Steel sheds, garages and frames in Clifton
Clifton on the southern Darling Downs is a small town of separate houses and farms. Lockyer Sheds supplies it with custom sheds, farm sheds, garages and carports, built or as kits, and with made-to-plan steel frames for individual homes.
Available in Clifton: Shed and garage kits delivered, Sheds supplied and built, Concrete slabs, Council approval paperwork, Steel frames, trusses and floors supplied, Steel frame erection.
What we offer in Clifton
- Shed and garage kits delivered
- Sheds supplied and built
- Concrete slabs
- Council approval paperwork
- Steel frames, trusses and floors supplied
- Steel frame erection
80 km by road from Crowley Vale, about 1 hour 10 minutes (OpenStreetMap routing to the town centre).
Steady, small-scale growth
Clifton's growth plan is about 1% a year, to roughly 1,750 residents by 2051, and 93.4% of occupied dwellings are separate houses. The council names water quality and water security as a current constraint on growth in the southern towns until a proposed pipeline is delivered.
Rural storage first
Most Clifton enquiries are practical: somewhere dry for machinery, feed or a vehicle collection. On farm land, a shed used for the farm with no part within 200 m of a road or boundary can be accepted development under Queensland's Building Regulation; anything else goes to a certifier, which we help with.
No minimum job size
Most Clifton framing work is one house at a time. We quote single homes as readily as estates; there is no minimum size for a made-to-plan frame kit.
Getting it to Clifton
Clifton is about 80 km from the yard by road. Rural addresses should include the lot and plan number.
Building in Clifton: the local facts
The 2021 Census counted 1,490 people in Clifton (median age 49), where 93.4% of occupied dwellings were separate houses.
Source: abs.gov.auToowoomba Regional Council's Growth Plan (2023) projects Clifton township growing from about 1,300 to 1,750 residents by 2051, about 1.0% a year.
Source: hdp-au-prod-app-tow-haveyoursay-files.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.comThe Growth Plan identifies water quality and water security as a current constraint on growth in Clifton and other southern towns, with more growth possible once the proposed southern water pipeline is delivered.
Source: hdp-au-prod-app-tow-haveyoursay-files.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com
What to check before you build in Clifton
Repeat designs in growth areas
Clifton has planned growth on the council's books. Builders working several lots from one house design can re-use the same shop drawings, with site changes such as wind class or floor level handled per lot.
Wind classification for the lot
Wind classification is set lot by lot under AS 4055, not by town. Include it with your plans (your certifier or engineer can provide it); it decides bracing and tie-downs in the frame.
How wind classes workQueensland Reconstruction Authority – Cyclone resilient building guidance for Queensland homes
Council and approvals
Clifton is in the Toowoomba Regional Council area. Most sheds need a building approval from a certifier, and some lots also need planning approval. We check your lot and can prepare the paperwork.
Clifton: questions we get
Do you build sheds and garages in Clifton?
Yes. We design, supply and build sheds, garages, carports and farm and industrial sheds in Clifton under our QBCC licence 15445275, or deliver the building as a kit for you or your own builder to put up. Clifton is about 80 km by road from our Crowley Vale yard, about 1 hour 10 minutes of driving.
Can you supply steel wall frames and trusses in Clifton?
Yes. We make steel wall frames, roof trusses and floor systems to your plans and deliver them to Clifton as labelled kits. In Queensland we can also quote frame erection. Clifton is about 80 km from the yard by road. Rural addresses should include the lot and plan number.
What is being built in Clifton?
Toowoomba Regional Council's Growth Plan (2023) projects Clifton township growing from about 1,300 to 1,750 residents by 2051, about 1.0% a year. We quote single buildings and repeat designs alike.
Does a shed in Clifton need council approval?
Most sheds and garages need a building approval from a building certifier, and some lots also need planning approval from Toowoomba Regional Council. Small structures can be exempt under the Building Regulation 2021, but the rules depend on size, siting and zoning, so we check your lot before quoting. We can prepare the paperwork for you.
Building in Clifton?
Tell us what you want to build and where. We check the lot, the wind classification and the approval route, and come back with a price for a kit or a finished build.
Call 07 5466 5858