Source-linked guides to recurring NSW planning questions, written to separate measurable controls from matters of judgement.
Use this 10-point buyer rubric to test NSW planning software for data coverage, parcel context, source currency, citations, reusable outputs and real cost.
The BCA is the building part of the NCC. NSW applies NCC 2022 Amendment 2 and will adopt NCC 2025 on 1 May 2027. How to check which edition covers your project.
Use the Court and NSW Caselaw search paths, identify the neutral citation, inspect the judgment and record what still needs legal analysis.
Choose NSW planning, hazard, infrastructure and context layers by the site question, then keep the parcel, source, date and limitation attached.
Six planning questions show how site, place, policy and programme analysis need different geographies, periods, measures and evidence limits.
Use a NSW DA map to inspect nearby lodgements and determinations without treating an application record as approval, construction or market supply.
Resolve the parcel and proposal, then check the LEP, SEPPs, maps, local DCP and approval pathway, with each control linked to its source.
LEPs and SEPPs are environmental planning instruments, a DCP adds design guidance and the NCC sets building requirements. How each applies to a NSW project.
Find a NSW parcel's zone, Height of Buildings and floor space ratio on the Planning Portal Spatial Viewer, then check each value against the written LEP clause.
An inspectable floor space ratio example showing the arithmetic, source checks and gross-floor-area assumptions that must be resolved for a NSW site.