Blue Mountains City Council

The site includes plans and documentation submitted with a development application.  Submissions must be in writing and will be accepted up to the end date of the notification period. In determining an application Council officers form a decision based on the overall merits of the proposal. Submissions, referrals to other agencies and compliance with planning instruments are assessed. Issues considered cover both the natural and built environment and any social or economic impacts on the locality. In determining an application Council officers form a decision based on the overall merits of the proposal. Submissions, referrals to other agencies and compliance with planning instruments are assessed. Issues considered cover both the natural and built environment and any social or economic impacts on the locality.

 

In commenting on the proposal submitters should consider the character of the streetscape, amenity impacts such as accessibility, privacy and overshadowing, loss of views, landscaping, stormwater management, traffic and parking as well as other environmental, social and economic impacts in the locality.

 

The Government Information (Public Access) Act (of NSW, Australia), states that submissions received on development applications are available to any interested party.  If disclosure of your submission (which includes name and contact details), may reasonably be expected to expose a person to risk of harm or of serious harassment or intimidation or affect your business interests, then this should be referenced upfront in the submission.  Submissions will be released unless on balance there is an overriding public interest against disclosure.*  Whilst Council may attempt to withhold release, submissions are made available for applications called before a Panel, Tribunal or Court.

 

*There are limited and specific public interest tests for and against disclosure. For further information see www.oic.nsw.gov.au

 

Downloadable material is subject to copyright and is protected by the laws of Australia and other countries through international treaties. Where this applies material may have printing restrictions. During the planning and assessment phase of a development application an applicant (not being the copyright owner) is taken to have indemnified all persons using the development application in accordance with the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act (of NSW, Australia), against any claim or action in respect of breach of copyright.  A copy or extract for the purposes of assessing the impact of the proposal can be made by arrangement at our business offices. Fees apply.

 

For further information on copyright see www.copyright.org.au and www.oic.nsw.gov.au

           

A political donations disclosure statement must be lodged with any submission made where you, or any associated person, has made a political donation to a Councillor (totalling $1,000 or greater) or given a gift to a Councillor or employee of this Council, within the last 2 years and up until the application is determined. A reference to a reportable political donation made to a local Councillor includes a reference to a donation made at the time the person was a candidate for election to the council.

 

To protect individual privacy the following information on documents has been obscured:

 

Where notified and identified by the applicant the following information is obscured: