Council wins Local Government NSW Planning Award

In an online awards presentation yesterday as part of Local Government Week 2020, it was announced Council won the LGNSW Planning Award under Culture Change Innovation and Excellence for their recent ePlanning transformation.

 

While there was some tough competition with the likes of much bigger councils, Cessnock City Council’s ePlanning project proved a winner.

 

This project was all about improving the applicant’s experience in lodging development applications and post consent certificates online via the NSW Planning Portal and refining electronic assessment processes.

 

Cessnock City Council’s General Manager, Lotta Jackson said the benefits of this transformation have made planning easier, more accessible and reduced assessment times for the applicant.

 

“We were the first Council in NSW to achieve a direct link between our internal planning systems and the NSW Planning Portal which is a fantastic achievement and something our team should be very proud of,” said Lotta.

 

Just last month, Council also won an award for their ePlanning transformation in the Service Delivery Initiative category at the 2020 Local Government NSW Excellence Awards.