Planning and Development
Council's Planning and Development Team are committed to preparing planning instruments for progressive development, planning for sustainable development and achieving goals for continued growth both in the rural and urban environment.
Home renovators now have access to practical advice about avoiding the negative health impacts caused by exposure to hazardous materials and chemicals when renovating their homes.
NSW Health and the Department of Environment and Conversation have created a guide and website to give home renovators important, simple advice and practical tips to avoid harming their own and their family’s health while renovating. Also see the following sites:
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A Local Environmental Plan (LEP) is the principal legal document for controlling development at the council level. The zoning provisions establish permissibility of uses and standards regulate the extent of development. They are prepared by councils and approved by the Minister for Planning after public exhibition.
A Development Control Plan (DCP) is a detailed guideline that illustrates the controls that apply to a particular type of development or in a particular area. A Development Control Plan refines or supplements a regional environmental plan or local environmental plan and is made according to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
A Section 94 Contributions Plan is a document which details council’s policy of obtaining development contributions as a means of funding local infrastructure and services that are required as a result of new development. These contributions are imposed as a condition of development consent under the provisions of section 94 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
Other helpful information is available on the Department of Local Government's website here
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