Comment on or object to a development proposal

What you need to do

1. Review the application

   Find and view the development or outdoor dining application that is open for comment.

   Applications on exhibition

2. Prepare your statement

   If you wish to comment on or object to a development or outdoor dining proposal, you’ll need to do so before the exhibition close date.

   If you object to the proposal, your reasons should be clearly provided. We would like to know about the issues that are important to you.

3. If required, complete a disclosure statement

   If you have given a gift or made a donation to a councillor, employee or approved contractor of the City of Sydney in the past 2 years, you must include a disclosure statement with your feedback.

4. Send us your comment

   We publish emails and letters that include comments or objections in full on our website. This is explained in the terms and conditions when you comment on an application through ePlanning Search.

   You can send your feedback in the following ways.

   Online

   You can submit your feedback through ePlanning Search using the link in the notification letter. To do this you need to:

   • read and accept the terms and conditions
   • enter your comments
   • send us your response.

   By email (privacy option)

   If you want some or all of your identifying information kept private, don’t use ePlanning Search. Send your feedback by email to [email protected].

   Your email must include:

   • the application reference number and site address
   • a statement in the first paragraph explaining what identifying information you want kept private.

   We’ll still publish your feedback, but we’ll remove information that may identify you.

   Feedback is routinely placed on the NSW Planning Portal. Even if you request your privacy, personal information in these copies will still be available to applicants and external agencies through the portal.

After you finish

We’ll notify you when we’ve received your comment or objection.

Your feedback will be carefully considered as part of the assessment process to determine the application.

Notifications

If amendments to an application are minor or reduce impacts, you won’t be notified.

Wherever possible, people who have made comments will be notified when an application is to be determined by the Local Planning Panel or the Central Sydney Planning Committee.

Due to the short timeframe from when an agenda is published to the meeting taking place, it is not always practical to notify people who commented in writing. We ask you to include a daytime telephone number with your email address, so we can contact you quickly.

When a final determination is made about an application, everyone who commented is informed of the outcome. For applications determined by the Local Planning Panel or Central Sydney Planning Committee, Council business papers are available online.