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Council adopts revised Community Engagement Framework

29 November 2019

At its meeting on 26 November 2019 Council considered community feedback and adopted the revised Community Engagement Framework. In its decision Council resolved to:

1. Receive and note results of the Draft Community Engagement Framework public exhibition, updated to incorporate legislated requirements for community participation in planning and assessment functions;

2. Adopt the Draft Community Engagement Framework for publication on the NSW Planning Portal by 1 December 2019; and

3. Prepare and publicly exhibit for 28 days draft Development Control Plans (DCPs) to remove the notification chapters from:

  • Comprehensive DCP 2016 for Ashbury, Ashfield, Croydon, Croydon Park, Haberfield, Hurlstone Park and Summer Hill (Ashfield DCP)
  • Leichhardt DCP 2013
  • Marrickville DCP 2011

4. Part 5, Table 2 be amended in the following way:

a) Section B: Amend 'minimum 5 properties' to 'minimum 10 properties'

b) Sections C & D: Amend to include "*Minimum 24 properties around the subject site will be notified regardless of the distance from the property"


Read the Council report.