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RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT IN GREENWICH
Planning Controls and Development Applications
This has been compiled by the Greenwich Community Association
to help local residents better understand the controls on residential
development in our area.
Please read the Introduction following this Contents listing.
CONTENTS (Click on headings to take you to respective
areas)
A - Planning regulations and documents
(What are they ?)
1 - Introduction
2 - Local Environment Plan and Zonings
3 - Development Control Plans
4 - Code for Dwelling Houses
B - Development Application Lodgement
(How does an applicant apply ?)
1 - General
2 - What documentation must the applicant lodge ?
3 - What happens next ?
C - Public Review and Comment
(How do neighbours have their say ?)
1 - General
2 - What form of notification can neighbours expect ?
3 - Inspection of lodged DA material
4 - Submissions to Council
D - DA Processing by Council
(How does Council approve or reject the
application ?)
1 - General
2 - Straightforward cases
3 - Slightly more difficult cases
4 - Council officer reports
5 - Planning and Building Committee deliberations
6 - Site Inspection meetings
7 - Resolution by Council
8 - If the Application is approved
9 - If the Application is refused
E - Monitoring of Construction
(Ensuring the building complies with approved plans)
1 - General
2 - Modified Plans
3 - Certification
4 - Deviations
F - MORE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
1 - General
2 - Contesting Major Developments
Introduction
As in other areas in Sydney, the residential environment in
Greenwich is constantly changing as people improve and enlarge
their homes.
There are limits, however, on the type and scale of changes
owners are permitted to make to their homes. These constraints
are necessary to limit adverse effects on the property's neighbours,
and to the local environment as a whole.
People are often concerned about new developments proposed for
their area. What sort of changes are owners permitted to make,
and how do the approval processes work? How can neighbours or
other members of the community influence the outcome?
All development in New South Wales is controlled by State Government
acts and regulations, usually administered by local councils.
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act of 1979, for example,
requires each council to maintain and administer a Local Environment
Plan which defines the type of development permitted in each
designated area.
In addition to its LEP, Lane Cove Council also administers a
number of Development Control Plans further defining the standards
to be maintained in each area, and also a number of Codes, such
as the Code for Dwelling Homes.
Which documents apply to the homes in your area, and how are
their requirements administered ? What to these regulations
cover, and how does one document or regulation relate to another?
This whole subject is difficult for ordinary folk to understand,
and consequently can create frustration and - in some cases
- unnecessary ill feeling between neighbours.
These web pages have been prepared by Greenwich Community Association
to act as a simplified introduction to the steps involved in
Lane Cove Council's Development Approval Processes and
in subsequent monitoring during construction.
Copies of nearly all of the regulatory documents are available
from Lane Cove Council (in some cases for a fee), and many are
accessible on Council's excellent and expanding web page www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au.
The reader is referred to these for further and more reliable
detail - you can use the link provided here to access these
pages.
The material we publish here is not intended to replace or supplant
Lane Cove Council's web page information. It is chiefly intended
as a simplified guide to the most common issues affecting residential
development in the Greenwich area.
We do not deal here with the much wider issues associated with
high density housing (flats and units), commercial (offices
and shops) or special-purpose development such as on school
or hospital land. We have similarly not attempted to deal, at
this stage, with the more complex issues associated with SEPP
5 development - eg for aged care housing.
We must emphasize that, although we have compiled these pages
with care, they are neither complete nor error-free. You should
not rely on them in any way, and Greenwich Community Association
will not be liable for the consequences of any errors or omissions
on these pages.
In all cases you should obtain properly qualified professional
advice or direct your enquiries to Council staff before proceeding
with any development, or taking any strong actions in relation
to a proposed development you may oppose.
A
simplified flowchart is attached to illustrate LCC's DA Approval
Process
This version was posted in August 2002 |
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