Review of Development Control Plan 2009 
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Public Exhibition of Various draft Development Control Plan Chapters (DCP 2009 Review: LGA Wide)
9/05/2011  - 20/06/2011 

The Wollongong Development Control Plan 2009 came into force on 3 March 2010. A review commenced after 6 months of operation. The first stage of the review is now available for public exhibition and includes amendments to the following chapters:

1. A1 Introduction
2. B1 Residential Development
3. C3 Boarding Houses
4. C10 Home Business and Industry
5. E3 Car Parking, Access, Servicing/Loading Facilities and Traffic Management
6. E12 Geotechnical Assessment
7. E19 Earthworks (Land Reshaping Works)
8. E20 Contaminated Land.

Upon adoption of the above chapters the following chapter will be repealed
1. C11 Home Industry
2. E4 Development Near Railway Corridors and Major (Busy) Roads
3. E5 BASIX.

The draft chapters are on exhibition from 9 May 2011 to 20 June 2011. Copies of the suite of documents can be viewed below:

 Review of Wollongong Development Control Plan 2009.pdf

 Council Minutes 27 April 2011.pdf

Copies of the suite of documents can also be viewed by visiting:

  • Wollongong, Corrimal, Dapto, Thirroul, Warrawong Unanderra and Helensburgh libraries during library hours
  • Council’s Administration Building, 41 Burelli Street Wollongong on weekdays between 9am and 5pm.

Submissions can be addressed to: The General Manager, Wollongong City Council, Locked Bag 8821 Wollongong NSW 2500 or emailed to records@wollongong.nsw.gov.au.

Enquiries can be directed to the Land Use Planning team on 4227 7631. 

Please quote ESP-100.02.006 on your submissions and note that submissions become public documents and may be viewed by other persons on request.


In accordance with the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, your submission including any personal information such as your name and address, will be made available for public inspection and may be exhibited on Council’s website. You may request, in the form of a statutory declaration, that Council suppress the personal information in your submission from public inspection, if you consider that the personal safety of any person would be affected if the information was not suppressed. Any such request will be dealt with in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

You may also make an anonymous submission however if you choose to do so Council will be unable to contact you any further as to the outcome of your submission. It should also be noted that the lack of information as to your place of living may affect Council's consideration of the potential impact of the subject proposal.

Note: If Council receives a submission from any person who is legally required to provide a disclosure of any reportable political donation and / or gift under section 147 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Council is legally required to publicly disclose all relevant details of the reportable political donation or gift onto Council's website. This will include the name and residential address of the person who provided the political donation or gift onto Council's website for full viewing by the general public.

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