The DCP Amendments was adopted at the Council meeting on 15 March 2022 and became effective on 26 August 2022. Please refer to Planning Controls (LEP & DCP) for more information.

Council has prepared amendments to the City of Canada Bay Development Control Plan (DCP). The amendments seek to implement adopted Council strategies, internal reviews and feedback received as well as to correct errors and anomalies.

The role of the Development Control Plan (DCP) is to provide detailed planning and design guidelines to support the planning controls in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP).

City of Canada Bay DCP Miscellaneous Amendments

The draft DCP seeks to implement outcomes arising from the following plans, strategies and studies:

  • Local Strategic Planning Statement
  • Low Rise Medium Density Review
  • Urban Tree Canopy Strategy
  • Victoria Road Urban Design Review
  • Review of waste management systems and DCP for multi-unit dwellings
  • Disability Inclusion Action Plan
  • Local Movement Strategy
  • Canada Bay Biodiversity Framework and Action Plan
  • City of Canada Bay Public Art and Cultural Plan
  • Review and amalgamation of Site and Precinct Specific DCPs
  • Concord West Flood Study.

Various housekeeping changes and other miscellaneous amendments and improvements have also been made to the DCP.

The draft DCP

The draft DCP can be downloaded from the list below: