We encourage you to make your submission online on the relevant case page.
When you make a submission this way, you can also upload attachments in various file formats, including MS Word, .jpeg, or .pdf.
If you are experiencing any issues using the online submission form, you can lodge your submission by email or post. You can also register your interest to make a verbal submission to the Panel at a public meeting or hearing by completing a speaker registration form on the relevant case page.
When you are making a written or verbal submission to the Commission, there are a few things to keep in mind to ensure that it is relevant to the proposed development and focused on matters the Panel can consider.
In your submission, you can:
- clearly describe the individual or cumulative impacts or benefits of the proposed development
- quantify impacts or provide other relevant information or evidence
- provide any new or unique information or new views on the issues
- respond to the DPHI Assessment Report and recommended conditions of consent
- consider whether the assessment of impacts and the recommended conditions adequately address the issues that members of the community have previously identified
- propose further conditions that could be imposed to address issues if consent is granted to the proposed development, or provide a view on the applicable policies and planning instruments that apply to the land.
Any submissions that contain inappropriate language or make defamatory or potentially defamatory allegations may be redacted, not published, or referred to the appropriate authorities.
The Commission will accept submissions - including speaking notes, substantial submissions, comments or any audio-visual material - within the advertised period for submissions. Once submissions are opened, the length of the advertised period will vary depending on the case, and will typically range from 5pm on the next business day after the last scheduled day of the public meeting to seven days after the public meeting. The closing date for submissions will be shown on the relevant case page on our website.
The Commission may choose to reopen written submissions if additional new information is provided and accepted after the close of the public submission period. Those who have previously provided a submission to the Commission on the proposed development will be notified that submissions have been reopened and for what period, and a notification will be placed on our website.
In line with our Transparency policy, written and verbal submissions provided to the Commission are considered public documents and are published on our website. We will only consider accepting wholly or partially confidential submissions in exceptional circumstances.
The online submission form also collects general information that helps the Commission to process your submission. This information includes whether you are making a submission on behalf of an organisation or in another capacity, and whether you support, object to, or comment on the proposed development. It will also capture key topics that you are concerned about.
The Commission's Privacy statement explains how we obtain and use your personal information.
Our public submission process assists Panels to understand the individual and collective impacts of a proposed development and is often a key part of the Commission’s process of independently determining each development application on its individual merits.
Although the Panel has access to any submissions made to the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI), our public submission process is an opportunity for members of the community to share their views on the latest information about a State significant development application directly to the Panel.
Issues, concerns, and substantive arguments raised in written submissions and at public meetings or hearings are considered by the Panel against relevant legislation, policy and planning instruments. Submissions are also analysed as a whole to better understand the issues or topics of most concern to the community.
The Commission is required by law to explain how it took the community’s views into account in its Statement of Reasons, which is published at the time of determination.