Local Planning Panel (LPP)

About the LPP

The NSW Government has introduced changes to make local planning panels (LPPs), mandatory for all councils in Greater Sydney and Wollongong.

The Local Planning Panel assess development applications (DA’s) which involve:

  • (i) A potential conflict of interest (including development where the applicant or land owner is that Council, Councillor, Council planning staff member or member or parliament) and/or
  • (ii) Contentious development that has received more than 10 unique submissions and/or
  • (iii) Variations to a development standard imposed by an environmental planning instrument by more than 10% and/or
  • (iv) Sensitive development (a) Designated development (b) Development to which State Environment Planning Policy No 65 - Design Quality of Residential Apartment Development applies and is 4 or more storeys in height (c) Development involving the demolition of a heritage item (d) Development for licenced premises (e) Development for the purpose of sex services premises and restricted premises (f) Development applications for which the developer has offered to enter into a planning agreement.

The development applications referred to will only be considered by the LPP and Council in circumstances where the Sydney Central City Planning Panel is not the determining authority.

After the panel has considered submissions made by interested parties, the panel will make a determination on the application.

Members

The Panel comprises a chair chosen by the Minister of Planning, two industry experts and a community representative. The Chair and experts for any given meeting will be selected from the following:

 Panel Member

Position

Julie Walsh

Chair

Pamela Soon

Alternate Chair

Garry Fielding

Alternate Chair

Michael Evesson

Independent Expert

David Furlong

Independent Expert

Vincent Hardy

Independent Expert

Penelope Holloway

Independent Expert

Michael Mason

Independent Expert

Matthew Owens

Independent Expert

Michael Ryan

Independent Expert

Eugene Sarich

Independent Expert

Jeremy Swan

Independent Expert

Patrick Hurley

Independent Expert

Peter Brennan

Independent Expert

Lindsay Fletcher

Independent Expert

Glennys James PSM

Independent Expert

Scott Barwick

Independent Expert

Elizabeth Kinkade PSM

Independent Expert

Chris Young

Independent Expert

Alan Haselden

Community Representative

Tony Chahine

Community Representative

Ken Willimott

Community Representative

Kaavya Karunanithi

Community Representative

 

Code of Conduct for Planning Panel Members(PDF, 221KB)

 

Meeting Dates

The Local Planning Panel will meet on the third Wednesday of each month on the following dates in 2023.

  • 18 January, 2023 (if required)
  • 15 February, 2023
  • 15 March, 2023
  • 19 April, 2023
  • 17 May, 2023
  • 21 June, 2023
  • 19 July, 2023
  • 16 August, 2023
  • 20 September, 2023
  • 18 October, 2023
  • 15 November, 2023
  • 20 December, 2023