Glebe falls under the City of Sydney council area, with Blackwattle Bay and Rozelle Bay along its northern edge. The Glebe Society notes that virtually all of Glebe and Forest Lodge is covered by heritage conservation areas, including Glebe Point, Glebe Point Road and Toxteth. The planning controls expect contributory buildings to be kept, so partial demolition here tends to focus on rear additions, internal walls and later alterations, with the main street facade left alone.

The housing is dense. At the 2021 Census, 47 per cent of dwellings were semi-detached, row or terrace houses and 46 per cent were flats or apartments, with only five per cent separate houses. Much of the terrace housing dates from the Victorian era. Anything built before the late 1980s may contain asbestos containing materials, which is why we check before a strip out starts.

Commercial work centres on Glebe Point Road, a 1.9 kilometre main street of cafes, restaurants and specialty shops. The City’s controls protect its fine grain streetscape of two and three storey 19th century buildings, so shopfront make good works need a light touch. At the Parramatta Road end, the Broadway Sydney shopping centre on Bay Street adds a large run of retail tenancies.

Skip bins need a plan as well. City of Sydney policy asks for a bin to sit on site wherever there is space. For minor residential works, a bin can go on the road out front for up to 14 days, but never on the footpath or a cycleway. Work covered by a development consent has to manage its waste within the property, so we sort that before your bin arrives.