Disclose a political donation or gift when you make an application
Offerings to City of Sydney councillors, their party, employees or contractors must be declared when lodging a development on the NSW Planning Portal.
When you need to do this
If you’re lodging a development application, you must disclose any gifts or donations made to City of Sydney councillors, their party, employees or contractors within the past 2 years.
What you need to do
You must ensure that all fields relating to political donations are filled in correctly when lodging your application on the NSW Planning Portal.
Before you start
Gifts and donations offered at the time councillors were a candidate for election must be declared.
Donations or gifts given to employees or approved contractors must also be disclosed.
Reportable donations and gifts need to be disclosed if they were given by:
- the applicant or entity lodging an application
- any person or entity with a financial interest in an application
Disclosing reportable donations and gifts covers the 2-year period before the application or comment was made, up until being determined by Council.
After you finish
We're required to retain the gift and donation disclosure statements made by applicants.
The disclosures can be made available to the public after an access to information request has been made under the Government Information (Public Access) Regulation 2009.
