Update

Following the public exhibition period a report was taken to a meeting of Council on 17 June 2025 outlining the feedback received and any relevant amendments made to the draft Development Control Plan (DCP).

For more information, read the meeting agenda and minutes.

Project background

Council has prepared amendments to the City of Canada Bay Development Control Plan (DCP).

The role of the DCP is to provide detailed planning and design guidance to support the planning controls in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP).

The proposed amendments to the DCP include changes arising from an internal review and other miscellaneous housekeeping improvements. Amendments have generally been proposed to clarify intent and improve the quality of development outcomes.

The amendments

The draft DCP seeks to implement a number of amendments that are generally focused on the following matters:

• Boarding houses
• Car parking
• Electric vehicles
• Employment zones reforms
• Flooding
• Heritage
• Heritage conservation areas
• Introduction
• Renaming of State planning policies
• Requirement for new or replacement dwellings and new commercial buildings to use only electricity for all energy requirements
• Signage and advertising
• Structure
• Substations
• Urban forest and ecology
• Waste

How feedback was collected

The draft DCP was on public exhibition from Friday 7 March to Sunday 6 April 2025.

Feedback was collected via the following methods.

• Email:

council@canadabay.nsw.gov.au with the subject 'Draft DCP'

• Mail:

Attn: General Manager,
City of Canada Bay
Locked Bag 1470
DRUMMOYNE NSW 1470

All feedback will be considered before a report on the draft DCP is presented to Council for consideration.

It is important to note that your submission may be published in reports, or other documents that are produced following the exhibition period and will be made publicly available upon request.