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Town Planning Online doesn't service NSW directly — for NSW projects we refer enquiries to a friendly partner consultancy with local expertise. Same standard of advice, free initial consultation.
Sky Planning
NSW consultations are handled by Sky Planning — an award-winning NSW town planning consultancy. 20+ years of NSW planning experience across childcare, food and drink, hospitality, film and TV production, and residential. Free initial consultation by email.
- Website
- https://skyplanning.com.au
- Coverage
- Greater Sydney metro and regional NSW — Development Applications, Statements of Environmental Effects, planning proposals and rezoning
Recent NSW Approvals
A small sample of NSW Development Applications Sky Planning has secured approval for. Spans the use types the firm handles most — childcare, food and drink, residential, dual occupancy and subdivision.
- Approval secured · Food & Drink
Adaptive Reuse: 1,000sqm Rum Distillery & Cellar Door
Adaptive reuse of an existing industrial building as a craft rum distillery plus cellar door (food and drink premises). Sky Planning prepared the Statement of Environmental Effects covering change of use, parking dispensation, on-premises liquor licence interface, hours of operation, signage and noise mitigation for the tasting and event area.
Adaptive reuseChange of useCellar doorParking dispensationLiquor licence interface - Approval secured · Childcare
Centre-Based Child Care Facility — 120 children
Centre-based child care facility for 120 children, designed under SEPP (Housing) 2021 Chapter 3 Part 1 (Child Care Premises). Application covered traffic and pick-up/drop-off management, parking provisions, acoustic and amenity impacts on adjoining residential land, and outdoor play area design under the National Quality Framework.
Centre-based child careSEPP Housing 2021Traffic impactParkingAcoustic - Approval secured · Subdivision
Rural Subdivision — 5 Residential Lots
Subdivision of a rural-zoned lot into 5 residential allotments. Application addressed minimum lot size, bushfire planning (asset protection zones and AS 3959 construction), on-site effluent management, water supply, vehicular access and easements for services across the proposed lot arrangement.
Rural subdivisionMinimum lot sizeBushfire planningEffluentEasements - Approval secured · Residential
Two-Storey Residential Dwelling with Landscaping
Two-storey detached dwelling with associated landscape works on a constrained suburban lot. Sky Planning ran the DA through LEP and DCP compliance, neighbour amenity (overlooking, overshadowing, privacy), tree-canopy and deep-soil requirements, and stormwater design.
Single dwellingTwo-storeyDCP complianceLandscapeNeighbour amenity - Approval secured · Dual Occupancy
Attached Dual Occupancy + Torrens Title Subdivision
Attached dual occupancy with Torrens-title subdivision. Application sequenced the design under the Low Rise Housing Diversity Code, then subdivided post-occupation under the LEP to create two freestanding fee-simple titles — no community-title or strata structure required.
Attached dual occupancyTorrens subdivisionLow Rise Housing Diversity CodeTwo-lot subdivision
More NSW work on skyplanning.com.au.
When a Planner is Worth Bringing In
- •Development Applications (DAs) — preparing the SEE, drafting plans, navigating concurrence
- •Section 4.55 modifications to existing consents
- •Refused DAs — Class 1 appeals to the Land and Environment Court
- •Borderline CDC matters where one or two clauses are arguable
- •Heritage items and conservation areas
- •Bushfire-prone, flood-affected or coastal land
- •Rezoning and Planning Proposal advice
- •Pre-purchase due diligence on development potential
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