This section aims to provide information on the Authority's Local Development Application processes.
If your project is not a project to which Part 3A of the EP&A Act applies, it is likely that Part 4 of the EP&A Act applies. Part 4 of the EP&A Act allows different assessment process for different types of development. However most Part 4 development applications at Sydney Olympic Park are categorised as local development.
Prior to lodgement, the Applicant is required to discuss the proposal with representatives of the Sustainability Unit of Sydney Olympic Park Authority before lodging a development application (DA) or modification application (s96 App).
During this initial meeting, it will be determined:
The applicant should prepare a background report and drawings on the proposal to present at the Pre-Lodgement Meeting.
The background report should:
To assist the transparency and accountability of these meetings, applicants will be informed that pre-lodgement minutes may be taken. The minutes will record advice and outcomes along with the date, place and time of the meeting and the names of those in attendance. The applicant will receive a copy of the minutes.
To set up a pre-lodgement meeting please call Sydney Olympic Park Authority’s Planning Officer on 02 9714 7139 or 9714 7383 or email planninginfo@sopa.nsw.gov.au.
To lodge a Development Application you will always require:
Development Application form (PDF 800KB)You are advised to check your DA requirements with Sydney Olympic Park Authority before lodging your Development Application.
The NSW Government has implemented legislation requiring disclosure of political donations and gifts when lodging or making submission to development proposals. The declaration is to be made at time of lodgement of an application or when making submission (either an objection or in support).
Further information is available on the NSW Government Department of Planning website, in the section Development proposals and donations or gifts: know the rules.
Political Donations and Gifts
When donations or gifts must be declared, the form Political Donations and Gift Disclosure Statement (PDF 30KB) must be completed in full and lodged with the development application or submission.
Further information is containing in the Political Donation Guidelines (PDF 130KB).
Availability of Disclosures to the Public
The Sydney Olympic Park Authority is required to retain the disclosures made by applicants and people making submission to development proposals. The Authority must also make the disclosures available to the public. If you require access to the disclosures please call 9714 7139 or 9714 7383 or email planninginfo@sopa.nsw.gov.au
The Development Application must be lodged during normal business hours or posted to:
Sydney Olympic Park Authority
Operations and Sustainability Unit
7 Figtree Drive
Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127
The fees are set out in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation and must be paid directly to Sydney Olympic Park Authority (as the delegated assessor and/or consent authority).
If a proposal is Integrated Development, separate cheques for each of the integrated approval bodies are required. An additional fee of $110 plus an approval fee of $250 for payment to each Government Authority, shall apply to Integrated Development. These fees are also set out in the Environment Planning and Assessment Regulations.
Additional fees may apply for advertising.
Please note: GST is included in the Schedule of Fees.
View the EP&A Act Regulation.
An application under Section 96 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act), is an application to modify a development consent. Three options to modify a development consent are available:
Download a Section 96 application form (pdf-182k)
The Development Application fees are based on the fees outlined in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
Please note: GST is included in the Schedule of Fees. View the EP&A Act Regulation.
Once the application is lodged it will generally be registered within 1 working day of lodgment, provided that the:
Note: If an application is registered, it does not necessarily mean that it has been accepted.
Following registration:
The DA may be rejected if:
If any of these circumstances apply, the applicant will be given an opportunity to rectify the situation, if possible, before the application is formally rejected.
The Operations and Sustainability Unit is responsible for ensuring the notification of a DA or s96 Application.
If the development is Advertised Development or requires public notification the Operations and Sustainability Unit will:
In addition some types of development under the planning legislation which applies to Sydney Olympic Park are required to be referred to other government agencies for comment including Auburn Council, the NSW Heritage Office and the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
The advice and approvals received will be considered in the assessment and determination of an application.
Public notifications of development may run for a period of 14-21 days.
Sydney Olympic Park Authority employs qualified urban planners, urban designers, architects, landscape architects, transport planners, environmental scientists, building assessors, engineers and other professionals to provide expert advice on development matters.
An application will be internally notified to relevant internal professionals for assessment advice. Advice will be requested within one-two weeks of a referral being made. A standard referral would include an assessment by the following areas of the Authority: planning, design, transport, environment, building assessment.
The Authority may also engage suitable experts to obtain high level advice to assist in its assessment and determination process. For example, the Authority may engage independent experts for advice on applications involving potentially significant environmental impacts involving, among others, noise, land contamination, traffic and transport, threatened species and heritage. The Authority may also obtain legal advice where matters of Planning Law are subject to varying interpretation.
Sydney Olympic Park Authority has established a Design Review Panel to provide expert advice to the organisation on a range of planning, architecture, urban design, landscape design and related matters.
The Panel provides design advice on proposals submitted for the development of key sites at Sydney Olympic Park, as well as providing design advice on individual development.
The determination of whether an application is to be referred to the Design Review Panel will be made by the Executive Manager, Planning based on a number of factors including scale of new development, context and environment within which the development is being carried out, cost of development and level of objections to the development. These decisions will be documented and regularly reviewed as part of the audit of Sydney Olympic Park Authority's development assessment and determination role.
The advice of the Panel will be a consideration in the assessment and determination of a DA.
Under Section 91 of the EP&A Act, some types of development are described as "integrated" and require certain other development approvals under the following Acts:
In this regard the application must be referred to the relevant government agencies for approval within statutory time frames.
You may wish to make a formal written submission to a Development Application that is advertised or notified under the Authority’s Notification Policy. If you feel the development proposal has the potential to impact on your property or on the wider environment then you may want to submit comments on the DA.
If you decide to make a submission and object to the proposed development the reasons for your objection must be included in your submission within the specified public exhibition period. To lodge a submission on a development application, you may either use email or send a written submission. Remember to include your return postal address (even on email submissions) so we can contact you for further clarification if necessary and notify you of the decision regarding the application. Written submissions should be received by the Authority by the end of the public exhibition period in an enveloped marked with the DA Number and be addressed to:
The Chief Executive Officer
Sydney Olympic Park Authority
7 Figtree Drive
Sydney Olympic Park
NSW 2127
Please note that Sydney Olympic Park Authority will not acknowledge the receipt of any submissions. Summaries of submissions, names and address of people making submissions may be included in the Assessment Report. All submissions within the specified period will be fully considered by Sydney Olympic Park Authority prior to the determination of the application. Submissions are kept on file and may be accessed by other members of the public under the Local Government Act.
When your submission is reviewed by the Assessing Officer, you may be contacted for further clarification of any issues you have raised. If the Assessment Officer agrees with your objections, they may contact the applicant and request amendments to the application before the matter goes any further.
Where amendments are made to a DA you may receive notification depending on the extent and type of amendments. Minor amendments are not re-notified. If you are not notified of these amendments your earlier submission will still be considered in the assessment of the application.
The Assessment Officer will address the issues raised in the submissions in an Assessment Report and make recommendations to the appropriate decision body.
The determination and associated documentation will be sent to the applicant outlining the decision with respect to the DA. Applications that are approved are advertised in the local press shortly after their approval or on the Authority’s web site.
Draft 'Conditions of Consent' to accompany a consent recommendation to the Consent Authority (e.g. the Minister for Planning) will be prepared.
In line with the Department of Planning’s current practice, the draft 'Conditions of Consent' may be distributed to the applicant for comment prior to the conditions being referred to the Consent Authority.
Similarly the draft reasons for refusal to accompany a refusal recommendation to the Consent Authority may be prepared.
If for any reason the CEO believes that a conflict of interest exists, at any stage of the application assessment process he/she may:
Local Development applications will be determined by the Consent Authority. The Consent Authority for Sydney Olympic Park is the Minister for Planning. However, in some case the Minister has delegated the determination of some DAs or s96 Applications to the Sydney Olympic Park Authority.
The Sydney Olympic Park Authority Board has no role in any part of the determination of an application lodged with the Authority.
The Consent Authority will determine a DA after considering:
In addition to the provision of a Assessment Report, and any other consideration of assessment as outlined above, the Authority’s assessment officers may provide to the Consent Authority:
Following the determination, the Sustainability Unit will:
For more information, call 9714 7139 or 9714 7383 or email planninginfo@sopa.nsw.gov.au.
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