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Find out about development assessment and compliance fees and pay your fees online.

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Development assessment and compliance fees

Development assessment and compliance fees vary depending on the type and scale of your development or request.  

Our fees and charges brochure can help you to determine which fees apply to you.

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Important things to know

  • For other fees and charges, see Council's Schedule of Fees and Charges.
  • Fees listed include Goods and Services Tax (GST) where applicable. 
  • For staged developments, we class each development stage as a separate development application for fee purposes.

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Prepare and lodge an application

How we assess development applications

Development application types

Pay development application fees

Generally, you won’t be charged the application fees at the time of lodging your application or request. However, this can vary across application and request types. 

After you’ve lodged a development application:

  • the assessment process will begin
  • we make sure the application is properly made
  • we calculate the assessment fees for your project
  • you’ll receive a fee quote with payment options.

Pay online via BPAY

You can pay your development application fees via BPAY.

You can BPAY up to:

  • $10,000 from a credit card account
  • $100,000 from other methods.

You may need to speak to your financial institution to negotiate set BPAY limits.

We’ll send you a PDF tax invoice by email when your payment is confirmed. 

Make a payment

Other fee payment options are available, with some online lodgements requiring credit and debit card payments.

When fees are paid using a credit and debit card, a payment surcharge may apply.

Additional information

Community and not-for-profit organisations

Applications and requests made on behalf of religious or charitable, essential welfare or community service, and not-for-profit community organisations may be eligible for a 50% fee concession.

You can find the eligibility criteria in the Schedule of Fees and Charges. Commercial proposals aren’t eligible for this discount.

Planning and building economic recovery initiatives

Some developments are eligible for incentives or discounts on infrastructure charges.

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Frequently asked questions

Development application costs vary depending on your project.

To estimate Council fees and charges for your development application, learn about development assessment and compliance fees.

For some development applications, you may need to pay the application fee on lodgement. Generally, fees aren’t required until Council has issued a quote.

We will check that your application meets all the requirements before calculating your fees.

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