FAQ

For electronic/online submissions: This Have Your Say screen has an "Electronic Submissions" section. You can upload an existing document using the Lodge a Submission link or you can type your comments in the field provided. You will be required to register legitimate contact details for your submission to be accepted.

For written submissions: clearly mark your correspondence as a:

"Submission to Planning Proposal PP-2021-2434 to amend Coffs Harbour Local Environmental Plan 2013 Lot Size Map Sheet LSZ_005A relating to 1555 Bucca Road, Nana Glen from 2 hectares to 1 hectare."

Written submissions should be addressed to the General Manager, Locked Bag 155, Coffs Harbour 2450, or emailed to coffs.council@chcc.nsw.gov.au and are to be submitted no later than close of business on Wednesday 21 April 2021.

Council is committed to openness and transparency in its decision making processes. The Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 requires Council to provide public access to information held unless there are overriding public interest considerations against disclosure.  Any submissions received will be made publicly available unless the writer can demonstrate that the release of part or all of the information would not be in the public interest.  However, Council would be obliged to release information as required by court order or other specific law.

Written submissions must be accompanied, where relevant, by a “Disclosure Statement of Political Donations and Gifts” in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government and Planning Legislation Amendment (Political Donations) Act 2008 No. 44 Disclosure forms are available from Council’s Customer Service Section or on Council’s website www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/disclosurestatement(External link).

The intended outcomes of this planning proposal are to:

• amend Coffs Harbour LEP 2013 mapping by reducing the minimum lot size that applies to 1555 Bucca Road Nana Glen, from 2 hectares to 1 hectare;

• ensure that the land is able to be developed in accordance with sound planning and design principles; and

• ensure that the planning proposal is consistent with the broad strategic direction for the locality as described by North Coast Regional Plan 2036 and Council’s LGMS 2020.

Local Environmental Plans (LEPs) guide planning decisions for local government areas and are the main Planning tool to shape the future of communities and ensure local development is done appropriately.

On the 18 March 2021, the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces determined pursuant to section 3.34(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to issue a Gateway Determination for Planning Proposal PP-2021-2434 and authorised Coffs Harbour City Council to exercise its delegation to make the Plan. In accordance with the Minister’s determination and Council’s resolution, the Planning Proposal is now publicly available for community consultation.