The DA Process - Your guide
Your go-to toolkit for navigating the Development Application process in the Bega Valley Shire.
The DA Process Guide
This Guide simplifies the DA process and can help you avoid potential complications, highlights the importance of having all the necessary information ready from the beginning, and could save you time and money.
The guide will walk you through the steps to rebuilding, renovating or building from scratch, and help you get started on your journey.
Download the DA Guide(PDF, 798KB)
This guide has been prepared with funding received by Bega Valley Shire Council under a Black Summer Bushfire Recovery grant funded by the Australian Government.
The NSW planning system is complex, and the information on this webpage is general and won’t cover everything. It is important that you check the relevant State and Council requirements before proceeding with any work and seek professional advice from Council or an independent provider for your project.
Further information on the Development Application process can be found on the NSW Planning website via Your guide to the DA process
Council’s DA Matrix - Plan and Report Guide
The Matrix provides tailored guidance on plan and reporting requirements for developments requiring a development application in the Bega Valley.
The Matrix is to be filled and provided with development applications submitted on the NSW Planning Portal.
Download the DA Matrix(PDF, 825KB)
Related information
Watch our short overview videos
Basic guide to the DA Process
The Complying Development pathway
Who is involved in the DA process