In accordance with Division 3.6 and Schedule 1 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and Division 2 of the Environmental Planning Regulation 2021, Hilltops Council gives public notice of the exhibition of the draft Hilltops Development Control Plan 2025.
At the Hilltops Council Ordinary Council Meeting on 27 February 2025, the Council resolved to exhibit the draft Hilltops Development Control Plan 2025 to produce a single set of planning rules for the Hilltops Local Government Area.
The draft Hilltops DCP is a planning document that provides additional planning rules to enhance the function, design and amenity of development within the Hilltops Local Government area. Examples of controls include height of buildings, setbacks, building design and amenity, and landscaping and parking requirements.
The draft Hilltops DCP combines and aligns planning controls of the former Young and Boorowa Shires. It will replace the existing Young Development Control Plan 2011 and Boorowa Development Control Plan 2012 and apply to the whole of the Hilltops Local Government Area.
The draft Hilltops Development Control Plan will be on public exhibition from Monday 3 March to Monday 31 March 2025. Council welcomes any submissions or feedback on the draft Plan.
Of note, the draft Hilltops DCP must be taken into consideration when preparing and determining development applications lodged after 3 March 2025. Council encourages you to read the draft documents to see if there are any proposed changes relevant to you.
The full details of the draft Hilltops DCP may be viewed on Council’s website at https://www.hilltops.nsw.gov.au/council/have-your-say/ or hard copies are available for viewing by the public at the Council administration offices at Boorowa, Harden and Young.
Any person may make a written submission to Council in relation to the Draft DCP and can do so until the close of the public exhibition period by 5.00pm Monday 31 March 2025. Submissions can be made via https://www.hilltops.nsw.gov.au/council/have-your-say/ or BY LETTER TO: The General Manager, Locked Bag No. 5, Young NSW 2594.