Public exhibition & notifications

• How are public exhibitions determined?

• The Community Engagement Strategy including Participation Plan outlines our Statutory Planning and Strategic Planning commitment to how, what and window of community engagement we will undertake.
  

  The Local Government Act (1993) specifies minimum mandatory exhibition timeframes for some planning related matters. The public exhibition is determined under the provision of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (EPA&A Act).

• What is the public exhibition for a DA?

• Our 2023-2027 Community Engagement Strategy (Including Participation Plan) states the Development Application Process for development consent (other than for complying development certificate or for State Significant Development) requires a Consult level of engagement which includes a 14 day* public exhibition period.

  *Council may extend the public exhibition period without further notification to those already notified.

  *Development applications considered to have negligible impacts are not required to be notified.

• Who gets notified of a DA?

• Council notify adjoining and/or adjacent owners where Council considers the proposal may have an impact on them.

  Community are notified by a public notices in the local newspapers.

The DA Tracker

• What is an application tracker?

• Application Tracker is a tool to track the progress of development applications, construction certificates and complying development certificates.

• What information is available on the application tracker?
• • All development applications, construction certificates, and complying development certificates submitted from 1 November 2015 will provide access to submitted plans and supporting documents as well as tracking details of the progress of the application.
  • More limited information is provided for applications submitted from 1 January 2001 to 31 October 2015.
  • Occupation Certificates (where issued) are provided only from 2010.
• What does the 'due date' mean in the DA application tracker?

• The date shown in the 'Due Date' column is the estimated completion date of each stage. The 'Application under Assessment' due date is the 28th day after lodgement which is Council's desired target date for determination. Whilst every effort will be made to determine the application by this target date, many different factors affect the capacity of staff to do so.

• What information is not available on the application tracker?
• • Application Form.
  • Documentation associated with privately certified applications.
  • Internal reports.

The Development Application process

• What is Councils role?

• When an application is made to Council on a proposed development, staff are required to:

  • Assess and determine the development application
  • Co-ordinate the assessment process and public exhibition of the application
  • Be the point of contact during the exhibition and assessment periods.

  
  

• What is a Regionally Significant development?

• When an application is submitted on behalf of Crown (State) and holds a Capital Investment Value greater than $5 million, the development is considered ‘regionally significant’ under State planning legislation. This means that the application is to be assessed by Dubbo Regional Council.

  View the planning portal to view current developments.
  

• Who is the Western Regional Planning Panel (WRPP)?

• The WRPP is a State Government panel comprised of two representatives nominated by Council and three representatives appointed by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.

  The WRRP are the determining authority for Regionally Significant applications.