SSD means State Significant Development; SSD is an approval pathway for an applicant to lodge a development application to the NSW State government. For SSD applications the consent authority is the Minister for Planning. There are criteria to be met in order to be eligible for lodging an SSD application; for example, if an applicant is proposing a new development on a site which has an item listed on the NSW state heritage register then an SSD application for the development can be made.

As part of preparing an SSD application an applicant must engage with the community and stakeholders and prepare a community engagement report. As part of this process the applicant must engage and consult with the local Council. As with the whole community and all relevant government stakeholders the local Council has the opportunity during the public exhibition period (which occurs after the application has been lodged) to make comment on the proposal. The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) will refer the application to all government stakeholders including the local Council, who should make comment on the application.

The local Council is not the consent authority and is not responsible for providing information about the proposal to the community however DPHI will ultimately ask the Council if they support the proposal or not.

Since the sale of the site was completed Council have been consulted with and we will continue to engage with the Council on all aspects of the proposal