Councillor Voting Register on planning matters

The Local Government Act 1993 requires Council to maintain a register that records which Councillors vote for and which Councillors vote against each planning decision of the Council. Council's register of voting on planning matters commenced on 1 October 2008.

Planning matters are matters that relate to a development application, an environmental planning instrument, a development control plan or a development contribution plan.

A planning decision is a resolution of the Council or a Committee of Council that determines a matter, ie approves or refuses a development application or adopts or refuses to adopt a planning instrument or amendment to a planning instrument.

In addition to these decisions, Council has also resolved to include in the Register voting on recommendations from a Committee to the Council where the recommendation is to determine a matter, ie recommendations to approve or refuse a development application or adopt or refuse to adopt a planning instrument or amendment to a planning instrument.

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