DA Lodged for Multipurpose and Evacuation Centre
7 March 2025
Council’s Multipurpose and Evacuation Centre project is one step closer to realisation, with its Development Application lodged this week.
Following a comprehensive design consultation process in which community members were invited to provide feedback on the project’s concept designs, the Council’s appointed Architects have now lodged the Development Application (DA) through the NSW Planning Portal.
An independent and experienced town planning contractor, Jeremy Swan from the Planning Hub Sydney, will now undertake the independent assessment of the project on behalf of Council.
Council’s Acting Director Community, Corporate and Development, Nick Wilton said it was not appropriate that Council staff assess the application, given that Council is both the applicant and also the consent authority.
“Mr Swan is a highly respected Town Planning professional with extensive experience in the merit assessment of these types of projects, and he will undertake an assessment in accordance with the requirements of the EPA Act and make a recommendation on the application,” Mr Wilton explained.
Mr Wilton said Council has also requested the preparation of a Probity Plan and the appointment of a probity advisor to oversee the process.
“It is not unusual for a project with this scale for a probity advisor to be appointed to oversee all processes relating to the project to ensure community confidence in the process,” he said.
Once the DA is reviewed, adjoining and adjacent property owners will receive a Neighbour Notification Letter at their registered mail address, in accordance with Council’s Community Participation Plan, and the DA will be placed on public exhibition for a period of 28 days.
