Development applications - matters for consideration

Development applications

When determining a development application the Council is required to take certain matters into consideration.

These must be relevant to the development application under consideration.

The considerations are detailed under Section 79C of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and are reproduced below. It should be noted that a more detailed Guide has been prepared by the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning on this Section of the Act and can be viewed at the Council's Business and Information Centres.

The relevant Section of the Act is as follows:-

79C (1) In determining a development application, a consent authority is to take into consideration such of the following matters as are of relevance to the development the subject of the development application:

1. the provisions of:
   1. any environmental planning instrument
   2. any draft environmental planning instrument that is or has been placed on public exhibition and details of which have been notified to the consent authority
   3. any development control plan and
   4. any matters prescribed by the regulations that apply to the land to which the development application relates
2. the likely impacts of that development, including environmental impacts on both the natural and built environments, and social and economic impacts in the locality
3. the suitability of the site for the development
4. any submissions made in accordance with this Act or the regulations
5. the public interest