Tweed Shire Council launches new e-planning services

Thursday, August 6, marked a major milestone for Tweed Shire Council’s planning processes, with an electronic launch of the council’s new e-planning services on Council’s website as part of Local Government Week activities.

Council’s Director Planning and Regulation, Vince Connell, said the launch was an important milestone in the Development Assessment Review project, and Tweed Shire Council’s ongoing efforts to become a Statewide leader in efficient development assessment practices.

“Staff have been busily working towards and promoting the introduction of e-planning practices, with the primary goal of providing Tweed Shire residents and businesses with more efficient and customer-focused development assessment processes,” Mr Connell said.

“The full implementation of e-planning will involve a major learning curve and cultural change for council staff, local businesses and citizens, and will take several years to complete.”

The latest launch involves the introduction of new and extensive e-planning web services, including customised property enquiry, DA Tracking and improved mapping functions.

The initial release of the new services took place in June with the launch of new DA preparation Kit and comprehensive web site information.

As part of that launch, from 1 July, 2009, all DAs must be submitted in both hard copy and electronic format.

“For the benefit of our web site users, our staff have prepared a series of user-friendly instructions on how to use the new electronic functions,” Mr Connell said.

Click on the following link below to be taken to video presentations within the Planning/Development/Building section of Council’s web site, as well as links to the new DA Tracking, Property Enquiry and mapping functions.

http://www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/PlanDevBuild/ePlanningLaunch.aspx

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