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NSW Planning Portal release information

Regular improvements are made to digital services as part of our continuous improvement program and to support policy initiatives.

There are regular releases to the NSW Planning Portal digital services to ensure that the services meet user needs and reflect planning policy requirements. 

We deliver these through one of two types of releases: 

Type Description Frequency

Defect / Bug fix

This includes hotfixes to address identified technical issues where the digital services are not behaving as expected.

Monthly

Note: This may be more frequently if to address a priority item. 

Enhancement

This includes:

  • minor functionality changes to existing services to address stakeholder feedback
  • wording changes to an existing service or help text
  • changes due to the introduction of a policy initiative
  • API changes
  • improvements to the performance of the NSW Planning Portal. 

Quarterly

Note: There may be exceptions due to policy initiative timeframes. 

You can find information about the scope of a delivered release in the related release summary, published on the NSW Planning Portal. We also provide information to the NSW Planning Portal reference groups and to those that have subscribed for program updates.

View release summaries

Last updated: 29/09/2025