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Our planning guidelines and tools will give you the background information you need when planning to build, renovate or lodge a development application.
To view the Byron Shire Development Control Plans and other documents, visit our Plans & Strategies library.
Planning & Development Strategies
We provide a range of development advice services to help answer your planning and development enquiries.
Use this matrix and checklist to identify what information is required to be submitted with your development application.
A security bond must be paid for certain development types. Find out how to pay a bond before you start work or request a refund when the works are finished.
Community Significant Development, creation of easements, food business fit out, site contamination report and telecommunications for new development.
Depending on the type of development, you may not need approval. Check here to see if your proposal is categorised as Exempt or Complying development.
Electronic documents lodged with your development applications must meet certain criteria. Find out more.
We keep a register of development applications that have been determined and resulted in a variation to a development standard.
It is your responsibility to disclose all donations made to ensure they comply with State law.
Guide to assist in calculating the estimated cost of a development and required forms for submitting a DA.
The Design Excellence Panel provides advice on the design quality of certain development types and proposals.