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Unified payment experience

Create a simple and consistent way for applicants to make payments, reducing confusion and duplication.

Initiative Outline

Status Scheduled 
Timeline Q1 2026 – Q3 2027
Type of change Digital services, Technology  
Impacted stakeholder  Agency, Applicants, Council, Technology partners                                                                    

 

Problem statement

How can applicants have a consistent, streamlined payment experience with a reduced complexity and duplication across internal payment systems?

 

Scope

This will involve exploring factors such as: 

  • Simplified payment processes to improve applicants’ understanding and make the overall planning journey more straightforward.
  • Ways of helping applicants pay fees quicker to reduce delays in assessment times.
  • Connecting payment systems with other key systems so that payments can be processed more smoothly and data can be updated faster.
  • Creating operational efficiency to reduce manual tracking and errors. 

Please note that the scope may be adjusted. Any changes will be communicated accordingly.

 

Last updated: 01/10/2025