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. We check your property against the Ryde controls first, free, then prepare and lodge the application and deal with council until it is determined.
Our published Ryde case study is a residential dwelling that had been used as a community centre for more than 10 years. A number of unauthorised works had been carried out to support that use, and several earlier applications had been rejected by council. EHUP regularised the use together with all of the associated unauthorised structures. Read the Ryde case study.
Before any drawings, we look at the zone, the LEP land use table, the DCP controls for your type of development, and any heritage, bushfire or flood overlay. For work or a use that already exists, we also work out what was approved, what was actually built, and which application brings the two together.
Unauthorised use and structures for work or a use that went ahead without approval. Place of worship and community centre approvals, which turn on parking, traffic and noise. DA refusal and appeals where an application has already been refused. For the wider picture see town planners in Sydney.
Same or next business day
Send us the address and what you want to do, or the notice you have received. We check the 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, measured drawings and any specialist reports coordinated on your behalf.
DA 6–10 weeks
We lodge through the Planning Portal and manage all correspondence until determination.
The residential dwelling had been used as an Islamic community centre, hosting congregational prayer, for more than 10 years. A number of unauthorised works had also been carried out to facilitate this use, and several prior applications had been rejected by Council. EHUP was engaged and successfully regularised the use of the community centre, together with all associated unauthorised structures.
It can. EHUP successfully regularised a community facility use at a residential dwelling in the City of Ryde, along with the associated unauthorised structures, after several earlier applications had been rejected. The difference is a proper planning case built around why the earlier applications failed, which we review before lodging anything.
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.
Speak to us before you write to council in detail. Unauthorised work or use can usually be brought into the system through a building information certificate, a retrospective development application, or both, and it is much cheaper to do that voluntarily than after an order is issued. The first call is confidential.
It depends on the zoning of your lot, the controls in the Ryde 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 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.
EHUP is based in Lakemba, inside the Canterbury-Bankstown local government area, so this is our home council.
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.