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A lot of our Council information is available online, including our policies, masterplans and strategies, which can all be found in our digital directory.

Search the Policies, Plans and Strategies directory

Key policies and information that can be found in the directory and elsewhere include:

Councillors and Council meetings

• view Council meeting agendas, reports and minutes
• Code of Conduct - Councillors and Staff
• Code of Meeting Practice
• Mayor and Councillor Facilities and Benefits Policy
• Councillors pecuniary interests - go to our Councillor information area and view individual Councillor's profiles
• to see a record of voting on planning and development matters considered at Council meetings, contact Council to obtain a copy of the Planning and Development Voting Register.

Committees and Reference Groups meetings

• view Traffic Committee meeting agendas, reports and minutes 
• Reference Groups meetings agendas, reports and minutes
• North Sydney Local Planning Panel meetings agenda, reports and minutes.

Elections

• Declarations of Candidate's Campaign and Political Donations can be found via the Electoral Commission NSW. Alternatively, you can request a copy from Council. Personal information, such as signatures and home address numbers, are redacted.

Integrated planning documents

• Community Strategic Plan - sets out Council's overarching and long-term vision, priorities and aspirations for North Sydney. 
• Delivery Program - outlines the actions Council will undertake during its electoral term to contribute to the long-term strategies and desired outcomes of the Community Strategic Plan.
• Operational Plan - Council’s action plan for achieving the community priorities outlined in the Community Strategic Plan and the Delivery Program.
• Resourcing Strategy - outlines our long-term financial planning, long-term asset management planning, and medium-term workforce management planning.
• Our Annual Reports - document the performance of Council against the objectives in the North Sydney Community Strategic Plan and the actions identified in the Delivery Program and Operational Plan.
• Our Financial Statements - set out the financial performance, financial position and cash flows of Council.
• End of Term Council Reports - details the progress made in implementing our Community Strategic Plan at the end of each elected term of Council.

Council management 

• view our plans of management
• search the Council Land Register.
• view our Contracts with a value of more than $150,000
• view the Tenders submitted report.
• view the Tenders awarded report.

Planning and development

• Local Environmental Plan - the principal legal document for controlling development and guiding Council planning decisions to ensure new development is compatible and appropriate with the role and character of an area
• Development Control Plan - further detailed provisions on all aspects of development not covered under Local Environmental Plan
• Development tracking - view proposed development and follow them through the regulatory planning process
• view Development consents - records of development approvals granted, any variation from Local Policies with reasons for the variation, and development application decisions made on appeals
• for Development Applications (DAs) and associated documents made after 1 July 2010, information that is not available in the DA Tracking online tool or Development Consents area may be requested by a GIPA - informal access to information.
• DAs and associated documents prior to 2010 may be requested by GIPA - formal access to information
• view Voluntary Planning Agreements
• view Exceptions to our Development Standards register

Staff and employment

• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Delegations of Authority
• Pecuniary interests of designated staff and delegate positions

Inspections, notices and orders

• Food shops inspections list
• view Notices and Orders issued under Protection of Environment Operations Act
• view prosecutions and civil proceedings under the Protection of Environment Operations Act.

Our privacy policies are also available online.