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Eligibility Check - Accelerated Development Application

Our eligibility checker helps you find out if your project can use the Accelerated Development Application (ADA) process, or if it requires the standard Development Application process.

Choose the type of project you’re planning and answer the questions in the survey. This will show if you can lodge your application through the ADA process.

Start the ADA Eligibility Check here

If your project qualifies, visit our webpage to choose one of two ways to submit your ADA:

Authorised Consultant (AC) Pathway
Accelerated Lodgement Ready (ALR) Pathway

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.