Caloundra, 4551, runs from old beach streets at Kings Beach and Shelly Beach to the edge of the newest estates in the country, which makes it two driveway markets in one postcode. On the headland side the work is renewal: driveways poured in the 1960s through 1980s that have cracked, spalled or sunk at the crossover, coming out and being repoured properly. On the Aura side of the suburb the work is new pours on new slabs, with covenant rules deciding the finish.
Ground and weather
Most of Caloundra sits on stable sandy soil that takes a slab well once compacted. Summer storms are the design constraint: driveways here get their crossfall set so the water that arrives in twenty minute bursts leaves the slab and misses the garage, which is exactly the kind of detail that separates a driveway that lasts from one that ponds.
Old streets, new rules
Plenty of Caloundra’s crossovers predate the current rules, and any replacement or widening counts as construction under Sunshine Coast Council’s two tier system. Most jobs still land on the standard, no permit side of the checklist; the ones that do not, corner blocks on the older grid especially, need written approval before work starts, and that gets identified at the site measure rather than mid job. The crossovers page explains both tiers.
Caloundra prices
Published rates apply across the suburb: plain grey broom finish from $100 per m2, coloured $110 to $130, exposed aggregate finish $135 to $150, removal adding $35 to $45 where the old driveway comes out. The pricing page shows what a 45 m2 and a 60 m2 driveway land at, and the written price after a site measure does not move.
Sunshine Coast Council crossover rules in Caloundra
Sunshine Coast Council runs a two tier crossover system. A standard crossover, one that ticks every box on the council’s own checklist, is self assessed: no permit, no fee, build it to the council’s drawings. A non standard crossover, wrong width or position, a corner lot, too close to a pit or a pole, needs the council’s written approval through an Operational Works application before any work starts, with an application fee the council resets each financial year.
Any new crossover or change to a crossover’s profile, surface, size or materials counts as construction under these rules, so replacements and widenings are covered, not just new builds. Urban crossovers are built to the council’s nominated IPWEA standard drawings in concrete, asphalt or bitumen; raised stamped patterns are not accepted. Clearances matter: crossovers keep their distance from stormwater pits, power poles, bus stops and street assets, and corner lots take access from their addressed street.
Requirements and fees are the council’s, and they change; whether your crossover is standard, and what any application costs, is confirmed in writing with your quote.
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