House Raising & Restumping in Sunshine Coast

Restumping across the Sunshine Coast Council area, from Caloundra to Coolum and inland to Maleny. Council lists restumping as needing a building permit when more than 20% of the stumps are replaced, and stump type is decided partly by how far you are from the surf.

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House Raising & Restumping around Sunshine Coast

The Sunshine Coast Council area holds two building environments, and the rules meet them differently. Council's flood hazard area for building regulation purposes map is the trigger for a flood information search. In the hinterland, the planning scheme's landslide hazard and steep land overlay maps slopes of 15% or greater. A restumping quote should tell you which of those maps your lot is on, because the paperwork that follows is different.

The region splits in two for this trade. The Bureau of Meteorology calls the coastal plain from Caloundra north through Kawana, Maroochydore and Coolum flat, and says flooding there generally lasts longer than in the hinterland headwaters. The hinterland behind it climbs onto the Blackall Range to Maleny, Montville and Mapleton, where the Bureau describes flash flooding from many small creeks. Nambour, Palmwoods, Woombye and Eudlo sit between the two, so check both maps.

Permits and Sunshine Coast Council rules

If your property sits within a designated flood hazard area, Sunshine Coast Council requires a flood information search before building work. It returns the defined flood level, the maximum flow velocity, whether the site is an inactive flow or backwater area, the freeboard and the finished floor level. The Queensland standard MP 3.5, Construction of Buildings in Flood Hazard Areas, does not apply to raising an existing building (section 3(2)(c) of the standard, version 1.1, published 12 December 2013), though the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme 2014 flood code can. The flood hazard area for building regulation purposes map was designated by council resolution OM23/99 on 21 September 2023 and supersedes the designation in the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme 2014, accounting for overland flow paths, drainage and freeboard. Where it cannot be produced automatically, the search is a paid council service, A$132.00 in Council's 2026–27 register.

Source: Sunshine Coast Council — flood information relevant to building works · Queensland Development Code MP 3.5, section 3(2)(c), version 1.1, published 12 December 2013, read at the standard on 25 September 2026 — confirm current requirements with Sunshine Coast Council.

Timing and lead times in Sunshine Coast

Wet-season timing matters here. The Bureau of Meteorology's Sunshine Coast Airport record shows a mean of 217.5 mm in February and 51.1 mm in September, and its older Nambour record shows 259.1 mm and 49.2 mm. The Bureau describes both catchments as susceptible to rapid flooding, and says the water takes longer to leave the flat coastal plain than the hinterland headwaters. Work that needs open excavation under a house is easier to schedule in the drier months.

Our Sunshine Coast service area

Serving the Sunshine Coast Council area — coastal plain and hinterland.

See all House Raising & Restumping on the Sunshine Coast. We also work in Caloundra, Golden Beach, Currimundi, Wurtulla, Kawana Waters, Buddina, Mooloolaba, Alexandra Headland, Maroochydore, Marcoola, Mudjimba, Coolum Beach and Peregian Springs on the coast; Nambour, Palmwoods, Woombye, Yandina, Eumundi, Eudlo, Chevallum, Mooloolah Valley, Landsborough, Beerwah, Maleny, Montville and Mapleton inland..