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  • Building
    • Driveways and property entrances
    • Dwellings and additions
    • Fences and retaining walls
    • Flood Information for New Building Work
    • Information for owner builders
    • Sheds, carports, decks and patios
    • Structure removal and demolitions
    • Swimming pools
  • Plumbing
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Fences and retaining walls

For information about retaining walls and fences, council has provided the following factsheets:

Retaining Wall Factsheet(PDF, 542KB)

Fences Factsheet(PDF, 351KB)

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PO Box 155, Gympie Queensland, Australia 4570

Phone: 1300 307 800
Email: council@gympie.qld.gov.au

ABN: 91 269 530 353

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Gympie Regional Council acknowledges the traditional owners of the land and pays its respect to the elders of the past, present and emerging.

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