Statement of Environmental Effects for an Auburn DA

A Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) is the primary planning document you must lodge with every standard development application in the Auburn area of Cumberland Council. It must satisfy the content requirements set out in Schedule 1, Part 1 of the EP&A Regulation 2021, and it must demonstrate how your proposal responds to the Cumberland Local Environmental Plan 2021 and the Auburn Development Control Plan 2013. For sites along the Parramatta Road corridor, additional urban design provisions apply. Flooding along Duck River and Haslams Creek adds further layers of assessment that must be addressed in your SEE before the council will accept a DA as lodged.

What Planning Instruments Govern Auburn DAs?

Every DA in the Auburn area is assessed against Cumberland LEP 2021 alongside retained Auburn DCP provisions. Understanding the hierarchy before you write your SEE saves time and avoids requisitions.

The former Auburn City Council area sits within western Sydney, bounded by the Parramatta River to the north. Its suburbs include Auburn, Lidcombe, Berala, Regents Park, and parts of Silverwater and Newington. The planning framework operates at three levels.

Cumberland Local Environmental Plan 2021. The LEP 2021 was gazetted on 10 December 2021 and applies across the entire Cumberland local government area, including the former Auburn City Council area. It controls permissibility, height, floor space ratio, heritage, and mapped overlays covering flood-prone land along Duck River and Haslams Creek and the Parramatta Road urban release corridor.

Auburn Development Control Plan 2013. The DCP provides design controls that apply beneath the LEP 2021. It sets out residential character, commercial design guidelines, and flood provisions for the Duck River and Haslams Creek catchments.