Strathfield Local Planning Panel (SLPP)

Background

In 2017 the NSW Government introduced legislation requiring all councils in the Greater Sydney Region and Wollongong to have Local Planning Panels (LPPs) in place by 1 March 2018.

The principal function of the Strathfield Local Planning Panel (SLPP) is to determine local development applications (DAs) that fall within the following categories: conflict of interest, contentious development, departure from development standards, sensitive development.

The SLPP also provides advice to Council on planning proposals and other matters.

The SLPP is an independent assessment body and is not subject to the instruction or control of Council, except on matters relating operational procedure and matters set out in directions issued by the Minister under the Environmental Planning and Assessment (EP&A) Act 1979.

Local Planning Panels Direction – Development Applications and Applications to Modify Development Consents made by the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces on 30 June 2020:

 Statutory rules for local planning panels | Planning


Administration of the SLPP

Planning Proposals

Council is required to refer all planning proposals prepared after 1 June 2018 to the local planning panel for advice, unless the council’s general manager determines that the planning proposal relates to:

  • The correction of an obvious error in a local environmental plan
  • Matters that are of a consequential, transitional, machinery or other minor nature, or
  • Matters that council’s general manager considers will not have any significant adverse impact on the environment or adjoining land.

Strathfield Local Planning Panel Annual Written Disclosures of Interests

Under the provisions of Clause 4.17 (b) of the Local Planning Panels Code of Conduct (August 2020) issued by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment each Panel Member has completed a Disclosure of Interest for the period 1 July 2024 - 30 June 2025. They are published below in accordance with Clause 4.23 of the Code.

SLPP DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTERESTS AND OTHER MATTERS RETURN (2024-2025)(PDF, 12MB)

Chairs / Alternate Chairs (A)

Expert Panel Members

Community Members

Marcia Doheny

Linda Gosling

Julie Erskine

Jason Perica

Stephen Pearse

Akhil Verma

Scott Barwick

Trevor Bly

Rajendran Karthigeyan

 

Schandel Fortu

William Calokerinos

 

Graham Brown

 

 

David Milliken

 

 

Caroline Pidcock

 

 

(David) Matthew Taylor

 

 

Kate Bartlett

 

 

Dennis Loether

 

 

Sandra Robinson

 

 

Peter Romey

 

 

Meeting Times

Generally, meetings of the Strathfield Local Planning Panel (SLPP) take place on the second Thursday of each month, unless there are no agenda items for that month or the availability of Council’s Chair or experts is constrained and requires an alternative day.

How to Register to Speak at the Public Meeting of the SLPP

Any person(s) who wishes to register to address the SLPP in respect of any particular item listed on the agenda of any particular meeting is required to complete the below application form.

SLPP Register to Speak(PDF, 39KB)

 

Agenda and Minutes

Agendas for meetings of the SLPP are published on Council’s website a week prior to the meeting.

Deliberations of the Panel are carried out in closed session following the public meeting. The Minutes of the Meeting with the Panels’ resolution will be made available on Council’s website.

Plans for Development Application Agenda Items can be viewed via Council’s DA Tracker.

Please see the agendas and minutes in the table below.

Meeting dates are subject to change.

        

 

Agenda and Minutes

Meeting dates are subject to change.

2025

Meeting Date                 
Agenda                              
Minutes                        
 13 February 2025  SLPP Agenda - 13 February 2025(PDF, 30MB)  SLPP Minutes -13 February 2025(PDF, 732KB)
 13 March 2025 NO MEETING NO MEETING
 10 April 2025  SLPP Agenda - 10 April 2025(PDF, 49MB)  SLPP Minutes - 10 April 2025(PDF, 405KB)
 8 May 2025  NO MEETING NO MEETING
 12 June 2025  NO MEETING NO MEETING
 10 July 2025 SLPP Agenda - 10 July 2025(PDF, 48MB) SLPP Minutes - 10 July 2025(PDF, 1MB)
 14 August 2025 SLPP Agenda - 14 August 2025(PDF, 17MB) SLPP Minutes - 14 August 2025(PDF, 142KB)
 11 September 2025  NO MEETING  NO MEETING
 9 October 2025  NO MEETING  NO MEETING
 13 November 2025    
 11 December 2024    

2019

Meeting Date Agenda Minutes
3 January 2019 No Meeting No Meeting
7 February 2019  Agenda(PDF, 35MB) Minutes(PDF, 488KB)
7 March 2019 Agenda(PDF, 38MB) Minutes(PDF, 475KB)
4 April 2019  Agenda(PDF, 36MB) Minutes(PDF, 784KB)
2 May 2019 Agenda(PDF, 9MB) Minutes(PDF, 521KB)
6 June 2019 Agenda(PDF, 18MB) Minutes(PDF, 639KB)
4 July 2019 Agenda(PDF, 38MB) Minutes(PDF, 693KB)
1 August 2019 No Meeting No Meeting
5 September 2019  Agenda(PDF, 34MB) Minutes(PDF, 857KB)
3 October 2019 Agenda(PDF, 40MB) Minutes(PDF, 772KB)
7 November 2019 Agenda(PDF, 35MB) Minutes(PDF, 901KB)
5 December 2019 Agenda(PDF, 19MB) Minutes(PDF, 1MB)
 

2018

Meeting Date Agenda Minutes
1 February 2018 (SIHAP) Agenda(PDF, 38MB) Minutes(PDF, 561KB)
1 March 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 34MB) Minutes(PDF, 992KB)
5 April 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 51MB) Minutes(PDF, 780KB)
3 May 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 90MB) Minutes(PDF, 552KB)
7 June 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 21MB) Minutes(PDF, 873KB)
5 July 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 81MB) Minutes(PDF, 1MB)
2 August 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 39MB) Minutes(PDF, 795KB)
6 September 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 10MB) Minutes(PDF, 813KB)
4 October 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 58MB) Minutes(PDF, 904KB)
1 November 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 41MB) Minutes(PDF, 959KB)
6 December 2018 (SLPP) Agenda(PDF, 33MB) Minutes(PDF, 1MB)