Hawkesbury Local Planning Panel

The Hawkesbury Local Planning Panel (HLPP) is a group of experts and local community members who will determine certain Development Applications (DAs) and provide advice on Local Environmental Planning Proposals (LEPs) submitted to Council.

From 1 March 2018, it is mandatory for all local councils in the Sydney area, including Hawkesbury City Council, to have in place a Local Planning Panel to determine development applications with a high level of public interest, sensitivity, strategic importance, or risk of corruption. Prior to March 2018, these types of applications may have been determined by Councillors at Ordinary Council Meetings. These applications will now be determined at public HLPP meetings, which will be separate from Ordinary Council Meetings.

The criteria for which types of applications must be determined by an HLPP has been set by the NSW Minister for Planning, and more information on this criteria is available under the links below.

Development Applications which are not required to be determined by the HLPP will be determined by Council staff, or by the Sydney Western City Planning Panel. Council encourages residents and other local community members to participate in the HLPP process by addressing the Panel at its public meetings, which will be held in the Council Chambers at 366 George Street, Windsor, on the third Thursday of each month, except where there are no agenda items for that month.