Notifications, assessing and determining DAs
What is the process?
- Once you submit your DA, it goes through an initial review and is assigned to an assessment team.
- If necessary, your application will be sent for expert referrals to applicable bodies internal and external to Council.
- Most applications then have an advertising and notification period where local residents are able to comment or object to your development.
- We then assess your DA - common reasons why you may experience assessment delays.
- You are then notified of the determination (approval or rejection) of your DA.
Track your DA throughout this process.
![How we assess your DA graph](/files/assets/public/v/1/building-and-development/images/assess-da.png?w=450&h=798)
How long will it take to determine your application?
This varies according to a number of issues including:
- the complexity of the proposed development,
- whether or not it needs to be publicly advertised/notified,
- whether or not it complies with the rules,
- whether or not objections are received, and
- the range and complexity of issues that may need to be considered.