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Plan-making

Find everything you need know about State and local planning instruments and how they might affect a proposed development.

Plan-making

Local Environmental Plan

The process of creating LEPs starts with a planning proposal which in most cases is undertaken by your local council.
Access the Online Planning Proposal service to view active cases within NSW.

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SEPPs

The Governor may make environmental planning instruments for the purpose of environmental planning by the State. Any such instrument may be called a State Environmental Planning Policy.

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Development Control Plans

A DCP provides detailed planning and design guidelines to support the planning controls in the Local Environmental Plan developed by a council.

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Local Strategic Planning Statements

In March 2018, amendments to the EP&A Act 1979 introduced new requirements for councils to prepare a Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS).

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