Make a Submission on an Application

Your Comments: To the Assessing Planner

Development Application submissions received outside the official exhibition period are considered by Council, if received prior to the determination of the application.

Please Note that if a valid address is not received, an acknowledgement letter cannot be sent out.

Advice on Making a Submission
Your submission will be formally acknowledged and any concern you have will be assessed as part of a report to Council on the proposal. You will then be advised of the outcome. This might be some months after lodgement of the application. Prior to determination we will not specifically reply to issues in your letter but if you need any aspect clarified please contact Council.
Privacy and Personal Information
In making a submission on a Planning Proposal, you may provide Council with personal information. This information will be held by Council to enable us to contact you in the course of consideration of the application and to ensure completeness of our records in relation to the application. You are not required by law to supply Council with your name and address. You may choose to make an anonymous submission, but you should note that without your name and address officers might not be able to assess the accuracy of any issues you raise relative to the proposal.
Council is legally obliged to make Planning Proposal applications and supporting documents available for public inspection - see Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. We do this at the Customer Service Centre and by placing copies of the applications and supporting documents on the Council website. Your submission will form part of the application and Council presumes that you consent to the disclosure and copy of the document and your personal information in this way. Northern Beaches Council accepts no responsibility for defamatory or other similar matters included in your submission. You include such matters in the submission at your own risk.
Political Donations
Any person who makes a relevant public submission to Council in relation to a relevant planning application made to the Council is required to disclose reportable political donations and gifts (if any) made by the person making the submission or any associate of that person within the period commencing 2 years before the submission is made and ending when the application is determined. You must go to Council's website or contact Council for further details about the Political Donations Act 2008 and for Declaration Forms.