Building & Planning

Development Application Tracker

Do I need to lodge a development application?

Not all development requires approval of a development application (DA). Read this page to determine whether your proposed works may be exempt or complying.

Planning and Development Forms

List of all planning and development forms to download.

Planning Tools

These tools are designed to improve access to planning information and assist in planning and development decisions.  DA Tracker, NSW Planning Tools, BASIX and other essential planning tools.

Development Control Plan

A Development Control Plan (DCP) provides detailed planning and design guidelines for new development, supplementing the provisions of the Upper Hunter Local Environmental Plan 2013.

Your guide to the Development Application process - Small housing development

Strategic Planning

On-Site Sewage Management Systems

Information for property owners with an on-site sewage management system.

Heritage Guidelines

Fences & Boundaries

A fence is a structure, ditch or embankment, or a hedge or similar vegetative barrier, enclosing or bounding land, whether or not conti...

Activity Approvals

Find examples of activities that require Council approval here.

Planning Decisions Register

This page publishes the Register of Planning Decisions made at Council or Committee meetings and includes the names of Councillors who supported...