{"id":2,"date":"2026-02-10T01:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betterlaw.org.au\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:06:05","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Living next to a residential development site NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It can be difficult to understand your rights as a neighbour when someone is building near your house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In NSW the type of building approval alters how, and when, neighbours are told what is happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For buildings in residential areas there are two standard approval pathways. The Development Application (DA) and the Complying Development Certificate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Development Application<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your local council will manage the approval process for a DA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a DA approval process neighbours will be provided with some of the proposed plans so they can see what will be built and provide feedback to the council on things that they feel might impact their property. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Council must “consider” any feedback they receive and may<\/em> ask the developers to adjust their plans to accommodate neighbour feedback. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neighbours have 14 days to provide feedback to the council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each council will have their own Local Environment Plan (LEP) which will provide design guidelines on things like the maximum height of the building or how much garden the property needs to have. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Complying Development Certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the CDC process a private certifier will be hired who will manage the buildings approval process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a DA approval process neighbours are not provided with a copy of the plans. Instead neighbouring properties will receive a notice that a CDC is underway, and then a second notice that the design has been approved and that construction will commence soon. The notice will tell you what is being built (for instance a two-story dwelling house) and will provide contact details for the certifier who should be your contact if you have any questions and the names and contact details of the builders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A building approved under a CDC must meet design guidelines set out in the State Environmental Planning Policy. These guidelines have been agreed by the government and have inbuilt protections for neighbours. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It can be difficult to understand your rights as a neighbour when someone is building near your house. In NSW the type of building approval alters how, and when, neighbours are told what is happening. For buildings in residential areas there are two standard approval pathways. The Development Application (DA) and the Complying Development Certificate. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8,"href":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterlaw.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}