Strathfield Local Planning Panel (SLPP)
Background
The Minister for Planning gave the direction under section 9.1 of the Environmental Planning Assessment Act 1979 to form local planning panels, appointed by councils to determine certain development applications and to provide advice on planning proposals. This direction took effect from 1 March 2018.
The Panel is composed of a chairperson, two independent expert members and a community representative.
Local Planning Panels determine development applications and modification applications involving development of a kind specified in the Local Planning Panels Direction.
Local Planning Panels Direction – Development Applications and Applications to Modify Development Consents made by the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces on 30 June 2020:
1. Conflict of Interest
Development for which the applicant or land owner is:
(a) the Council,
(b) a Councillor,
(c) a member of council staff who is principally involved in the exercise of council’s functions under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979,
(d) a member of Parliament (either the Parliament of New South Wales or Parliament of the Commonwealth), or
(e) a relative (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993)** of a person referred to in (b) to (d)but not development for the following purposes:(a) internal alterations and additions to any building that is not a heritage item,
(b) advertising signage,
(c) maintenance and restoration of a heritage item, or
(d) minor building structures projecting from the building façade over public land (such as awnings, verandahs, bay windows, flagpoles, pipes and services, and sun shading devices).
**Note: A relative in relation to a person, means any of the following–
(i) the parent, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, lineal descendant or adopted child of the person or of the person’s spouse or de facto partner,
(ii) the spouse or de facto partner of the person or of a person referred to in paragraph (i).
2. Contentious Development
Development that is the subject of 10 or more unique submissions by way of objection.
A unique submission means a submission which is in substance unique, distinctive or unlike any other submission. It does not mean a petition or any submission that contains the same or substantially the same text. Separate unique submissions may be made in relation to the same issue. One individual, or one household, could potentially submit multiple unique submissions.
3. Departure from Development Standards
Development that contravenes a development standard imposed by a planning instrument by more than 10% or non-numerical development standards.
4. Sensitive Development
(a) Designated development.
(b) Development to which State Environmental Planning Policy No 65 – Design Quality of Residential Apartment Development applies.
(c) Development involving the demolition of a heritage item.
(d) Development for the purposes of new licenced premises, that will require one of the following liquor licences:
(i) a club licence under the Registered Clubs Act 1976,
(ii) a hotel (general bar) licence under the Liquor Act 2007,
(iii) an on-premises licence for public entertainment venues under the Liquor Act, 2007.
(e) Development for the purpose of sex services premises and restricted premises
(f) Development applications for which the developer has offered to enter into a planning agreement.
Note: Other categories may require referral to the SLPP in accordance with delegations.
Administration of the SLPP
Planning Proposals
Council is required to refer all planning proposals prepared after 1 June 2018 to the local planning panel for advice, unless the council’s general manager determines that the planning proposal relates to:
- The correction of an obvious error in a local environmental plan
- Matters that are of a consequential, transitional, machinery or other minor nature, or
- Matters that council’s general manager considers will not have any significant adverse impact on the environment or adjoining land.
Strathfield Local Planning Panel Annual Written Disclosures of Interests
Under the provisions of Clause 4.17 (b) of the Local Planning Panels Code of Conduct August 2020 issued by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment each Panel Member has completed a Disclosure of Interest for the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.They are published below in accordance with Clause 4.23 of the Code.
SLPP Declarations July 2022 - 30 June 2023(PDF, 3MB)
Meeting Times
Generally, meetings of the Strathfield Local Planning Panel (SLPP) take place on the second Thursday of each month, unless there are no agenda items for that month or the availability of Council’s Chair or experts is constrained and requires an alternative day.
How to Register to Speak at the Public Meeting of the SLPP
Any person(s) who wishes to register to address the SLPP in respect of any particular item listed on the agenda of any particular meeting is required to complete the below application form.
SLPP Register to Speak(PDF, 39KB)
Agenda and Minutes
Agendas for meetings of the SLPP are published on Council’s website a week prior to the meeting.
Deliberations of the Panel are carried out in closed session following the public meeting. The Minutes of the Meeting with the Panels’ resolution will be made available on Council’s website.
Plans for Development Application Agenda Items can be viewed via Council’s DA Tracker.
Please see the agendas and minutes in the table below.
Meeting dates are subject to change.
Agenda and Minutes
Meeting dates are subject to change.
2024
| Meeting Date |
Agenda |
Minutes |
| 8 February 2024 |
SLPP Agenda 8 February 2024(PDF, 37MB)
DA2023.81-30&32 Courallie Avenue HOMEBUSH WEST - Addendum SLPP Report(PDF, 625KB) |
SLPP Minutes - 8 February 2024(PDF, 845KB)
DA2023.81-30&32 Courallie Avenue HOMEBUSH WEST- SLPP Electronic Meeting Minutes(PDF, 755KB) |
| 28 March 2024 |
SLPP Agenda 28 March 2024(PDF, 14MB) |
SLPP Minutes - 28 March 2024(PDF, 313KB) |
| 11 April 2024 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 16 May 2024 |
SLPP Agenda 16 May 2024(PDF, 32MB) |
SLPP Minutes - 16 May 2024(PDF, 851KB) |
| 20 June 2024 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 11 July 2024 |
SLPP Agenda 11 July 2024(PDF, 8MB) |
SLPP Minutes – 11 July 2024(PDF, 351KB) |
| 1 August 2024 |
Planning Proposal Meeting (Confidential) |
Planning Proposal Meeting (Confidential) |
| 12 September 2024 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 10 October 2024 |
SLPP Agenda 10 October 2024(PDF, 21MB) |
SLPP Minutes - 10 October 2024(PDF, 777KB) |
| 14 November 2024 |
SLPP Agenda 14 November 2024(PDF, 8MB) |
(PDF, 278KB)SLPP Minutes - 14 November 2024(PDF, 278KB) |
| 12 December 2024 |
|
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2023
| Meeting Date |
Agenda |
Minutes |
| 5 January 2023 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 2 February 2023 |
SLPP Agenda- 2 February 2023(PDF, 46MB)
DA2021.233- 626-628 Liverpool Road STRATHFIELD SOUTH- Addendum SLPP Report(PDF, 214KB)
DA2021.233-626-628 Liverpool Rd-SLPP Deferral Report (Electronic Meeting)(PDF, 5MB) |
SLPP Minutes- 2 February 2023(PDF, 261KB)
DA2021.233-626-628 Liverpool Rd- SLPP Electronic Meeting Minutes(PDF, 451KB)
|
| 2 March 2023 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 13 April 2023 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 11 May 2023 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 8 June 2023 |
SLPP Agenda- 8 June 2023(PDF, 41MB) |
SLPP Minutes- 8 June 2023(PDF, 708KB) |
| 13 July 2023 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 10 August 2023 |
SLPP Agenda - 10 August 2023(PDF, 10MB) |
SLPP Minutes - 10 August 2023 (Signed)(PDF, 247KB) |
| 14 September 2023 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 12 October 2023 |
SLPP Agenda – 12 October 2023(PDF, 58MB) |
SLPP Minutes – 12 October 2023(PDF, 336KB) |
| 9 November 2023 |
No Meeting - (E-mail correspondence only) |
SLPP Electronic Minutes –9 November 2023(PDF, 231KB) |
| 14 December 2023 |
SLPP Agenda - 14 December 2023(PDF, 29MB) |
SLPP Minutes – 14 December 2023(PDF, 409KB) |
2022
| Meeting Date |
Agenda |
Minutes |
| 3 February 2022 |
SLPP Agenda - Thursday 3 February 2022(PDF, 27MB) |
SLPP Minutes - Thursday 3 February 2022(PDF, 525KB) |
| 3 March 2022 |
SLPP Agenda- 3 March 2022(PDF, 22MB) |
SLPP Minutes- 3 March 2022(PDF, 758KB) |
| 7 April 2022 |
SLPP Agenda- 7 April 2022(PDF, 41MB) |
SLPP Minutes- 7 April 2022(PDF, 972KB) |
| 5 May 2022 |
SLPP Agenda- 5 May 2022(PDF, 178MB) |
SLPP Minutes- 5 May 2022(PDF, 1MB) |
| 2 June 2022 |
SLPP Agenda-2 June 2022(PDF, 143MB) |
SLPP MINUTES- 2 June 2022(PDF, 2MB) |
| 7 July 2022 |
SLPP Agenda-7 July 2022(PDF, 142MB) |
SLPP Minutes-7 July 2022(PDF, 3MB) |
| 4 August 2022 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 1 September 2022 |
SLPP Agenda-1 September 2022(PDF, 109MB) |
SLPP Minutes-1 September 2022(PDF, 3MB) |
| 6 October 2022 |
SLPP Agenda- 6 October 2022(PDF, 57MB) |
SLPP Minutes- 6 October 2022(PDF, 587KB) |
| 3 November 2022 |
SLPP Agenda- 3 November 2022(PDF, 83MB) |
SLPP Minutes- 3 November 2022(PDF, 2MB) |
| 1 December 2022 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
2021
Meeting Date
|
Agenda
|
Minutes
|
4 February 2021
|
Agenda(PDF, 49MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 372KB) |
| 4 March 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 188MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 754KB) |
| 1 April 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 14MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 302KB) |
| 6 May 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 30MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
| 3 June 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 462KB) |
Minutes(PDF, 462KB) |
| 1 July 2021 |
SLPP Agenda July 2021(PDF, 219MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 779KB) |
| 5 August 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 35MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 377KB) |
| 2 September 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 92MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
| 7 October 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 50MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 479KB) |
| 4 November 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 23MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 581KB) |
| 2 December 2021 |
Agenda(PDF, 53MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 352KB) |
2020
| Meeting Date |
Agenda |
Minutes |
| 6 February 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 42MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 454KB) |
| 5 March 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 44MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 926KB) |
| 2 April 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 61MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 882KB) |
| 7 May 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 73MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
| 4 June 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 98MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 961KB) |
| 2 July 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 98MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 823KB) |
| 6 August 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 78MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
| 3 September 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 86MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
| 1 October 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 119MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
| 5 November 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 46MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 421KB) |
| 3 December 2020 |
Agenda(PDF, 88MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 562KB) |
2019
| Meeting Date |
Agenda |
Minutes |
| 3 January 2019 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 7 February 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 35MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 488KB) |
| 7 March 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 38MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 475KB) |
| 4 April 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 36MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 784KB) |
| 2 May 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 9MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 521KB) |
| 6 June 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 18MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 639KB) |
| 4 July 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 38MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 693KB) |
| 1 August 2019 |
No Meeting |
No Meeting |
| 5 September 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 34MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 857KB) |
| 3 October 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 40MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 772KB) |
| 7 November 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 35MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 901KB) |
| 5 December 2019 |
Agenda(PDF, 19MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
2018
| Meeting Date |
Agenda |
Minutes |
| 1 February 2018 (SIHAP) |
Agenda(PDF, 38MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 561KB) |
| 1 March 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 34MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 992KB) |
| 5 April 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 51MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 780KB) |
| 3 May 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 90MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 552KB) |
| 7 June 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 21MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 873KB) |
| 5 July 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 81MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
| 2 August 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 39MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 795KB) |
| 6 September 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 10MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 813KB) |
| 4 October 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 58MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 904KB) |
| 1 November 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 41MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 959KB) |
| 6 December 2018 (SLPP) |
Agenda(PDF, 33MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
2017 (SIHAP)
| Meeting Date |
Agenda |
Minutes |
| 6 April 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 4MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 624KB) |
| 4 May 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 50MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 2MB) |
| 1 June 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 31MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
| 6 July 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 39MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 684KB) |
| 3 August 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 21MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 915KB) |
| 7 September 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 15MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 716KB) |
| 5 October 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 46MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 474KB) |
| 2 November 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 30MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 499KB) |
| 7 December 2017 |
Agenda(PDF, 46MB) |
Minutes(PDF, 1MB) |
Irregularity in appointment of SLPP Chair 2021-2022
The Strathfield Local Planning Panel (Panel) is constituted under Division 2.5 of Part 2 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (Act). In particular, s 2.18 of the Act provides that a local planning panel is to comprise:
- an approved independent person as chairperson, with relevant expertise,
- 2 other approved independent persons with relevant expertise, and
- a representative of the local community who is not a councillor or a mayor.
The Act outlines the requirements for local planning panels and criteria which must be satisfied for a person to sit on such a panel. Relevantly, only the Minister can ‘approve’ a person to be the independent chairperson.
In 2021 the Minister approved Marcia Doheny to sit as Chair of the Panel. Despite this, the then CEO of Council re-appointed Paul Stein AM QC as the Chair of the Panel. This re-appointment was invalid. Whilst Strathfield Council acknowledges that Mr Stein is an eminently qualified person in matters relating to planning and environmental law, he had not been ‘approved’ by the Minster for appointment to the Panel for the purposes of the Act.
In these circumstances, Council’s recently appointed General Manager, Michael Mamo, has removed Mr Stein from the position of Chair. Going forward only persons approved by the Minister as an “approved independent person” under the Act will occupy that position. A copy of the letter to Mr Stein in this regard can be found here.(PDF, 65KB)
Council will contact affected applicants and landowners to discuss the impacts of the above.
If you have any concerns or queries in relation to this matter, please contact Clare Harley, Director Planning and Environment on 9748 9655.