Comment or object to a development proposal

We detail the steps you need to take if you wish to comment or object to a development proposal.

Project Status: When you need to do this

If you wish to comment on or object to a DA, you will need to follow these steps to have us consider your concerns while the application is being assessed.

What you need to do

Submit your comment or objection

If you wish to comment or object to a development proposal, you’ll need to do so by email or post before the exhibition closing date. You must include your full name and address, the relevant development application number and the site address.

Your reasons should be clearly provided if you object to the proposal. We would like to know about the issues that are important to you.

Send your comment or objection to:
- [email protected]
- City of Sydney, GPO Box 1591, Sydney NSW 2001
Include a disclosure statement

If you have given a gift or made a donation to a councillor, an employee, or an approved contractor of the City within the past 2 years, you must include a disclosure statement with your submission.

Before you start

Searching for a DA

Search our records to find a particular development, building or footway usage application.
What happens to your feedback?

When you send us your feedback, we carefully consider it as part of the assessment process to determine the application. Read more below about the application process for information about assessments and decisions.
Privacy concerns

Comments and objections are NOT kept confidential. We release comments when a request is made in accordance with privacy laws and the relevant provisions under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.

When we do release a comment, we withhold contact numbers, email addresses and signatures. Should you wish that all personal details or identifying information be withheld from the public, please let us know.

Comments are routinely placed on the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s concurrence and referral portal. Even when confidentiality has been requested, personal information within these copies will be available to applicants and external agencies.

After you finish

We’ll notify you when we’ve received your comment.

Notifications

If amendments to an application are minor or reduce impacts, you won’t be notified.

Wherever possible, people who have made submissions will be notified when an application is to be determined by the Local Planning Panel or the Central Sydney Planning Committee.

Due to the short timeframe between an agenda being published and the meeting taking place, it is not always practical to post a letter to people who have commented. We ask that you include a daytime telephone number or an email address, so we can contact you quickly.

When a final determination is made about an application, everyone who commented is informed of the outcome. For applications determined by the Local Planning Panel or Central Sydney Planning Committee, Council business papers are available online.