Lodging a development application in NSW? The six steps through the NSW Planning Portal — and why the Statement of Environmental Effects trips people up. You do it online through the NSW Planning Portal in six steps: register, complete the approved form, enter your project and its cost, upload your documents, pay the council fee, and submit. The portal's the easy part. The work is in the documents. Your plans, BASIX and owner's consent all matter, but the one that trips people up is the Statement of Environmental Effects, the SEE. It's a lodgement requirement. Leave it out or miss a control and council sends back a request for more information. So get it right first. Generate your SEE in minutes at instantSEE.
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