LPP Report No. LPP9/25

Local Planning Panel

Date of Meeting: 26/03/2025

4 DA/1036/2024 - ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO A SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING - 15 SUMMERWOOD WAY, BEECROFT

DA No:	DA/1036/2024 (PAN-468461 - Lodged on 17 September 2024)
Description:	Alteration and additions to a semi-detached dwelling
Property:	Lot 19 DP 285152, No. 15 Summerwood Way, Beecroft
Applicant:	Mrs Qijing Hu
Owner:	Mr Charles Luk & Mrs Qijing Hu
Estimated Value:	$99,000
Ward:	C Ward
Clause 4.6 Request:	Nominate the relevant LEP/SEPP Clause to be varied and zoning
Submissions:	One
LPP Criteria:	Council staff
Author:	Deborah Dickerson, DJD Planning
COI Declaration:	No Council staff involved in the assessment of this application have declared a Conflict of Interest.

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the Hornsby Local Planning Panel, exercising the functions of Council as the consent authority, approve Development Application No. DA/1036/2024 for alterations and additions to a semi-detached dwelling at Lot 19 DP 285152, No. 15 Summerwood Way, Beecroft subject to the conditions of consent in Attachment 2 of LPP Report No. LPP9/25.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

· The application proposes alteration and additions to a semi-detached dwelling.

· The development involves land owned by Council staff and is required to be determined by the Hornsby Local Planning Panel. In accordance with Council’s adopted Policy ‘Conflict of Interest Policy for Proposed Council Development and Applications Involving Council Staff or Councillors’ an independent assessment of the development application has been undertaken by DJD Planning Pty Ltd.

· A total of one submission has been received in respect of the application.

· The assessment report by DJD Planning is attached to this report for the Hornsby Local Planning Panel’s consideration. The independent consultant’s report recommends that the application be approved.

ASSESSMENT

In accordance with the referral criteria and procedural requirements for Local Planning Panels, the assessment of the development application has been referred to an independent town planning consultant as the development is located on land owned by a Council staff member. The report by Landmark Planning is held at Attachment 1 of this report.

CONCLUSION

The application proposes alteration and additions to a semi-detached dwelling.

The development generally meets the desired outcomes of Council’s planning controls and is satisfactory having regard to the matters for consideration under Section 4.15 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

Council received one submission during the public notification period. The matters raised have been addressed in the independent assessment report.

Council has referred the application to an independent town planner to carry out an assessment of the application. The assessment concludes that the application should be approved.

It is recommended that the Hornsby Local Planning Panel approve the modification in accordance with the recommendations in the report prepared by DJD Planning and the conditions of consent held at Attachment 2 of this report.

Note: At the time of the completion of this planning report, no persons have made a Political Donations Disclosure Statement pursuant to Section 10.4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in respect of the subject planning application.

Cassandra Williams

Major Development Manager - Development Assessments

Planning and Compliance Division

Rod Pickles

Manager - Development Assessments

Planning and Compliance Division

Attachments:

1.⇩	Architectural Plans
2.⇩	Draft Conditions of Consent
3.⇩	Consultant's Report

File Reference: DA/1036/2024

Document Number: D09080470

LPP Report No. LPP10/25

Local Planning Panel

Date of Meeting: 26/03/2025

5 REPORTING DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS FOR DETERMINATION BY THE HORNSBY LOCAL PLANNING PANEL OVER 180 DAYS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

· In accordance with the Local Planning Panels Directions - Operational Procedures, Council is required to monitor development applications to be determined by the Panel that may be experiencing unreasonable delays of over 180 days from lodgement.

· A list of out outstanding development applications in excess of 180 calendar days from lodgement is attached for the Hornsby Local Planning Panel’s advice.

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the contents of LPP Report No. LPP10/25 be received and noted.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this report is to advise the Hornsby Local Planning Panel of development applications required to be determined by the Panel that are over 180 calendar days from lodgement.

DISCUSSION

In 2019 the NSW Productivity Commission conducted a review of the Independent Planning Commission (IPC). The review recommended several actions to streamline processes to optimise efficiency, output and performance.

The planning panel changes were implemented on 1 August 2020 to incorporate a number of the NSW Productivity Commission ‘s recommendations to the way Local Planning Panels work to make them more efficient and to improve the assessment and determination times of development applications and maintain panel oversight of sensitive and contentious applications.

These changes were made as part of the Planning Acceleration Program to support the State’s immediate and long-term economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

The changes will speed up panel determinations by:

1. Reducing the need to conduct public panel meetings for non-contentious matters by applying a ‘10-or-more’ objection trigger for public meetings.

2. Reducing the amount of modifications going to panels.

3. Obliging panel chairs to more actively manage development applications (DAs) coming to the panels to reduce panel deferrals and assessment timeframes.

4. Allowing chairs to bring forward determination on DAs that are experiencing unreasonable delays of over 180 days from lodgement.

5. Introducing panel performance measures.

The Local Planning Panels Directions - Operational Procedures has been amended to:

· Require panels to make determinations within two weeks of being provided an assessment report.

· Require panels to hold a public meeting only where the Development Application has attracted 10 or more unique submissions by way of objection.

· Allow, at the Chair’s discretion, applicants to attend a briefing, along with council staff, to explain complex matters or present confidential or commercially sensitive material.

· Oblige panel chairs to work with council to ensure key issues are addressed during assessment in order to minimise deferrals by the panels at determination stage.

· Require the panels to provide reasons for deferring a decision and set timeframes in which any additional information must be provided in order to finalise the determination.

· Give panel chairs the ability to require council to report a DA to the panel within four weeks for determination if the application has experienced unreasonable delays in excess of 180 calendar days from lodgement.

In accordance with Point 6 of the Local Planning Panels Directions - Operational Procedures, attached is a list of development applications required to be determined by the Panel that are over 180 calendar days from lodgement.

CONCLUSION

Council is required to monitor development applications to be determined by the Panel that are over 180 calendar days from lodgement. This report provides advice to the Local Planning Panel on DAs that are experiencing unreasonable delays of over 180 days from lodgement.

RESPONSIBLE OFFICER

The officer responsible for the preparation of this report is the Major Development Manager, Cassandra Williams.

James Farrington

Director - Planning and Compliance

Planning and Compliance Division

Attachments:

1.⇩

DAs over 180 days

File Reference: F2013/00295-004

Document Number: D09080472