Complying Development
Local development requires development consent and includes complying development. The form of consent issued for complying development is a complying development certificate. A complying development certificate may be issued by Council or an accredited certifier.
A complying certificate states that a particular development, if carried out as specified in the certificate, will comply with all the development standards applicable to that development.
What is complying development?
Complying development does not include:
- State significant development;
- Designated development
- Development which requires concurrence of any person other than from the consent authority or the Director-General of the National Parks and Wildlife Service under s.79B(3).
More specific information on complying developments can be found in the Development Control Plan for Exempt and Complying Development. Schedule 2 of this document contains listings and details of the types of complying developments and the outcomes of each of these developments.
Note: State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (the Codes SEPP) specifies exempt development under that Policy. The Codes SEPP has state-wide application and commences on 27 February 2009.
Consequently, from that date the exempt development provisions (for the development types covered by the Codes SEPP) in Narrabri Shire Councils Exempt & Complying Development DCP will no longer apply.
A copy of the Codes SEPP and further information on the General Housing Code is available at: www.planning.nsw.gov.au/housingcode
For further information please email planningreform@planning.nsw.gov.au or call the Department of Planning’s Information Centre on Freecall 1300 305 695 or 02 9228 6333.
Development Control Plan for Exempt & Complying Development(PDF, 298KB)