EHUP is a Sydney town planning consultancy that has taken dual occupancy, Torrens subdivision and secondary dwelling applications through Campbelltown City Council, including approvals where the lot fell short of a minimum standard. We check your site against the Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan and Development Control Plan first, free, then prepare and lodge the application and deal with council until it is determined.
We work with Campbelltown City Council on the residential approvals people most often get stuck on. Three of our approved matters are published as case studies, each with its own outcome:
Before any drawings, we look at the zone, the minimum lot sizes in the LEP, the DCP controls that apply to your type of development, and any heritage, bushfire or flood overlay. Those four things decide whether your project is exempt, complying development or a full DA, and whether a variation needs to be argued. A shortfall against a minimum is not automatically a refusal, but it does need a proper planning case behind it.
Dual occupancy approval and Torrens and strata subdivision for lots that can carry two homes. Secondary dwellings and granny flats for extra rental or family space. Unauthorised use and structures where work or a use went ahead without approval. For the wider picture see town planners in Sydney.
Same or next business day
Send us the address and what you want to do. We check the Campbelltown controls and tell you which pathway applies.
Within 2 business days
A written list of exactly which documents and reports your application needs, with a fixed fee for our work and council's fees shown separately.
2–4 weeks typically
Planning report or SEE, drawings, and any specialist reports coordinated on your behalf.
CDC 2–3 weeks · DA 6–10 weeks
We lodge through the Planning Portal and manage all correspondence until determination.
Council requires a minimum of 700m² of land for a Torrens title subdivision of a dual occupancy in an R2 zone under Campbelltown City Council. The subject property comprises 655m², a shortfall of 45m². EHUP secured development approval despite this shortfall in land size.
The owner wished to retain one of the two existing dwellings on the property, demolish the other (which was dilapidated), and construct a new detached double-storey dwelling, followed by a Torrens title subdivision of the resulting dual occupancy. EHUP was engaged and secured DA approval despite several points of non-compliance with the Campbelltown Development Control Plan.
Council issued a notice to cease use of the studio as a granny flat. The owner had purchased the property under the impression that the studio could be legally rented out. EHUP was engaged and secured DA approval despite a shortfall in the required land size for a granny flat under the Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan.
Sometimes. In one EHUP matter, a 655m² lot in an R2 zone was 45m² short of the 700m² minimum Campbelltown City Council applies to a Torrens subdivision of a dual occupancy, and development approval was still secured. Every site is different, so we assess yours before you commit to a design or a purchase.
Yes. We prepare the application, lodge it through the NSW Planning Portal and handle every request for further information, so council correspondence comes to us rather than to you.
Often, yes. EHUP has secured development approval for a studio used as a granny flat after Campbelltown City Council issued a notice to cease the use, despite a land size shortfall under the Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan. Acting early is much cheaper than responding to an order later.
It depends on the zoning of your lot, the controls in the Campbelltown LEP and DCP, and any overlay such as heritage, bushfire or flood. We check the property itself rather than guessing from the project type, and tell you the pathway before you spend money on plans.
EHUP is a town planning consultancy based in Lakemba, servicing Canterbury-Bankstown, the Inner West and the wider Sydney metropolitan area.
EHUP is based in Lakemba, inside the Canterbury-Bankstown local government area, so this is our home council.
EHUP is a Sydney town planning consultancy that has regularised a long-running community facility use, together with its unauthorised works, in the City of Ryde after several earlier applications had been refused.
Tell us the address and what you want to do. We'll help identify the appropriate planning pathway, whether it is exempt development, complying development or a full DA. Your first conversation is free.