Not a generic list. Tell us the address and we build the checklist against it: every document council will expect, who prepares each one, what it costs, and how long it takes.
Each one has its own provider, price and lead time. The checklist sets out all six for your property, so nothing surfaces late.
Assesses impacts on noise, shadowing and visual aesthetics, and explains how the proposal aligns with local planning controls.
Planna or Town PlannerSigned with all necessary owner consents. Strata or company-owned properties need the required consents and seals.
Do it yourself or Town PlannerRecords boundaries, buildings, vegetation and easements. Feeds every other document, so it is the step most likely to hold you up.
SurveyorScaled plans, plus shadow diagrams for anything two storeys or taller, plus a landscape plan covering tree retention and removal.
Do it yourself or Town PlannerConfirms the dwelling meets NSW sustainability targets for water and energy. Council cannot accept a residential DA without one.
Draftsperson or ArchitectHeritage, bushfire and other site-specific reports. Your SEE identifies which ones you actually need — so you commission only those.
Town Planner or Bushfire ConsultantThe Statement of Environmental Effects is step one, and it determines which of the later reports you need. Here is the same document from Planna and from a standard NSW town planning firm.
A quick call with our team to understand your project, then a 24 hour delivery of your report.
$2000 with a 2 week turnaround for an SEE report with a town planner in the NSW area.
Third-party costs and turnaround times shown throughout the checklist are indicative and set by the providers themselves, not by Planna.
Six stages from pre-lodgement to the certificate that lets you occupy the building. Most first-time applicants only discover stages five and six after approval.
An assessment-ready application doesn't guarantee approval, but it does mean a more efficient process for you and the council.
Submitted online via the NSW Planning Portal. Lodging is the formal start; council first checks all information has been provided.
Under the EP&A Act the site is inspected, applicants and neighbours engaged, reports drafted and recommendations made.
Three possible outcomes: consent with conditions, refusal with reasons, or a deferred commencement consent.
From council or an accredited certifier, with detailed plans your builder can work directly from.
Authorises occupation and use. Staged works can get an interim certificate for the completed part.
Some projects qualify for a fast-track Complying Development Certificate instead — assessed against fixed standards, with no merit-based assessment and no neighbour notification. Whether yours does depends on the site meeting specific standards.
A Preliminary Planning Report answers that before you commission a single document on the checklist.
Yes. We prepare it against your address and email it through at no cost. We ask for the address and project type because a generic checklist is not much use — requirements vary by property and council.
Free, ten pages, no obligation. Every document, every provider, every indicative cost — prepared for your property.