Development Applications

DA Fee Quote Estimate

Our Customer Service team can provide you with a DA fee quote estimate prior to lodging your application.

Development Forms and Checklists

Looking for more information about the development process or a particular development form? Not sure what a development term means?

How DA's Are Assessed

Development applications are assessed with regard to Section 79C of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

Urban Design Review Panel

Before lodging an application with council you should work out which development assessment category applies to your development.

Development Activity in the LGA

Are you looking for information about developments in the Newcastle LGA? Want to make a comment on a proposed Development Application? Or find applications recently approved?

Hunter and Central Coast Regional Planning Panel

Joint Regional Planning Panel were established by the NSW State Government on 1 July 2009. The Regional Panels will determine a range of developments, including all developments with a value of more than $20 million, that are not classified as...

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We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.