The State Member for Campbelltown, Mr Bryan Doyle, has welcomed news that consumers can now take advantage of the new online planning tools, which will make the NSW planning system faster and simpler.
“The E-Planning Tool is designed to save families and businesses, time and money by making the planning system more accessible,” he said today.
The new ePlanning tools include:
Planning Viewer – to show the planning rules that apply to properties in NSW where a standard Local Environmental Plan has been adopted;
Interactive buildings – users will be able to click on an interactive 3D image model of a standard home, commercial or industrial property and understand in plain English what development standards apply and what work can be undertaken as exempt development;
Local Insights – to see a range of useful planning related statistics and projections at a council level and the location of current development applications where available, from mobile devices, tablets or computers;
The NSW Government has also been working with councils to:
Expand the Electronic Housing Code to 89 council areas. This tool allows users submit complying development applications online;
Enable all NSW councils to offer residents the ability to track development applications online, through grant funding.
For more information please go to: www.planning.nsw.gov.au/eplanning.
