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Historical development consents in NSW

The inquiry will examine the impact of historical development consents on the NSW planning system, development industry and property ownership. The Committee will also consider policy and legal solutions to address concerns about historical development consents, including any barriers in using current legal provisions to respond to the issue.

The Committee will look at what the benefits and costs to taxpayers will be if action is taken on the issue. The full terms of reference can be viewed below.

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Chair:		Barr, Clayton (ALP, LA Member)
Deputy Chair:		Quinnell, Sally (ALP, LA Member)
Members:		Hannan, Judy (IND, LA Member)
		Stuart, Maryanne (ALP, LA Member)
		Wallace, James (LIB, LA Member)

Date	Milestone
10 Oct 2023	Referred
03 Jun 2024	Submissions closed
30 Oct 2024	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2024-10-30	30/10/2024	Additional Information	Manyana Matters Environmental Association
2024-09-03	03/09/2024	Media Release	Media release - Regional visits
2024-07-02	02/07/2024	Proforma	Sample - Form letter 1
2024-07-02	02/07/2024	Proforma	Sample - Form letter 2
2024-07-02	02/07/2024	Proforma	Sample - Form letter 3
2024-03-19	19/03/2024	Media Release	Media release - Inquiry launch and call for submissions

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Anna Tran	Committee Manager	9230 2151	[email protected]
Stephanie Mulvey	Director, Committees	9230 2724	[email protected]

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No. 1 Mr Graeme Batterbury
No. 2 Confidential
No. 3 Kaye Gartner
No. 4 Mr Greg Watts
No. 5 Ms Sarah Moore
No. 6 Confidential
No. 7 Blueprint Planning
No. 8 Ms Juliet Green
No. 9 Mr Gregory Mckittrick
No. 10 Ms Nadine Ebb
No. 11 Shanelle Dawson
No. 12 Ms Gabrielle Griffin
No. 13 Ms Sarah Denny
No. 14 Name suppressed
No. 15 Mr Luke Houghton
No. 16 Le Mottee Group
No. 17 Gunnedah Shire Council
No. 18 Mr Steve Garthwin
No. 19 Ms Jennifer Cuthbertson
No. 20 Wollondilly Shire Council
No. 21 Sandy Beach Action Group
No. 22 Dr Peter Quiddington
No. 23 Carol Isaacs
No. 24 Isabel Trumpf
No. 25 Ms Robbie Collins
No. 26 Mrs Renee Koonin
No. 27 Ms Jaclyn Cunningham
No. 28 Dr Katherine Goodnow
No. 29 Mr Daniel Snow
No. 30 Mr Joshua Hamlyn-Edwards
No. 31 Ms Arielle Valdez-Baltgalvis
No. 32 Tweed Shire Council
No. 33 Name suppressed
No. 34 Eurobodalla Shire Council
No. 35 Huskisson Heritage Association Inc
No. 36 Lake Wollumboola Protection Association Inc
No. 37 Allen Price & Scarratts
No. 38 Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc
No. 39 Rainforest Reserves Australia
No. 40 Manyana Matters Environmental Association Inc
No. 41 VOWW, KKEPS, and EcoNetwork Port Stephens
No. 42 Goulburn Mulwaree Council
No. 43 Confidential
No. 44 Callala Matters
No. 45 Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
No. 46 Tura Beach Flora Reserve Committee
No. 47 Currie Country Social Change Aboriginal Corporation
No. 48 Confidential
No. 48a Confidential
No. 49 Save Myall Road Bushland Incorporated
No. 50 Clarence Environment Centre Inc
No. 51 Our Future Shoalhaven
No. 52 Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW (UDIA)
No. 53 Hallidays Point Community Action Group
No. 54 CLAI (Community Led Aquisition Initiative) Wallum
No. 55 Blue Mountains Branch, National Trust (NSW)
No. 56 Blue Mountains City Council
No. 57 Culburra Residents and Ratepayers Action Group
No. 58 Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association Inc
No. 59 Tomaree Ratepayers and Residents Association Inc.
No. 60 Friends of CRUNCH Inc
No. 61 Camden Council
No. 62 Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition Inc
No. 63 National Parks Association of NSW, Milton Branch
No. 64 Confidential
No. 65 Nature Conservation Council of NSW
No. 66 Kiama Municipal Council
No. 67 Dalmeny Matters
No. 68 Penrith City Council
No. 69 Friends of Coila
No. 70 Better Planning Network Inc
No. 71 Rise Projects Pty Ltd
No. 72 RCL Merimbula Pty Ltd
No. 73 Friends of the Koala Inc.
No. 74 Purchasers of Stage 13 Mirador
No. 75 Sydney Water
No. 76 Urban Taskforce Australia
No. 77 Nambucca Valley Council
No. 78 Hornsby Shire Council
No. 79 Mr David Mehan MP
No. 80 Bega Valley Shire Council
No. 81 Environmental Defenders Office
No. 82 Ms Jan Barham
No. 83 Byron Shire Council
No. 84 Environment and Planning Law Association (NSW) Inc
No. 85 The Law Society of New South Wales
No. 86 Property Council of Australia
No. 87 Ms Holly Galbraith
No. 88 Ms Judith Paterson
No. 89 Dr Vanessa Barbay
No. 90 Miss Poppy Collins
No. 91 Mr Jorj Lowrey
No. 92 Miss Elizabeth Howard
No. 93 Ms Helene Garrett
No. 94 Pyramid Power Group Pty Ltd
No. 95 Ms Janet Reynolds
No. 96 Ms Robyn Neeson
No. 97 Ms Sandra Lundbergs
No. 98 Ms Elizabeth Hepburn
No. 99 Ms Jayne Boughton Manning
No. 100 Mr Russell Jennings
No. 101 Miss Wendy Wait
No. 102 Confidential
No. 103 Name suppressed
No. 104 Sofie Rodda
No. 105 Confidential
No. 106 Confidential
No. 107 Mr Murray Matson
No. 108 Dr Kym Kilpatrick
No. 109 Mr David Lawson
No. 110 Robert Moore
No. 111 Ms Judith Watt
No. 112 Confidential
No. 113 Ms Bridget Ikin
No. 114 Ms Natalie Roney
No. 115 Dr Peter Wynn
No. 116 Confidential
No. 117 Mr Pascal Moser
No. 118 Ms Alexandra Quirk
No. 119 Confidential
No. 120 Confidential
No. 121 Mr Chris Cooney
No. 122 Ms Bobbi Allan
No. 123 Mr John Fink
No. 124 Mx Nina Fitzgerald
No. 125 Mrs Josephine Beams
No. 126 Mr Nicholas Payne
No. 127 Mr David Bannister
No. 128 Mr Paul Cooke
No. 129 Miss Claudia Pigatti Caliari
No. 130 Dr Suzanne Allen
No. 131 Mrs Lisa Forbes-Harper
No. 132 Confidential
No. 133 Mr Gregory Mckittrick
No. 134 Confidential
No. 135 Penny Davidson
No. 136 Holly Officer
No. 137 Mr Joseph Redner
No. 138 Ms Deborah Sharp
No. 139 Confidential
No. 140 Dr Corinna Klupiec
No. 141 Mrs Angela Watson
No. 142 Ms Patricia Jacobs
No. 143 Mr Craig Garrett
No. 144 Mrs Julia Hudd
No. 145 Ms Elisabeth Larsen
No. 146 Mrs Narelle Wright
No. 147 Mr Jeffrey Harper
No. 148 Mr Horst Tietze
No. 149 Ms Narelle Jarvis
No. 150 Ms Kylie Wellington
No. 151 Confidential
No. 152 Mrs Marie Quigg
No. 153 Mr Paul Poleweski
No. 154 Mr Roger Hart
No. 155 Ms Susan Jesson
No. 156 Dr Stan Bolden
No. 157 Ms Veronica Kroon
No. 158 Mrs Penny Smith
No. 159 Mr Kingston Anderson
No. 160 Miss Juliet Fontaine
No. 161 Mrs Jennifer MacLean
No. 162 Confidential
No. 163 Ms Valerie Thompson
No. 164 Ms Celine Massa
No. 165 Ms Lani Imhof
No. 166 Ms Gaye Beathe
No. 167 Ms Kate Liston
No. 168 Ms Julia Mitchell
No. 169 Ms Simone O'Brien
No. 170 Rachelle Longstaff
No. 171 Mr David Rawlins
No. 172 Ms Carly Wilson
No. 173 Ms Lirhazel Evans
No. 174 Ms Nicola Mortimer
No. 175 Karen Joynes
No. 176 Ms Yasmin Bowers
No. 177 Ms Sue Tolley
No. 178 Mr Rob de Fegely AM
No. 179 Ms Tracy Norris
No. 180 Ms Rosslyn Elliott
No. 181 Ms Patricia Warren
No. 182 Mr Greg Shearer
No. 183 Mr Nick Hopkins
No. 184 Mr Jeffrey Davidson
No. 185 Name suppressed
No. 186 Mr David Rowe
No. 187 Ms Svea Pitman
No. 188 Ms Nicole Laverack
No. 189 Miss Lucy Little
No. 190 Mr David Carnovale
No. 191 Mr Maxwell Ryan
No. 192 Kerry Walker
No. 193 Mrs Susan Romane
No. 194 Mrs Julie Coburn
No. 195 Ms Helen Marshall
No. 196 Miss Karen Bertram
No. 197 Confidential
No. 198 Ms Liesbeth Paijmans
No. 199 Sarah Sutton
No. 200 Darren Sutton
No. 201 Confidential
No. 202 Lisa Sandstrom
No. 203 Mr Colin Sagar
No. 204 Confidential
No. 205 Ms Shane O'Keefe
No. 206 Mrs Desiree Marshall
No. 207 Miss Tegan Kitt
No. 208 Ms Kathryn Core
No. 209 Miss Julie Vint
No. 210 Ms Sara Green
No. 211 Miss Alison Worthington
No. 212 Mrs Celia Farquharson
No. 213 Phoebe Torzillo
No. 214 Mr James Barrie
No. 215 Ms Kornelia Sures
No. 216 Cr Cathy Griff
No. 217 Mr Jacob Shields
No. 218 Cr Sarah Ndiaye
No. 219 Mrs Rebecca Sleath
No. 220 Miss Maria Lloyd
No. 221 Mr Nicholas Chambers
No. 222 Dr Amelia Thorpe
No. 223 Mrs Lesley Dunn
No. 224 Ms Alexis Farr
No. 225 Mrs Josephine Davey
No. 226 Mr Peter Winkler
No. 227 Ms Lizzie Buckmaster
No. 228 Mr Andrew Dix
No. 229 Ms Anne Jackson
No. 230 Mrs Sharon Mawson
No. 231 Christopher Osborne
No. 232 Miss Anna Moegerlein
No. 233 Confidential
No. 234 Mrs Dale Viola
No. 235 Mrs Janene Theol
No. 236 Ms Tahlia Kinrade
No. 237 Ms Fay Jackson
No. 238 Mr Jason Glasson
No. 239 Voices of South West Rocks Community Inc
No. 240 Country Mayors of NSW
No. 241 Shoalhaven City Council
No. 242 Blacktown City Council
No. 243 Local Government NSW
No. 244 Confidential
No. 245 OzyHomes
No. 246 Evans Head Residents for Sustainable Development
No. 247 Yamba Community Action Network Inc

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