23 April 2025

The Draft Gunnedah Shire Development Control Plan 2025 (DCP) is now on public exhibition.

The document provides detailed guidelines for development to complement the objectives and provisions in the Gunnedah Local Environmental Plan 2012.

Gunnedah Shire Council Director Community and Development Andrew Johns said the new plan was the first major review in 13 years.

“Council was successful in its application for grant funding under Round 2 of the Regional Housing Strategic Planning Fund to develop a new Development Control Plan,” Mr Johns said.

“There are a number of aims of the new simplified plan, including to: define development standards and design guidelines that deliver the right outcomes; to provide clear and concise development guidelines for various forms of development, and to promote high standards of development that provide great planning outcomes.

“The plan also aims to encourage ecologically sustainable development and reduce the impacts of development on the environment, and promote the functional commercial and business area of Gunnedah CBD.

“It will also help ensure growth and development in Gunnedah is inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, and support economic sustainability in the future.”

The Draft Gunnedah Shire Development Control Plan will be on public exhibition until 5pm on Thursday, 22 May, 2025. The draft plan can be viewed here or at the Council Administration Building in Elgin Street.

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