Community Participation Plan Workshop - Newcastle
Date and time
Location
Newcastle City Hall
290 King Street Hunter Room Newcastle, NSW 2300 AustraliaDescription
The Department of Planning and Environment’s draft Community Participation Plan is currently on exhibition and you can review the plan and supporting material on our website here.
Given you or your organisations previous engagement with the Department of Planning, we would like to invite you to join us for an information session and workshop to discuss the Department’s draft CPP.
During this workshop, a representative of the Department will provide an overview of the draft CPP. This will be followed by a discussion to be facilitated by community engagement specialist, Margaret Harvie where you will have an opportunity to provide feedback on key aspects of the draft CPP.
Workshop information:
Wednesday 5 December 2018 from 11.45pm until 2.00pm
Newcastle City Hall
Hunter Room
290 King Street
Newcastle, NSW 2300
Please register through Eventbrite by Friday 30 November 2018 at 5.00pm
Light lunch will be provided
If you are not able to attend this session, we would still encourage you to provide feedback on the CPP. You can make a submission via our submissions page or complete the survey which is available on our website. If you would like to speak to a member of the project team about the Departments draft CPP you can also email us at legislativeupdates@planning.nsw.gov.au.
Background information:
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) has been updated. Supporting the EP&A Act’s objective to increase opportunities for community participation in the planning system is a new measure requiring all public authorities that have planning functions under the EP&A Act, including councils, to develop a community participation plan (CPP) by the end of 2019.
Our CPP sets out in one document how and when the community can participate in the planning functions the Department undertakes in line with the new requirements in the EP&A Act. Its purpose is to make clearer to the community how and when they can have a say on the Department’s planning functions.