Post-approval amendments

A post-approval amendment changes an approved filing. On shed and scaffold work the usual triggers are a change in extent, a change in configuration, or a change of party after the filing was approved.

Common triggers

• The shed gets longer, shorter, or wraps a corner it did not previously cover
• The duty rating changes, for example because material will now be stored on the deck
• A supported scaffold is added above an existing shed
• Site conditions found in the field differ from what was drawn
• A party on the filing changes

PAA, renewal, or new filing

A renewal extends the permit on an unchanged filing. A post-approval amendment changes an approved filing that remains live. A new filing is what you need when the previous permit has lapsed entirely, or when the work is genuinely a different job.

Choosing wrong costs time. Filing a PAA against a lapsed permit does not revive it.

Doing it before the field changes

Where a field condition forces a change, the amendment should follow immediately rather than at the end of the job. A shed standing in a configuration that does not match its approved drawings is a finding waiting to happen.

Key facts

Applies to

Approved, live filings

Renewal

Extends an unchanged permit

New filing

Required after a lapse