Is Golden Plains Shire Council a declared termite area?
Yes. Golden Plains Shire Council has designated its whole municipality as a termite risk area.
What this means for your build
In a declared area, new buildings and additions need a termite management system under the National Construction Code, and your building surveyor will look for protection to AS 3660.1 and an installation certificate at handover.
Price termite protection into the job from the start: most of it goes in before and during the slab pour and can’t be added later.
Suburbs in Golden Plains
54 suburbs and localities fall wholly or partly within Golden Plains Shire Council. Those marked * are split between councils: check which council your site is in on the rates notice or property certificate.
- Anakie * 3213
- Bamganie 3333
- Bannockburn 3331
- Barunah Park 3329
- Batesford * 3213
- Berringa 3351
- Cambrian Hill 3352
- Cape Clear 3351
- Corindhap 3352
- Cressy * 3322
- Dereel 3352
- Durdidwarrah 3342
- Durham Lead * 3352
- Enfield 3352
- Garibaldi 3352
- Gheringhap 3331
- Grenville * 3352
- Haddon 3351
- Happy Valley (Golden Plains) 3360
- Hesse 3321
- Illabarook 3351
- Inverleigh * 3321
- Lethbridge 3332
- Linton * 3360
- Mannibadar 3360
- Maude 3331
- Meredith 3333
- Mount Mercer 3352
- Murgheboluc 3218
- Napoleons 3352
- Newtown (Golden Plains) 3351
- Nintingbool 3351
- Piggoreet 3351
- Pitfield 3351
- Pittong * 3360
- Rokewood 3330
- Rokewood Junction 3351
- Ross Creek 3351
- Russells Bridge 3331
- Scarsdale 3351
- She Oaks 3331
- Shelford 3329
- Smythes Creek * 3351
- Smythesdale * 3351
- Springdallah 3351
- Staffordshire Reef 3351
- Steiglitz 3331
- Stonehaven 3218
- Sutherlands Creek 3331
- Teesdale 3328
- Wallinduc 3351
- Werneth * 3352
- Willowvale 3360
- Wingeel * 3321
Source and how to confirm
Source: Building Commission: Termite-infested areas in Victoria (list as at January 2011, archived), checked 4 Oct 2026. This is the Building Commission’s statewide list as at January 2011; the council has not published its own statement.
Designations change. Before relying on this for compliance, confirm with your building surveyor or Golden Plains Shire Council.
Suburb and council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (CC BY 4.0).
Building in Golden Plains?
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