Further Amendments to DCP (Parts C, J, & S)

Council is consulting with the community on proposed amendments to the Lane Cove Development Control Plan (DCP), particularly within Parts C (Residential Development), J (Landscaping and Tree Preservation) and S (Environmental Sustainability).

Changes include:

• Removing the control on pool heating systems (in Part C) as this is in direct conflict with state policy
• Rewording the tree preservation guidelines (in Part J) to make it consistent with Council’s existing policies and approach, and
• Rewording some of the objectives in Part S to better reflect the focus on human health.

These changes are not major policy changes; they have arisen in application of the controls in the Development Applications (DA) process and due to inconsistencies with existing Council policies and state policies.

The proposed changes affect several Development Control Plan Parts. These are:

• Draft PART C - Residential Development (pp9 and 18)
• Draft PART J- Landscaping and Tree Preservation (pp5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16. 19. 22. 23, 24, 25, 26)
• Draft PART S- Environmental Sustainability (pp3, 4 &7).

These changes are highlighted in yellow within the documents available in the side menu.

These can be compared with Council’s current DCP Parts by referring to the document within Important Links.

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Submissions closed Wednesday 10 July 2024.