Draft amendments
Draft NSDCP 2025 – Streamlining Project
At its meeting on 14 April 2025, Council resolved to endorse and publicly exhibit a new draft comprehensive Development Control Plan (DCP) to replace North Sydney DCP 2013.
The primary purpose for preparing a new comprehensive DCP is to enable it to be integrated into a future artificial intelligence (AI) platform for development assessment. This draft DCP represents the first stage of this process and is generally limited to a restructure of North Sydney DCP 2013. It does not include any significant changes to Council’s currently endorsed policy positions.
The draft DCP will be on public exhibition from Thursday 1 May to Friday 30 May 2025. Details of the public exhibition may be found on Council's Your Say website.
270-272 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest
On 16 June 2022, the Minister for Planning issued a Gateway Determination for a Planning Proposal at 270-272 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest, allowing the proposal to be placed on public exhibition.
This Planning Proposal seeks to amend the planning controls to the North Sydney Local Environmental Plan (NSLEP) 2013 for land at 270-272 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest. In particular, the proposed amendments include:
- increase the maximum Height of Buildings Map from 16m to 54m
- impose a maximum Floor Space Ratio Map of 5.6:1
- increase the minimum Non-residential Floor Space Ratio Map from 0.5:1 to 5.6:1
- insert a site-specific clause allowing a maximum FSR of 6.02:1, provided any additional floor space above 5.6:1 is located below ground level and comprises non-residential uses
The Planning Proposal is accompanied by a draft Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) comprising a monetary contribution of minimum $1.0 million with the potential for a maximum of $3.0 million (depending on a number of conditions being met including the site being developed to its full potential under the proposed changes to the LEP). The monetary contribution would go towards the provision of local infrastructure and facilities.
In addition, Council also resolved to place an associated draft amendment to the North Sydney Development Control Plan (NSDCP) 2013 on public exhibition concurrently with the Planning Proposal. This seeks to add further design consideration to any future development on the site.
This was on public exhibition from August to September 2022. View the public exhibition.