It is no secret that the NSW Department of Planning and the
Environment is pushing for matters of planning to be both more
readily accessible online and more centralised. Changes in
legislation hint towards the Department's Planning Portal
website becoming a "one-stop shop" for planning
information and processes. Last year, the draft Environmental
Planning and Assessment Amendment (ePlanning) Regulation 2017
was publicly exhibited and on 1 June 2018, the Environmental
Planning and Assessment Amendment (ePlanning – Complying
Development Certificates) Regulation 2018 (ePlanning
CDC Regulation) was passed.
The ePlanning CDC Regulation makes a minor change to
clause 126 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment
Regulation 2000 (EPAR), allowing complying
development certificates (discussed further in another article in
this newsletter) to be lodged on the Planning Portal. It is not the
first instance of the Planning Portal being considered in
legislation, such as
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