Design your veranda to be 1 metre away from the boundary of your property. This is the most reliable way to ensure a range of applications are NOT triggered by your council.

*the outside lip/face of your veranda gutter is the place you need to measure from to check that distance.

If you need to design your veranda closer than 1 metre try and keep the distance no closer than 500mm. This will mean less applications get triggered by your council but some likely will. The common one is by going closer than 1 metre you will always need a fire engineering certificate which costs $800 which EasyPermits organises as part of the process if required.

If you need to go closer than 500mm the closest you can go and get a building permit approved is 200mm from the outside lip/face of the veranda gutter and your property's boundary and this will mean your actual veranda columns will be 360mm from the boundary because the width of the gutter is 160mm plus the 200mm to the fence makes 360mm. This design will likely trigger the most extra required applications with your council probably 2 but could be less or more. 

If you are designing a Cooldeck veranda keep the design 1m from the boundary as being closer than this with Cooldeck material will not be approved by a fire engineer.

Don't design your veranda to be built over or within 1 metre of an easement. Doing this will avoid being knocked back by the water authority in your area.