Development Status and Decisions

Planning Agreement Register

A planning agreement (also known as a Voluntary Planning Agreement) is an offer by a developer to Council to dedicate land, make monetary contributions, or provide any other material public benefit, to be used for or applied toward a public purpose. Planning agreements are entered into in relation to a Development Application or an amendment to Council’s Local Environmental Plan.

Planning agreements that have been entered into by Council can be viewed on Council’s Application Tracker.

Variations to Development Standards Clause 4.6 Register

Council is required to provide a register of Development Applications that were decided with variations to development standards under Council’s Local Environmental Plans, such as the Hilltops Local Environmental Plan 2022.

Variations are only supported in particular circumstances where strict compliance would be unreasonable or unnecessary and there are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify contravening the development standard. An application proposing a variation to a standard (e.g. minimum lot size for subdivision or erection of a rural dwelling), must be supported by a written submission demonstrating how the development meets the provisions of Clause 4.6 of the Hilltops Local Environmental Plan 2022.

All variation requests lodged from 1 November 2023 are reported on the NSW Planning Portal, in the publicly available Variations Register. For Development Applications lodged prior to this date, refer to the register below.

Statement of Reasons

The Statement of Reasons for decisions made on Development Applications lodged from 1 July 2023 are listed in the Notice of Determination publicly available on Council’s Application Tracker. For Development Applications lodged prior to this date, refer to the register below.

Planning Decisions Register

The applications below have been determined by Council, and are publicly notified in accordance with section 2.22 and Schedule 1 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. This list is updated monthly.