Development Stage 2 - Lodgement
There are six easy steps to preparing a good DA:
- Talk to Council staff about controls, policies and standards to be addressed
- Consider all the design issues
- Prepare all of the documentation for your application including plans and drawings
- Prepare a Statement of Environmental Effects and other supporting documents
- Complete the development application form and checklist
- Submit your application
More detailed information on each of these steps can be found in Council’s
 Development Application Preparation Guide (3,915kb).
Please Note: Section 5.8 paragragh 4 has been amended as follows.
In terms of electronic format, all documents, including scanned copies of the signed Development Application Form (and any associated application forms) must be submitted on one electronic disk. The disk must contain:
- A separate PDF file for each development and associated application submitted
- A separate PDF file of the Statement of Environmental Effects
- A separate PDF file of all the development plans
- A separate PDF for every other report submitted with the application and these must be bookmarked within the PDF
All documents relating to amended plans or information are also required to be submited in an electronic format.
If you don’t currently have a PDF converter you can download one of the offerings from  www.cutepdf.com.
Council has also prepared a series of DA Checklists for the main development types. Council expects both applicants and its counter staff to thoroughly review the submission requirements for each type of development and ensure that the relevant checklist has been completed.
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The fee for processing your development application is based on the type of works proposed, and may also involve the estimated cost of any building works.
Additional fees may also be required for:
- the advertising and/or notification of persons who may be affected by your proposal;
- if your application is integrated development;
- if you choose to lodge a combined development application/construction certificate; and
- if you are seeking other accompanying Council approvals, such as Section 138 of the Roads Act (driveway, road openings) and Section 68 of the Local Government Act (sewerage, water, stormwater permits).
Please refer to our Planning, Development and Building Application Fees Document (42kb) to view the current range of fees for all the main development, subdivision and construction certificate lodgement fees.
You may also wish to work out the total fee payable for your development application by accessing our
DA Fee Calculator.
The Calculator is a ready reckoner for the payable fees. It is strongly suggested that you check with Council staff prior to lodging your DA, to confirm that you will be paying the right fee. You can do this by ringing Council staff on 02 6670 2400 or 1300 292 872, or send an email to  records@tweed.nsw.gov.au requesting a "Development Application Fee Calculation". You must tell us what type of work is proposed and the cost of the proposed development.
Clause 255 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 identifies how a fee based on ‘estimated cost’ is determined. The Council will accept the applicants’ genuine estimate of the completed cost unless it is significantly understated. If that is the case Council will make a genuine estimate of the completed costs associated with the construction and preparation of the building for its purpose including plant, fixtures and equipment and/or the construction costs of carrying out of a work, cost of BASIX and/or Bushfire prone land compliance and/or the demolition cost of a building or work, as it applies to the application.
If you understate the estimated cost of works and your application fees are underpaid the appropriate shortfalls in fees MUST be paid before the application is determined.
Council calculates the cost of works on the estimated ‘market price’ for the completed project. This may not necessarily reflect the actual cost of the development to the applicant, for example, an applicant may source materials free or second hand and use their own labour (owner-builder).
Council uses building cost indicators compiled by professional organisations such as the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors’ (AIBS) Guide to Building Costs.
Building cost estimates for larger developments should be qualified by a registered quantity surveyor.
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If you wish to modify an approved development application, you will need lodge an application under Section 96 of the Environmental Planning Assessment Act, 1979. The lodgement fees for these applications can be confirmed by either visiting Council’s customer service counters at Murwillumbah or Tweed Heads, ringing Council staff on 02 6670 2529, or send an email to records@tweed.nsw.gov.au requesting a "Section 96 Application Fee Calculation".
Download the Section 96 Application Form (111kb).
If your Development Application is refused, you may consider a further request to Council for a Review of Determination under Section 82 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act. This request must be in the form of a written submission to Council, outlining the planning grounds to support the review of the DA determination. You must submit your Section 82A Review request to Council within 12 months of the refusal date (or before an appeal against the determination is disposed by the Land and Environment Court.
A Section 82A Review allows the application to be amended, as long as the development remains substantially the same as the original application. Council may need to notify your neighbours and/or advertise the proposed amendments. Fees apply for the request as well as any notification and/or advertising. The lodgement fees for these requests can be confirmed by either visiting Council’s customer service counters at Murwillumbah or Tweed Heads, ringing Council staff on 02 6670 2529, or send an email to records@tweed.nsw.gov.au requesting a "Section 82A Request Fee Calculation".
Separate fees apply for:
- Application for a Construction Certificate
- Application for Compliance Certificate
- Application for Occupancy and Complying Development Certificate
Please refer to our Planning, Development and Building Application Fees Document (42kb) to view the current range of fees for all the main development, subdivision and construction certificate lodgement fees.
As part of it efforts to improve the efficiency of its DA services, it is necessary for Council officers to be strict in determining the quality and completeness of DAs to be submitted. Poor quality applications will be rejected.
Further information can be found by downloading the Quality Control of DAs Fact Sheet (25kb).
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