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GIPA Formal ID

Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 NSW

FORMAL ACCESS APPLICATION

Please complete this form to apply for formal access to government information under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act).

Privacy and Personal Information Protection Notice: The personal information provided is collected for the purpose as stated on this document. Supply of the personal information is legally required, and non-supply could cause delay or inability to proceed in the processing of this form. Any personal information will be handled in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW).

If you need assistance with completing this form, please contact the Governance Coordinator on 02 6953 0911 or visit Council’s website.

Use this form to lodge and pay for your application.

This GIPA Formal application has been received:

Date: 25/11/2024
User: unvalidated
IP address: 172.17.61.233

Section 1. Your details

Name

Title First Middle Last

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Consent

I agree to receive correspondence at the above email address.

Section 2. Form of access

How do you wish to access the information?

Inspect the document(s)

A copy of the document(s)

Access in another way

*Items subject to copyright are only available for viewing in the office

Please specify access method

Section 3. Personal information/Proof of identity

Tick all options relevant to the information you are seeking

Personal Information

DA Plans and specifications for any residential parts of a proposed building

DA containing Commerical Information

DA lodged before 1 July 2010

Have applied to another agency for similar information

None of the above

DA = Development Application

Please state the agency name

When seeking access to personal information, an applicant must provide proof of identity.

Acceptable forms of identity are:

Australian driver’s license (with photograph, signature, and current address)
Current Australian passport
Other proof of signature and current address detail

Please use the either the file or photo options below to upload a picture of your identity documentation.

Proof of identity uploaded:

File upload

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, Max. file size: 30 MB, Max. files: 5.

Take a photo

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Section 4. Government Information Requested

Please describe the information you would like to access in enough detail to allow us to identify it.

Notes:

To facilitate the supply of the information by Council, it is essential that your request be very specific and clear.
If insufficient information is provided or the scope is too large to be managed effectively, Council may request further clarification or refuse to process your application.
For property related enquiries, please expand the map section below to add a pin on the property location.

Request detail

Please describe the reason(s) for this application. This will assist us with identifying the information that you seek.

Request reason

Click here to add location via map

Map instructions

To place a pin on the map either:

Drag the default red pin from the cenotaph to the location required, or
Enter an address in the "address search" box and it will move the pin to that location. You can adjust this by dragging it.

Address search

Map

Controls: + or - to zoom in/out. Click and hold to drag the map.

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Geocoder

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Coordinates

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Section 5. Development Application Records Requested (under schedule 1 s.3(2) GIPA Regulation 2018)

Processing times for DA requests prior to 1 July 2010 are governed by legislation and may be up to 30 days, subject to the volume of records located and any third party consultation required. Applicants are advised to consider this when making their request, especially for all conveyancing matters

Specific information required

Additional Info required

Check here if you have additional information to add

Additional Info

Date range of the documents required:

From Date

DD slash MM slash YYYY

To Date

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Address

Lot number

Deposited Plan (DP) No

Are you the property owner?

Yes

Have you recently purchased the property

Yes

Settlement Date

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Copyright: Copyright belongs to the person or organisation who prepared the plans/documents. No copies are able to be made without authorisation.

Yes, I have consent from the owner

No, I have been unable to locate the owner

File

Max. file size: 128 MB.

Name of Copyright Owner

E.g., person or company you have searched for

Details of Searches conducted

E.g., Extracts from ASIC or ABN Registration websites etc

Section 6. Disclosure Log

If the information sought, is released to the applicant details about their application may be recorded in the Council’s "GIPA Disclosure Log". This is published on Council’s website.

If you object to this, we must first decide if you are entitled to object and if so, whether the objection outweighs the general public interest in including this information in the disclosure log.

Applicants can only object to the inclusion of information on Council’s disclosure log for one or more of the following grounds:

The information includes personal information about you (or a deceased person for whom you are the personal representative).
The information concerns your business, commercial, professional or financial interests.
The information concerns research that has been, or is being, or is intended to be, carried out by or on your behalf.
The information concerns the affairs of a government of the Commonwealth or another State (and you are entitled to act on behalf of that government agency).

Do you object to inclusion in the disclosure log?

I object

I agree

Grounds for Objection

Section 7. Additional Processing Charges

You may be asked to pay an additional charge for the processing of the application ($30 per hour).

Some applicants may be entitled to a 50% reduction on their processing charges.

If you wish to apply for a discount, please indicate the reason:

Financial hardship

Special benefit to the public

Please note:

Discount can only be offered on processing charges.
Initial application fee will not be discounted.
Processing charges cannot be discounted by more than 50% even if both reasons are relevant.

Please attach supporting documents for Financial hardship

Max. file size: 128 MB.

E.g., a pension or Centrelink card

Please specify the special benefit to the public

Credit Card

Card Details

Cardholder Name

GIPA Formal Application Fee

Price:

Signature

Application Date

DD slash MM slash YYYY

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.