Check the document requirements for your development application

Learn which plans and supporting documents you need to provide with your development application.

Project Status: When you need to do this

City of Sydney can only complete the assessment on your application when all required plans and supporting documents have been provided.

These requirements vary depending on the location and nature of your proposed development.

Use the guidance below to understand the key information you will need to include as part of your application.

What you need to do

Review development type definitions

Commercial

Alterations and additions to commercial development

Alterations and additions to commercial developments

Business premises

  1. an occupation, profession or trade (other than an industry) is carried on for the provision of services directly to members of the public on a regular basis, or
  2. a service is provided directly to members of the public on a regular basis,

and includes a funeral home and, without limitation, premises such as banks, post offices, hairdressers, dry cleaners, travel agencies, internet access facilities, betting agencies and the like, but does not include an entertainment facility, home business, home occupation, home occupation (sex services), medical centre, restricted premises, sex services premises or veterinary hospital.

Note: Business premises are a type of commercial premises.

Office premises

Office premises means a building or place used for the purpose of administrative, clerical, technical, professional or similar activities that do not include dealing with members of the public at the building or place on a direct and regular basis, except where such dealing is a minor activity (by appointment) that is ancillary to the main purpose for which the building or place is used.

Note: Office premises are a type of commercial premises.

Pub

Pub means licensed premises under the Liquor Act 2007 the principal purpose of which is the retail sale of liquor for consumption on the premises, whether or not the premises include hotel or motel accommodation and whether or not food is sold or entertainment is provided on the premises

Restaurant or cafe

Restaurant or cafe means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the preparation and serving, on a retail basis, of food and drink to people for consumption on the premises, whether or not liquor, take away meals and drinks or entertainment are also provided

Retail premises

Retail premises means a building or place used for the purpose of selling items by retail, or hiring or displaying items for the purpose of selling them or hiring them out, whether the items are goods or materials (or whether also sold by wholesale) and includes any of the following –

but does not include highway service centres, service stations, industrial retail outlets or restricted premises.

Note: Retail premises are a type of commercial premises.

Signage

Signage means any sign, notice, device, representation or advertisement that advertises or promotes any goods, services or events and any structure or vessel that is principally designed for, or that is used for, the display of signage, and includes any of the following:

  1. an advertising structure,
  2. a building identification sign,
  3. a business identification sign,

but does not include a traffic sign or traffic control facilities.

Small Bar

Small Bar means a small bar within the meaning of the Liquor Act 2007.

Take-away food and drink premises

Take-away food and drink premises means premises that are predominantly used for the preparation and retail sale of food or drink (or both) for immediate consumption away from the premises.

Industrial

Alterations and additions to industrial development

Alterations and additions to industrial developments

Industrial development

  1. general industry,
  2. heavy industry,
  3. light industry,

but does not include:

  1. rural industry, or
  2. extractive industry, or
  3. mining

Residential

Alterations and additions to residential development

Alterations and additions to residential developments

Attached Dwelling

  1. each dwelling is attached to another dwelling by a common wall, and
  2. each of the dwellings is on its own lot of land, and
  3. none of the dwellings is located above any part of another dwelling.

Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs

Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs

Boarding house

Boarding house means a building that:

  1. is wholly or partly let in lodgings, and
  2. provides lodgers with a principal place of residence for 3 months or more, and
  3. may have shared facilities, such as a communal living room, bathroom, kitchen or laundry, and
  4. has rooms, some or all of which may have private kitchen and bathroom facilities, that accommodate one or more lodgers,

but does not include backpackers’ accommodation, a group home, hotel or motel accommodation, seniors housing or a serviced apartment.

Dwelling

Dwelling means a room or suite of rooms occupied or used or so constructed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied or used as a separate domicile.

Dual Occupancy

Dual occupancy means a dual occupancy (attached) or a dual occupancy (detached):

Garages, carports and car parking spaces

Garage means an enclosed and roofed structure for the shelter of motor vehicles.

Carport means a roofed structure for the shelter of motor vehicles that has 2 or more sides open and not less than one-third of its perimeter open.

Car parking space is a hardstand space used for the purpose of parking a vehicle.

Group homes

Group home means a dwelling that is a permanent group home or a transitional group home.

Permanent group home means a dwelling:

  1. used to provide a household environment for disabled persons or socially disadvantaged persons, whether those persons are related or not, and
  2. occupied by the persons referred to in paragraph (a) as a single household, with or without paid or unpaid supervision or care and either with or without payment for board and lodging being required,

but does not include a building to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 applies or a transitional group home.

Transitional group home means a dwelling:

  1. used to provide temporary accommodation, for the purposes of relief or rehabilitation, for disabled persons or socially disadvantaged persons, whether those persons are related or not, and
  2. occupied by the persons referred to in paragraph (a) as a single household, either with or without paid or unpaid supervision or care and either with or without payment for board and lodging being required,

but does not include a building to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 applies.

Home based child care

Home-based child care means:

(a) a family day care residence (within the meaning of the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW)), or

Note. A family day care residence is a residence at which a family day care educator educates and cares for children as part of a family day care service –see the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW).

(b) a dwelling used for the purposes of a home based education and care service (within the meaning of the Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Act 2011),

at which the education and care service is provided at any one time to no more than 7 children (including any child of the person providing the service) all of whom are under the age of 13 years and no more than 4 of whom are children who do not ordinarily attend school.

Home business

Home business means a business that is carried on in a dwelling, or in a building ancillary to a dwelling, by one or more permanent residents of the dwelling and that does not involve:

  1. the employment of more than 2 persons other than those residents, or
  2. interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, traffic generation or otherwise, or
  3. the exposure to view, from any adjacent premises or from any public place, of any unsightly matter, or
  4. the exhibition of any signage (other than a business identification sign), or
  5. the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail, except for goods produced at the dwelling or building,

but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation, home occupation (sex services) or sex services premises

Manor houses

Manor house means a residential flat building containing 3 or 4 dwellings, where –

  1. each dwelling is attached to another dwelling by a common wall or floor, and
  2. at least 1 dwelling is partially or wholly located above another dwelling, and
  3. the building contains no more than 2 storeys (excluding any basement).

Multi-dwelling housing

Multi dwelling housing means 3 or more dwellings (whether attached or detached) on one lot of land, each with access at ground level, but does not include a residential flat building.

Pools/Decks/Fencing

A swimming pool means an excavation, structure or vessel:

  1. that is capable of being filled with water to a depth greater than 300 millimetres, and
  2. that is solely or principally used, or that is designed, manufactured or adapted to be solely or principally used, for the purpose of swimming, wading, paddling or any other human aquatic activity and includes a spa pool, but does not include a spa bath, anything that is situated within a bathroom or anything declared by the regulations not to be a swimming pool for the purposes of the Swimming Pools Act 1992.

A deck means an external platform, usually elevated, usually located alongside and accessible from an interior space or around a swimming pool, and often made of timber.

A fence means a structure, ditch or embankment, or a hedge or similar vegetative barrier, enclosing or bounding land, whether or not continuous or extending along the whole of the boundary separating the land of adjoining owners. Refer to the Dividing Fences Act 1991 for more detail on inclusions and exclusions of a ‘fence’.

Residential Flat Building

Residential flat building means a building containing 3 or more dwellings, but does not include an attached dwelling or multi dwelling housing

Retaining walls, protection of trees

Retaining walls, protection of trees

Secondary Dwelling

Means a self-contained dwelling that:

  1. is established in conjunction with another dwelling (the principal dwelling), and
  2. is on the same lot of land as the principal dwelling, and
  3. is located within, or is attached to, or is separate from, the principal dwelling.

Semi-attached dwelling

Means a dwelling that is on its own lot of land and is attached to only one other dwelling

Shed

Means a building that is ancillary to the principal land use, primarily used for storage, routine maintenance, workshops, and the like

Shop top housing

Means one or more dwellings located above ground floor retail premises or business premises

Infrastructure – services

Recreational uses

Recreational uses

Stormwater management systems

Stormwater management systems means an artificial body of water, including any constructed waterway, canal, inlet, bay, channel, dam, pond, lake or artificial wetland, but does not include a dry detention basin or other stormwater management construction that is only intended to hold water intermittently.

Telecommunications and communication facilities

  1. any part of the infrastructure of a telecommunications network, or
  2. any line, cable, optical fibre, fibre access node, interconnect point equipment, apparatus, tower, mast, antenna, dish, tunnel, duct, hole, pit, pole or other structure in connection with a telecommunications network, or
  3. any other thing used in or in connection with a telecommunications network.

Waste and resource management facilities

Waste and resource management facilities means a building or place used for the recovery of resources from waste, including works or activities such as separating and sorting, processing or treating the waste, composting, temporary storage, transfer or sale of recovered resources, energy generation from gases and water treatment, but not including re-manufacture or disposal of the material by landfill or incineration.

Infrastructure – community

Centre based childcare

  1. a building or place used for the education and care of children that provides any one or more of the following:
    1. long day care,
    2. occasional child care,
    3. out-of-school-hours care (including vacation care),
    4. preschool care, or

    Educational establishment

    Educational establishment means a building or place used for education (including teaching), being:

    1. a school, or
    2. a tertiary institution, including a university or a TAFE establishment, that provides formal education and is constituted by or under an Act.

    Entertainment Facility

    Entertainment Facility means a theatre, cinema, music hall, concert hall, dance hall and the like, but does not include a pub or registered club

    Health services facilities

    Health services facilities means building or place used to provide medical or other services relating to the maintenance or improvement of the health, or the restoration to health, of persons or the prevention of disease in or treatment of injury to persons, and includes any of the following:

    1. a medical centre,
    2. community health service facilities,
    3. health consulting rooms,
    4. patient transport facilities, including helipads and ambulance facilities,
    5. hospital.

    Out of school hours care

    A building or place used for the education and care of children that provides care for children out-of-school-hours care (including vacation care).

    School based child care

    School-based child care means a building or place within a school that is used to provide out-of-school-hours care (including vacation care) for school children only.

    Place of public worship

    Place of public worship means a building or place used for the purpose of religious worship by a congregation or religious group, whether or not the building or place is also used for counselling, social events, instruction or religious training.

    Other

    Demolition

    Demolition of a building or work means wholly or partly destroying, dismantling or defacing a building, or work.

    Facilities for electric vehicles

    Facilities for electric vehicles is development for the purpose of premises used for recharging or exchanging the batteries of electric vehicles.

    Flood mitigation work

    Flood mitigation work means work designed and constructed for the express purpose of mitigating flood impacts. It involves changing the characteristics of flood behaviour to alter the level, location, volume, speed or timing of flood waters to mitigate flood impacts. Types of works may include excavation, construction or enlargement of any fill, wall, or levee that will alter riverine flood behavior, local overland flooding, or tidal action so as to mitigate flood impacts.

    Mixed use development

    Mixed use development means a building or place comprising 2 or more different land uses.

    Other

    Another form of development.

    Subdivision

    Stratum / community title subdivision

    1. the manner of subdivision of land by a community plan, and
    2. if land in the community plan is subdivided by a precinct plan –the manner of subdivision of the land by the precinct plan, and
    3. the manner of subdivision of land in the community plan, or of land in such a precinct plan, by a neighbourhood plan or a strata plan, and
    4. the proposals in any related development contract, and
    5. the rights conferred, and the obligations imposed, by relevant Acts (including the Community Land Development Act 1989, the Community Land Management Act 1989 and the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015) in relation to the community association, its community property, subsidiary schemes and persons having interests in, or occupying, development lots and lots in the subsidiary schemes

    Subdivision of land

    Generally subdivision of land means the division of land into 2 or more parts that, after the division, would be obviously adapted for separate occupation, use or disposition. Subdivision is defined within Section 6.2 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.

    Visitor accommodation and tourism

    Bed and breakfast accommodation

    1. meals are provided for guests only, and
      cooking facilities for the preparation of meals are not provided within guests’ rooms, and
      dormitory-style accommodation is not provided.

    Hotel or Motel Accommodation

    Hotel or motel accommodation means a building or place (whether or not licensed premises under the Liquor Act 2007) that provides temporary or short-term accommodation on a commercial basis and that –

    1. comprises rooms or self-contained suites, and
    2. may provide meals to guests or the general public and facilities for the parking of guests’ vehicles.

    View document requirements

    Commercial

    Alterations and additions

    Business premises

    Cafe or restaurant

    Office premises

    Pub

    Small bar

    Retail

    Takeaway food and drink premises

    Industrial

    Alterations and additions

    Industrial development

    Infrastructure

    Centre-based childcare

    Educational establishment

    Electric vehicle facility

    Entertainment facility

    Flood mitigation work

    Health services facility

    Out of hours school care

    Place of worship

    School-based childcare

    Recreational use

    Stormwater management system

    Telecommunications and communication facilities

    Waste and resource management facility

    Other

    Demolition

    Mixed use development

    Other

    Signage

    Stratum/community title subdivision

    Subdivision of land

    Residential

    Alterations or additions

    Attached dwelling

    Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs

    Dual occupancy

    Dwelling

    Home-based child care or home business

    Garages, car ports and car parking spaces

    Group homes

    Manor houses

    Multi-dwelling housing

    Pools/decks/fencing

    Residential flat building

    Retaining walls, protection of trees

    Secondary dwelling

    Semi-detached dwelling

    Shed

    Shop-top housing

    Visitor accommodation

    Bed and breakfast accommodation

    Boarding house

    Hotel or motel

    Document glossary

    Access report

    Demonstrates how the proposed development provides easy access and useable areas for everyone.

    Acid sulphate soils report

    Many low-lying coastal areas have naturally occurring materials known as acid sulphate soils. When these materials are disturbed and exposed to oxygen, sulphuric acid is formed. The report analyses the presence and extent of acid sulphate soils.

    Acoustic report

    Where noise is a major design issue, an acoustic consultant will need to create a report.

    Air quality report

    For proposals that may involve sensitive land uses with a frontage to a classified road and potentially air polluting developments. The report should include an assessment of the ambient air quality on the site including carbon monoxide, hazardous substances (lead), inspirable dust, volatile organise compounds (benzene) and total bacteria as yeast and mould.

    Air quality impact assessment report

    Required for certain developments in close proximity to the Cross City Tunnel ventilation stack . It must be prepared by a suitably qualified person and identify the predicted concentration of nitrous oxide at all sensitive receptors. The report should include an assessment of the impact of the development on people using it due to emissions from the ventilation stack.

    Arborist report

    Details how the development will impact any trees on or near the site. The report must be prepared in line with our guidelines.

    Archaeological baseline report

    Details how development will be carried out on land that contains an item of archaeological interest.

    BASIX certificate

    BASIX, the Building Sustainability Index , is a web-based planning tool designed to assess the potential performance of residential development against water consumption and greenhouse gas emission targets prescribed by the NSW Government. The self-assessment tool is designed to be used by building applicants and others involved in designing residential development proposals. Applicants are required to complete a BASIX assessment before an application can be lodged. BASIX certificates require different commitments to be shown on the plans at different stages of the development, either ‘On DA plans’ or ‘On CC/CDC plans’, with some commitments needing a ‘Certifier Check’. Plans must be consistent with the BASIX certificates at all times.

    BCA performance requirements compliance statement

    Biodiversity assessment method letter

    A letter from the City of Sydney to advise the relevant agency about a decision regarding an applicant’s biodiversity development assessment report and request to reduce the biodiversity credits for a development site.

    Biodiversity assessment report

    May be required for a development that involves the clearing, removal or alteration of native vegetation/bushland and other animal habitats.

    The report identifies how the applicant proposes to avoid and minimise impacts and the offsets required for the likely biodiversity impacts of the development or clearing proposal.

    Car parking and vehicle access

    Details of the proposed arrangements for car parking, accessible parking, pedestrian footways, turning, manoeuvring and allocations.

    Clause 4.6 variation request

    Where a proposal doesn’t comply with the development standards in the relevant Local Environmental Plan , the City of Sydney may consider an exception where strict compliance is unreasonable or unnecessary.

    Competitive design process report

    Details the method undertaken in stage 1 of the development application.

    Conservation management plan or strategy

    Provides guidance and information to protect our natural, cultural and historic heritage.

    Contamination / remediation action plan

    Provides the recommended clean-up criteria and proposed measures to reduce risks and achieve the clean-up objectives for the site.

    Cost summary report

    Forecasts the resources and associated costs of a development. These reports must explain the methodology used to calculate the estimate. The value of works estimate must include the value of costs such as labour and the value of materials and fixtures to be used, as opposed to what the developer is paying for them. For example, if labour is being provided free, that work still has a value which must be accurately included.

    Design for environmental performance report

    Completing the City of Sydney's design for environmental performance report with an online template is required for most larger developments, including apartments, group housing, offices, hotels, childcare, retail and industrial uses.

    Our template covers how your application addresses environmental sustainability and efficiency through design, technology and performance rating solutions.

    The online template is accompanied by an offline Word version you can use in the early planning stages of a project. You can save work in the template and return to it later. The template can also be shared with others.

    The template replaces the long format environmental sustainability reports. These reports should only be lodged with development applications when they describe new designs or technology required for our assessment.

    People with experience in design, environmental sustainability or urban planning can complete the template.

    Design verification statement

    Prepared by a qualified designer for a residential apartment development. The document confirms design quality principles and verifies the objectives of the apartment design guide have been achieved.

    Economic impact assessment

    Outlines the impact of the proposal on the vitality and viability of existing retail centres within a certain area of the proposed development.

    Electromagnetic report

    Assesses the potential exposure impact of telecommunications infrastructure and must include how the proposal complies with Australian standards.

    Elevations and sections

    These drawings clearly document the proposed works. They must be drawn to scale and include an elevation of the development viewed from each direction and at least 1 section showing:

    If your application is for a new building or for major alterations/additions involving changes to floor levels and/or entrances, sections are required through footpaths and roads for all building frontages. Longitudinal and cross sections must show the existing and proposed levels and gradients of the footpaths on each building frontage.

    Environmental impact assessment

    Describes the effects for proposed activities on the environment.

    Erosion and sediment control plan

    Details how the site will be managed to prevent stormwater pollution, erosion and sedimentation.

    Shows the following:

    Basic site information

    Construction details

    Stormwater management

    Major projects

    Fire safety schedule

    Specifies the current and proposed fire safety measures implemented in a building premises.

    Fire safety upgrade report

    Includes measures to prevent, detect or suppress fire .

    These measures should relate to any bushfire attack level risk assessment certificate issued.

    Flood risk management report

    Prepared by a suitably qualified engineer or consultant outlining the potential flooding on a proposed building and/or potential impacts on a floodway.

    The report may be required for sites within flood affected areas.

    Floor plans

    These drawings clearly document the proposed works. Must be drawn to scale and include the following:

    Geotechnical report

    Prepared by a suitably qualified geotechnical engineer which outlines:

    The report may be required for development proposals which:

    Heritage impact statement

    Describes the heritage significance of the place and its history, how proposed development affects that significance, and the measures to mitigate negative impacts to that significance.

    Hydrogeological report

    Prepared by a suitably qualified hydrogeological and/or geotechnical engineer.

    Required for development proposals which temporarily or permanently interfere with groundwater flows and impacts the water table.

    Usually prepared with a geotechnical report.

    Landscape plan

    Prepared by a qualified landscape architect or consultant illustrating the proposed landscape design, including the extent of public domain works proposed. Demonstrates an understanding of the site and its context.

    The scale of the plan should match the scale of the architectural and survey plans. The plan should show the following:

    List of category 1 fire safety provisions

    Class 2-9 buildings (volume 1 of the BCA)

    Class 1 buildings (volume 2 of the BCA)

    Local drainage management plan

    Model – Physical and digital

    Physical and digital versions of a model of the proposed development. Models must comply with the City’s model requirements.

    National construction code report

    A uniform set of technical provisions for the design, construction and performance of buildings.

    The report should generally:

    Notification plans

    Reduced A4-sized copies of the site plan and elevations of a proposed development. The reduced elevations should be exact copies of the elevations lodged with the development application. The reduced site plan must not show any of the internal layout of the proposed development. Ideally, this information should be provided on 1 double-sided A4 page.

    Other

    Anything else that may be required

    Photomontage

    Provides a representation, typically 3D, of the proposed development within the existing surrounding context.

    Plan of management

    Demonstrates how a proposal will be managed to minimise adverse amenity impacts.

    A typical plan may include:

    Political donations and gifts disclosure

    Must accompany a development application or submission if a reportable donation or gift has been made within 2 years. If the donation or gift is made after the lodgement of the application, a disclosure statement must be sent to the relevant consent or approval authority within 7 days after the donation or gift is made. A disclosure must be made by any person who has a financial interest in an application.

    Preliminary public art plan (equivalent to a public art strategy)

    Describes the public art proposed for a development.

    Proposed subdivision plan

    Required for all applications seeking development consent for subdivision.

    Prepared by a registered surveyor.

    A proposed Torrens title subdivision plan is an aerial view of the land which details the existing and proposed lot boundaries and area, levels, structures, encumbrances and site constraints, and infrastructure for that site such as accessways, roads, stormwater disposal and utilities.

    Applications involving strata subdivision must be accompanied by a draft plan demonstrating:

    Public domain cross sections

    Cross sections through driveways and building entrances from inside the building to the centreline of the road showing existing and proposed boundary, top of kerb and gutter invert levels.

    Reflectivity report

    Analyses the potential solar glare from a proposed new development on pedestrians or motorists.

    Schedule of colours, materials and finishes

    Provides samples and identifies the location of materials and colours on the building façade and specific architectural features. It includes the composition of the materials and colours and should contain building elevations which clearly identify the location of each type of material and colour finish.

    Security management plan

    Describes the proposed level of security to ensure the safe operation of the premises for patrons and neighbours, including any security guards, CCTV cameras, approach to the use of illegal substances, cash handling, first aid training of employees, fire safety, access and exit signs, customer complaints and contact with local police.

    Shadow diagrams

    Show the effect, in plan and elevation, of any existing shadows and any additional shadows cast by the development. This is particularly in respect to the proposed overshadowing effect on any windows, private yard spaces, clothes drying areas, and any solar hot water or similar systems on any adjoining property.

    Draw the plan to the same scale as your survey and architectural plans, and show the following:

    Signage strategy

    Details all existing and future signs in a development. If relevant, it should have regard to all relevant policies and recommendations of any conservation management plans and heritage inventory reports.

    Site plans

    The plan must show the exact location of buildings and other features on the site, at the same scale as the plans and elevations. The plan must include the following:

    Social impact assessment

    Required to accompany proposals where there are likely social impacts due to the development.

    Species impact assessment

    Required for land that is, or is part of, critical habitat or development that is likely to significantly affect threatened species, populations or ecological communities, or their habitats.

    Statement of environmental effects

    Details and explains the likely impacts of the proposed development both during and after the development, and the proposed measures that will mitigate these impacts. It also includes a detailed assessment of the proposed development having regard to all policies and planning controls that apply to the land or type of development.

    The statement includes any factor of your proposal that can’t be readily shown by your plans. A high-quality and well-designed statement is an important component to a development application. It supports your plans and drawings.

    For applications that don’t propose any work, such as change of use applications, a statement is still required. The statement must outline how the use is permissible, how it complies with the planning polices and how it will operate such as number of employees, hours of operation, vehicle access and loading and waste management.

    Stormwater drainage concept plan

    Illustrates how stormwater runoff from your site will be managed. It is essential to incorporate your drainage design in the initial design process as problems with discharging stormwater runoff from your site may require a redesign.

    Sites that fall away from the street frontage may have difficulty discharging stormwater runoff to the street, requiring a drainage easement to be negotiated through a neighbouring property to discharge the stormwater.

    The drainage design must be prepared by a registered civil engineer and include provision for on-site detention where necessary.

    Stormwater quality assessment

    Applicable for sites over 1000 sqm.

    Demonstrates that the development will reduce the baseline annual pollutant load for:

    The assessment is to be prepared by a suitably qualified engineer with experience in water sensitive urban design and include:

    Structural engineers report

    Prepared by a suitably qualified structural engineer.

    May be required for development proposals where the existing condition is used to substantiate demolition, damage or removal or as otherwise required by the City of Sydney.

    Survey plan

    Prepared by a registered surveyor which demonstrates the existing conditions of the development site and adjoining properties. This includes boundaries, levels and contours, and the position and reduced levels of existing structures and trees. The survey plan should include the public domain on all frontages to centreline of the road.

    Traffic report

    Required for applications with potential for traffic impacts on adjoining properties.

    The report needs to be made by a suitably qualified traffic consultant, demonstrating the impact on the movement of traffic in the surrounding road system. The report may need to include measures to mitigate the impact of vehicular movements and may need to be supported by traffic modelling.

    Voluntary planning agreement

    Entered into by the City of Sydney and a developer.

    Under the agreement a developer commits to provide or fund, for example:

    The above benefits may be delivered either through physical or monetary contributions.

    Waste management plan

    Details waste management during demolition, construction and operation of the development. This plan will need to:

    Wind effects report

    Outlines the impact of tall buildings on wind conditions around a development. The report is to be prepared by a suitably qualified engineer and is to: