and engineer, the location of the work, estimated cost, a description of the work, dates of approval or disapproval, dates and details of inspections, and the date of completion of the work.

The same building application number is given to the cards in this series, the building application files in AS-0059, AS-0116, and AS-0326, and the plans in Building Application Plans (AS-0126).

It is not clear when this series began. There is one surviving card from 1935, but the rest of the cards date from 1941. However, if they began the same year as Building Application Files (AS-0059), then the series would have begun in 1908. Building application files from 1908 to 1940 were destroyed by the Planning Department in 1952, so it is likely that the cards from 1908 to 1940 were also destroyed. (AS-0138, CBS DF 1281/1951).

In 1982, building application files from 1941 to 1978 dealing with minor works were destroyed by Council's Archivist when records had to be shifted from the Queen Victoria Building (AS-0116, 19.16.0091). The cards in this series and the plans in Building Application Plans (AS-0126), provide a summary of action for the files that have been destroyed from 1941 to 1978.

By April 1997, the use of inspector’s cards ceased and all information normally recorded in inspector’s cards is noted in the relevant file. Instead of the card, Council started issuing occupation certificates after the completion of work covered in a building application.

The dates in this series are surviving content dates. Series dates likely to be 01/01/1908 to 21/04/1997.Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Building applications inspection and approval AY-0028 (01/01/1935 to 21/04/1997)LanguageEnglish (eng)

Item

Building Inspectors Card: City Planning & Building Department - 67 Wentworth Avenue

Building Inspectors Card: City Planning Department - 3 Bloomfield Street

Building Inspectors Card: City Planning Department - 458 Cleveland Street

Building Inspectors Card: 255 Castlereagh Street, Sydney - Refurbish ground floor branch bank, 1996

Building Inspectors Card: 37 Ultimo Road, Ultimo - Alteration to awning, repaint facade, 1993

Building Inspectors Card: 299A - 301 Castlereagh Street, Sydney - Partitions level 4 - (lot 32),

Building Inspectors Card: 205 - 235 George Street, Sydney - Partitions level 26, 1992

Building Inspectors Card: 140 - 144 Sussex Street, Sydney - Partitions level 5, 1992

Building Inspectors Card: 1 Macquarie Street, Sydney - Partitions Alterations to services level

Building Inspectors Card: 70 - 72 Campbell Street, Surry Hills - Partitions Ground floor, 1989

Building Inspectors Card: 57 - 61 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery - Replace 3 heater exhaust stacks

Building Inspectors Card: 207 Clarence Street, Sydney - Erect illuminated sign, 1987

Building Inspectors Card: 391/393 George Street, Sydney - Erect gate - Application approved, 1987,

Building Inspectors Card: 115 Pitt Street, Sydney - Erect partitions L15, 14/01/1986, not started

Building Inspectors Card: 141.145 Brougham Street, Woolloomooloo - Alterations to rear of office,

Building Inspectors Card: 19/29 Martin Place, Sydney - Alterations to tenancy L57, 14/01/1986

Building Inspectors Card: 90 Ann Street, Surry Hills - Addition of Study Room, 14/01/1986, no work

Building Inspectors Card: 115/119 Crown Street, Darlinghurst - Erect partitions and fit out 115,

Building Inspectors Card: 9 Bridge Street, Erskineville. Extensions & renovations, rendered

Building Inspectors Card: 92/108 Carillon Avenue Erect new medical centre building, rendered

Building Inspectors Card: 18/32 Jamison Street - Erect partitions, level 23 - Application

Building Inspectors Card: 140/144 Sussex Street, Sydney - Partitions, 1st & 2nd floors, 16/12/1985

Building Inspectors Card: 54 McEvoy St - Alterations to existing warehouse/factory 16/12/1985

Series

General Correspondence and Subject Files, 1979-1997

Building Application (BA) Plans, 1909-1997 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Central Activity Files, 1979-1987

Building Application Files, 1941-1978 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Access

Public access statusOpen to public access

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID135System of arrangementAnnual single number

Digitisation

Digitisation statusFully digitised

Relationships

OrganisationSydney City CouncilControlled by seriesPlanning Street Cards, 1920-1994Building Application Registers, 1907-1993 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]Creating agenciesCity DevelopmentCity Engineering and Building Surveyor's DepartmentCity Architect and Building Surveyor's Department IIPlanning and Building DepartmentRelated activitiesBuilding applications inspection and approval

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