Getting your preparation right means you’re likely to have a smooth approval process.
You may need development consent to make changes to your home or business site in the City of Sydney’s area.
Development may include:
Certain work may not require a development application:
DCPs provide detailed planning and design guidelines to support the planning controls in the local environmental plans.
Built environment Land use planning Our plans and policies provide an urban planning framework for development and conservation in the local area.
Design codes & technical specifications How to lodge electronic files for development and building applications
Digital requirements for electronic copies of plans and documents to accompany your application. Published 2 December 2021 Design codes & technical specifications Model requirements for proposed developments Published 8 May 2023
Development applications Disclose a political donation or gift Offerings to City of Sydney councillors, their party, employees or contractors must be declared when making or commenting on a planning application.
Policies Revenue policy: Fees and charges Fees for all chargeable services, requests, applications, approvals, licences, hire bookings and memberships.
Published 1 July 2024If you’re proposing landscape changes as part of your development application, details of the works are required. Refer to our landscape code for single dwellings and other developments.
All new and change-of-use developments that will generate construction, demolition and operational waste are required to complete a waste and recycling management plan. The plan needs to meet the requirements of the guidelines for waste management in new developments. The document contains waste and recycling management plan forms. We’ve created a waste and recycling space calculator to help applicants draft a development application and waste and recycling management plan.
To make it easier to maintain and repair heritage properties certain development may be carried out without development consent. Approval is still required.
To cut red tape and reduce assessment timeframes, the Heritage Council of NSW has delegated a range of functions to the City of Sydney. This delegation applies to applications under the Heritage Act 1977 within our area. Apply for exemption or approval for changes to state heritage register listed places.
We encourage smart, sustainable design that improves building performance to help us achieve our sustainability goals. See our guidance on sustainable development.
A section 4.55 application is required to modify development consent. Make changes to a development application after consent has been given. You may wish to modify the plan of management for your business to reflect how you propose to manage the venue. This process to modify will depend on the specific wording of your development consent conditions and the part of the plan of management you intend to modify.
A zoning certificate is officially called a section 10.7 certificate, which will provide you with information on file about planning controls and other property issues that affect a particular piece of land. Apply for a property certificate.