The Plan’s architecture is built on a small set of interlocking concepts.

• Zoning and Land Use Table. The Plan divides land into named zones (cl 2.1) and maps those zones (cl 2.2). The Land Use Table (Part 2) sets, for each zone, the objectives, what is permitted without consent, what is permitted only with consent, and what is prohibited (cl 2.3). The consent authority must have regard to zone objectives when deciding applications (cl 2.3(2)). The Land Use Table is the instrument’s primary allocation of regulatory rights and constraints; it is applied against mapped land parcels.

• Consent pathways. There are three main regulatory paths. Exempt development is identified in Schedule 2 and may be carried out where it meets the schedule standards and other requirements (cl 3.1). Complying development is identified in Schedule 3 and cl 3.2 and may proceed under a complying development certificate where the specified standards and conditions are met. All other development requires development consent from the consent authority, generally the Council (cl 1.6, cl 2.3). Exempt and complying development are excluded from the consenting pathway where the site is an "environmentally sensitive area for exempt or complying development" (cl 3.3).

• Local maps and data. The Plan relies on multiple maps (Land Zoning Map, Lot Size Map, Height of Buildings Map, Heritage Map, Riparian Lands and Watercourses Map, Wetlands Map, Acid Sulfate Soils Map, Land Reservation Acquisition Map, Public Infrastructure Buffer Map, Obstacle Limitation Surface Map and others). The Plan treats map adoption, amendment and public access formally (cl 1.7). Many standards (e.g. minimum lot size cl 4.1, building height cl 4.3) are expressed by reference to maps.

• Development standards and exceptions. Part 4 contains principal development standards: minimum lot sizes, strata/community title rules, lot averaging and exceptions (cl 4.1 and related clauses), height of buildings (cl 4.3), and an exceptions regime that allows consent authorities to grant consent despite contravening a development standard where environmental planning grounds justify it, with specified limits (cl 4.6). That exceptions clause is circumscribed, and expressly excludes contravention of certain development standards (cl 4.6(8)).

• Environmental and heritage controls. The Plan embeds site-based protections: heritage (cl 5.10 and Schedule 5), riparian lands (cl 6.7), wetlands (cl 6.8), acid sulfate soils (cl 6.3), flood planning (cl 5.21 and cl 5.22), stormwater (cl 6.9) and others. These provisions typically require that consent authorities be satisfied a proposal avoids, minimises or mitigates significant environmental impacts, and require specific supporting documentation in some contexts, for example heritage management documents (cl 5.10(5)) and acid sulfate soils management plans (cl 6.3(3)).

• Localised uses and infrastructure interactions. The Plan specifies additional permitted uses for identified parcels in Schedule 1 and determines the relevant State authority for owner-initiated land acquisition under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (cl 5.1). Airport airspace operations (cl 6.17) require consultation with Commonwealth bodies. The Plan recognises the Crown’s infrastructure powers and does not restrict development authorised by relevant State SEPPs for infrastructure (cl 5.12).

• Suspensions, savings and transitional rules. The Plan contains savings for development applications lodged before commencement (cl 1.8A) and a clause that suspends private covenants to the extent necessary to enable development under the Plan, with specific exceptions (cl 1.9A).

Those concepts translate aims into decision triggers: mapping plus zone plus Land Use Table determine whether a use is authorised; the environmental and heritage clauses set constraints and evidentiary expectations; exempt and complying pathways create alternative, faster regulatory routes for low-impact development; local schedules record place-specific rights.

The Plan allocates regulatory entitlements and burdens across specific groups; the principal affected parties are:

• Landowners and developers in Eurobodalla. The primary impact is on owners of mapped land. Land users must check the Land Zoning Map and the Lot Size Map to see what uses are permitted, which require development consent and which are prohibited (cl 2.2, cl 4.1). Subdivision, erection of buildings, demolition and many other activities require development consent (for example cl 2.6, cl 2.7), unless they fall within exempt or complying categories (cl 3.1-3.2).

• Eurobodalla Shire Council (the consent authority). The Council is identified as consent authority, subject to the Act (cl 1.6). The Council holds decision-making power over development applications, and has functions such as keeping records of assessments under cl 4.6(4), and classifying or reclassifying public land under cl 5.2 subject to the Local Government Act 1993. The Council is also the relevant authority for acquisition of certain local open space (cl 5.1 table).

• State agencies and other public authorities. SEPPs can prevail over the Plan (cl 1.9). For certain Crown or State infrastructure (for example SP2 infrastructure and classified roads), state authorities such as Transport for NSW are identified as the relevant acquisition authority (cl 5.1(2) table). Moruya Airport matters require consultation with Commonwealth bodies (cl 6.17). Public authorities carrying out emergency, maintenance or minor works on acid sulfate soils are exempt from the consent requirement under specified thresholds (cl 6.3(5)).

• Aboriginal communities and heritage stakeholders. Clauses for heritage items and Aboriginal places require particular processes: notification of local Aboriginal communities and consideration of responses when development affects Aboriginal places of heritage significance (cl 5.10(8)), and consultation with the Heritage Council for archaeological sites (cl 5.10(7)). Schedule 5 lists numerous heritage items and conservation areas to which those procedural duties attach.

• Primary producers, aquaculture and other industry sectors. The Plan contains rules for intensive livestock agriculture (cl 5.18), aquaculture (cl 5.19 and Schedule 6), farm dams (Schedule 2 sch.2-sec-oc.3) and other rural uses. These provisions specify location, capacity and operational constraints and in some cases allow small-scale activities without consent subject to proximity and environmental limits (cl 5.18(4)-(5), cl 5.19(4)-(6)).

• Licensed premises and entertainment operators. Clause 5.20 bars consent authorities from refusing development for licensed premises on a list of grounds related to the playing and performance of music, provided the consent authority is satisfied noise can be managed to an acceptable level (cl 5.20(1)-(2)). That directly affects operators of licensed venues and local decision-making.

• Residents and neighbours. Many clauses require consent authorities to consider amenity, impacts on neighbouring uses, noise, odour, stormwater and traffic impacts (for example cl 4.6(3) and cl 6.9), which shapes development outcomes in residential areas and small communities.

• Users of public land and recreational operators. Schedule 2 permits limited commercial use of public land for short-term activities such as surf schools and tours subject to operating hours and prohibitions on permanent occupation (sch.2-sec Commercial use of public land). The Plan notes that proponents must obtain any required lease, licence or authorisation from the relevant public authority.

The Plan therefore creates compliance obligations for private actors, procedural and discretionary duties for the Council and requires the involvement of State and Commonwealth bodies in specific technical matters.

This section sets out the primary statutory obligations and devolved rights created by the Plan, with references.

• Duty to obtain development consent for specified activities. The Plan repeatedly requires development consent for particular activities: subdivision (cl 2.6), demolition (cl 2.7), subdivision in release areas (cl 6.2), many heritage works (cl 5.10(2)), development below mean high water mark (cl 5.7), conversion of fire alarm monitoring (cl 5.8(2) unless complying), and others. Failure to obtain necessary consent will expose the proponent to enforcement under the Act and associated regulations.

• Right to carry out exempt or complying development where the Plan’s conditions are met. Development identified in Schedule 2 as exempt may be carried out where it meets the Schedule standards and other statutory controls (cl 3.1). Complying development listed in Schedule 3 is available under conditions (cl 3.2). Exempt/compliant pathways are unavailable in defined environmentally sensitive areas (cl 3.3).

• Duty to observe zone-specific land use rules. The Land Use Table prescribes uses permitted without consent, permitted with consent and prohibited in each zone; the consent authority must have regard to zone objectives when determining applications (cl 2.3). For unzoned land, development may only be carried out with development consent and the consent authority must consider impacts on adjoining zones (cl 2.4).

• Duty to meet mapped development standards. The Plan delegates many standards to maps: lot size (cl 4.1), height of buildings (cl 4.3). The consent authority must ensure proposals conform or find grounds under the exceptions mechanism (cl 4.6).

• Duty to prepare specified technical documentation. The Plan mandates specific supporting documents for certain development: acid sulfate soils management plans where works are on mapped acid sulfate soils (cl 6.3(3)), heritage management documents for significant heritage proposals (cl 5.10(5)), stormwater management measures for development in residential, employment and mixed use zones (cl 6.9), and aquaculture site and operational compliance with Schedule 6 (cl 5.19(2)-(3)).

• Duty to consider environmental constraints and hazards. Flood planning requires consent authorities to be satisfied development is compatible with flood function and evacuation and that it will not adversely affect flood behaviour or environment (cl 5.21). Special flood considerations (cl 5.22) impose additional tests for sensitive and hazardous development.

• Duty to consult relevant bodies in particular contexts. For archaeological heritage, the consent authority must notify the Heritage Council and consider any response within 28 days (cl 5.10(7)); for Aboriginal heritage, local Aboriginal communities must be notified and responses considered within 28 days (cl 5.10(8)); for Moruya Airport matters the consent authority must consult the relevant Commonwealth body and give 28 days for comment (cl 6.17(3)).

• Right of the consent authority to grant conservation incentives. The consent authority may grant consent for development that would otherwise not be allowed if it facilitates conservation of a heritage item or Aboriginal place and meets specified conditions (cl 5.10(10)).

• Right to suspend certain private instruments. For the purpose of enabling development consistent with the Plan, an agreement, covenant or similar instrument that restricts that development does not apply to the extent necessary, subject to specific exclusions including covenants imposed or required by the Council and particular statutory conservation instruments (cl 1.9A).

• Right to use owner-initiated acquisition provisions. The Plan identifies the relevant State authority for owner-initiated acquisitions under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (cl 5.1), which affects property owners contemplating acquisition by public authorities.

Decision-makers therefore have duties to weigh mapped constraints, environmental risks and statutory consultation requirements; proponents have duties to prepare technical documentation and meet specific numeric standards where adopted. Many rights can be exercised only through the development consent process or via prescribed exempt/compliant pathways.

The Plan itself primarily sets out substantive permissions, prohibitions and procedural requirements; it does not in its text prescribe criminal penalties or detailed enforcement mechanisms. Enforcement, offences and penalties are implemented under the overarching planning Act and its regulations, to which the Plan repeatedly refers when allocating consent authority responsibilities and rights (for example cl 1.6). Specific points from the Plan relevant to enforcement and compliance are as follows.

• Consent requirements create pathways for enforcement. The Plan declares development that may only be carried out with development consent (for example, subdivision cl 2.6, demolition cl 2.7, development below mean high water mark cl 5.7). Carrying out those activities without the required consent will engage the enforcement provisions of the planning Act and associated regulations; the Plan does not itself replicate penalty schedules.

• Disallowance and prohibition are expressed as planning prohibitions. The Land Use Table sets prohibited uses in each zone; planning authorities will refuse applications that are inconsistent with the Plan for those uses unless a specific clause in the Plan allows otherwise (cl 2.3). The Plan also expressly prohibits canal estate development (cl 2.9).

• Conditions and compliance instruments. Complying development certificates are subject to conditions set out or referred to in Schedule 3 (cl 3.2(4)), and the Plan requires specific plans and management strategies (e.g. acid sulfate soils management plan cl 6.3(3), heritage management documents cl 5.10(5)) as conditions precedent for granting consent. Breach of consent conditions will be dealt with under the Act.

• Record-keeping and assessment obligations. The consent authority must keep a record of assessments under cl 4.6(4), which creates an administrative trace for reviewing how contraventions of development standards were justified.

• Exemptions for public authorities. The Plan contains limited carve-outs for public authorities performing emergency or routine maintenance in acid sulfate soils areas (cl 6.3(5)), meaning certain public works may not require prior consent though other statutory licences may still be required.

• Heritage procedural protections as administrative preconditions. Before granting consent for development on an archaeological site not listed on the State Heritage Register, the consent authority must notify the Heritage Council and take into account any response within 28 days (cl 5.10(7)); similar preconditions attach to demolition of nominated State heritage items (cl 5.10(9)). These create procedural compliance steps that must be satisfied before consent and form part of the decision record.

• Music and noise standard limitation. The Plan prevents refusal for licensed premises on listed grounds related to music, provided the consent authority is satisfied noise may be managed to acceptable levels (cl 5.20). That reduces the scope for refusal on certain amenity grounds, but still requires evidence of noise management.

In short, the Plan establishes the permission / prohibition framework and procedural preconditions. Actual sanctioning powers, fines and enforcement processes are those set out in the Act and regulations, and the Plan relies on those instruments for enforcement. Practitioners should therefore pair Plan analysis with the relevant provisions of the planning Act and the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation to determine specific offence elements, penalty amounts, notice procedures and enforcement remedies, because those matters sit outside the LEP text itself as supplied.

The Plan is written as part of the State planning framework and repeatedly cross-references other statutes, instruments and published guidelines. The document embeds a statutory hierarchy and, in places, defers to State or Commonwealth decision-makers. Key interactions the Plan specifies are:

• The Act and SEPPs. The Plan is made under the planning Act (referred to throughout as "the Act"). It states that the Plan is subject to any SEPP that prevails under s 3.28 of the Act (cl 1.9). This places SEPPs above the LEP in the hierarchy where there is inconsistency.

• Crown and public land legislation. The Plan excludes its suspension-of-covenants clause from application to "relevant instruments" under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (cl 1.9A(2)(b)), and references Trust agreements and conservation agreements under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and Nature Conservation Trust Act and other similar instruments (cl 1.9A(2)(c)-(d)). It also recognises that public authorities have rights and interests under registered instruments that cannot be affected by that suspension (cl 1.9A(3)).

• Heritage and Aboriginal heritage legislation. The Plan cross-references the Heritage Act 1977 in relation to the State Heritage Register and interim heritage orders (cl 3.1(3)(d)), and requires notifications to the Heritage Council in archaeological contexts (cl 5.10(7) and (9)). It also embeds duties to consult local Aboriginal communities regarding Aboriginal places of heritage significance (cl 5.10(8)).

• Water and fisheries law. For aquaculture the Plan defers to the Fisheries Management Act 1994, aquaculture industry development plans, and the NSW Oyster Industry Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy (cl 5.19(5)-(7)). Farm dams must be permitted or authorised under the Water Management Act 2000 (sch 2 sch.2-sec-oc.3 note).

• Land acquisition and public works. The Plan identifies the relevant State authority for land acquisition under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (cl 5.1). It also notes that developments by or on behalf of a public authority that are permitted under Chapter 2 of SEPP (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021 are not restricted by the Plan (cl 5.12).

• Local government functions. The Plan interacts with the Local Government Act 1993 for classification and reclassification of public land and discharge of trusts (cl 5.2). The classification of public land in Schedule 4 expressly references that Act.

• Biosecurity, native vegetation and land management statutes. The Plan references the Native Vegetation Act and biobanking agreements in the list of instruments not subject to suspension by cl 1.9A(2)(e)-(f). It also engages with the Local Land Services Act 2013 for private native forestry (cl 2.1 RU3 permitted without consent).

• Building, fire safety and BASIX. Exempt development must meet the Building Code of Australia (cl 3.1(3)(a)-(b)), and cl 4.6(8) explicitly excludes contravention of development standards related to BASIX commitments or complying development standards. The Plan also addresses fire alarm conversion with a complying development pathway combined with time-of-work conditions (cl 5.8).

• Commonwealth aviation laws and decision-makers. Airspace operations affecting the Moruya Airport require consultation with the relevant Commonwealth body and the Plan defers to the Commonwealth body’s assessment and conditions, and may refuse consent where the Commonwealth body objects if an obstacle limitation surface or PANS-OPS surface would be penetrated (cl 6.17(3)-(7)).

• Environmental guidelines. Flood planning clauses expressly import the "Considering Flooding in Land Use Planning Guideline" and the Flood Risk Management Manual for definitions and assessment considerations (cl 5.21(4)-(5), cl 5.22(4)-(5)). The Plan therefore directs consent authorities to particular technical guidance documents which influence how the statutory tests are applied.

The Plan therefore operates inside a regulatory web; many of its substantive tests and preconditions require assessment against, or procedural steps under, other statutory regimes. Practitioners must cross-reference relevant statutes, SEPPs, State policies and Commonwealth decision-makers when advising or preparing applications.

The Plan’s text contains multiple marginal amendment notes. Those annotations document iterative changes since the LEP’s enactment. The instrument as supplied records recurring amendments principally across the 2013-2024 period. Key logged amendment markers in the text include:

• Amendments recorded for early 2010s and mid‑2010s: Schedule and clause amendments with references such as Am 2013 (19), Sch 1; Am 2014 (711), Sch 1; Am 2015 (723), Sch 1; Am 2016 (593), Sch 1; and Am 2017 (493), Sch 1. These amendments affected various parts including the Land Use Table and specific clauses.

• 2018-2019 updates: The instrument shows amendments in 2018 (for example 2018 (195), Sch 1; 2018 (454), cl 5), and several detailed changes in 2019 across numerous schedules (noted as 2019 (503), Sch 1 with many subparagraphs). The 2019 updates include insertion of clauses such as 4.2C (boundary changes between lots) and items in Schedule 1 (additional permitted uses). The Plan also records 2019 (621) for amendments to cl 1.8A and cl 1.9A, and other later changes.

• 2020-2021 changes: Marginal notes show amendments in 2020 (for example 2020 (67) cl 5(1)(2); 2020 (563) Sch 1 changes), 2021 (714) Sch 10.7 and other 2021 notations linked to clauses dealing with secondary dwelling standards and other matters.

• 2022 instrument-level updates: Several clauses were amended in 2022 (notably via 2022 (72), 2022 (314) and 2022 (830)). The 2022 (830) updates are referenced repeatedly, especially for Part 2 zoning adjustments, and additions to clauses such as 2.1 (zones), 4.1AA, 4.1A, and multiple cl 6.x updates (for example cl 6.9 (stormwater) Am 2022 (830), Sch 1.11[9]). The 2022 changes also include additions relevant to MU1 frontage, active street frontages and Design Excellence (cl 6.10-6.14).

• 2023 updates: Notably, flood-related provisions were updated with substitution of special flood considerations (cl 5.22) and changes to the savings provision referencing State Environmental Planning Policy Amendment (Flood Planning) 2023 (cl 1.8A amended 2023 (609), Sch 1.1[1]), and cl 5.22 noted as Subst 2023 (609), Sch 1.8. Farm stay and farm gate clauses were substituted in 2023 (cl 5.24 and cl 5.25 Subst 2023 (458), Sch 1[4]).

• 2024 revision: Schedule 4 includes an amendment note 2024 (202), Sch 1[1][2], reflecting recent classifications/reclassifications of public land.

Amendment entries in the Plan are cited in the clause margins and schedule notes (for example cl 1.3: "Am 2014 (711), Sch 1[1]; 2019 (503), Sch 1[1]"). The Plan’s recorded amendments are numerous and spread across zoning, additional permitted uses, environmental and development standard clauses and localised provisions. For precise drafting history and the operative text at a given point, practitioners must consult the consolidated LEP as published on the NSW legislation or Planning Portal and review the specific amending instruments cited in the marginal notes. The Plan itself names the specific amending instruments by year and schedule code in many clauses, which provides the route to the underlying statutory instruments.

The Plan text supplied does not record judicial or tribunal decisions. There are no named cases, appeals or judicial interpretations contained in the instrument as provided. For litigation history that interprets or applies this LEP, practitioners must search court and tribunal databases (Land and Environment Court decisions, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal matters where relevant, and reported judicial decisions) for matters that reference this LEP, the Act provisions cited (for example s 3.20, s 3.28), or specific clauses of the Plan (for instance, disputes about minimum lot size, heritage or flood planning clauses). The Plan itself contains procedural links to the Act and to related SEPPs and guidelines that frequently feature in case law, but no case list or litigation annotations appear within the supplied text.

The Plan contains multiple provisions that create traps for the unwary. Key operational "gotchas" that practitioners and clients often miss are:

• Maps drive outcomes. Numerical standards such as minimum lot sizes (cl 4.1), height of buildings (cl 4.3) and riparian distances (cl 6.7) are implemented by maps. Failure to check the Lot Size Map, Height of Buildings Map, Riparian Lands and Watercourses Map, Acid Sulfate Soils Map and other maps may lead to critical compliance errors. The Plan requires maps to be available, but the onus is on proponents to check the mapped constraints (cl 1.7).

• Exempt and complying development excluded from environmentally sensitive areas. Even where a development type is listed as exempt or complying, cl 3.3(1) prohibits carrying out exempt or complying development on an environmentally sensitive area as defined by cl 3.3(2). That can convert an apparently simple, no-consent pathway into a full development consent requirement.

• Savings rule for pre-commencement applications. Development applications made before Plan commencement that had not been finally determined are to be determined as if the Plan had not commenced (cl 1.8A(1)). This can create different applicable standards depending on the application date and lead to confusion about which rules govern a proposed project.

• Suspension of private covenants has exceptions. Clause 1.9A suspends private covenants, agreements and similar instruments "to the extent necessary" to enable development under the Plan, but excludes covenants imposed by the Council and numerous statutory conservation and Crown instruments (cl 1.9A(2)). Practitioners should not assume universal suspension; instrument-specific checks remain necessary.

• Development standards exception is circumscribed. Whilst cl 4.6 allows the consent authority to permit contravention of a development standard where environmental planning grounds exist, the clause excludes certain standards from being varied (cl 4.6(8)), and records that the consent authority must keep a record of its assessment (cl 4.6(4)). The exceptions are not a licence to ignore baseline standards and are subject to administrative scrutiny.

• Flood planning requirements are prescriptive. Development consent must not be granted in a flood planning area unless a list of substantive tests is satisfied, including compatibility with flood function, non-detrimental impacts on evacuation and environment, and measures for risk to life (cl 5.21(2)). The Plan imports the "Considering Flooding in Land Use Planning Guideline" and the Flood Risk Management Manual (cl 5.21(4)-(5)), so technical flood assessment is required and climate change projections must be considered.

• Heritage procedural preconditions. For works affecting archaeological sites or Aboriginal places, the consent authority must notify relevant bodies and consider any responses within 28 days (cl 5.10(7), cl 5.10(8)). The developer may need to delay works to meet these preconditions or prepare a detailed heritage management document (cl 5.10(5)-(6)).

• Special local numeric limits. Several local caps are embedded: bed and breakfast accommodation capped at 6 bedrooms (cl 5.4(1)), home business floor area cap at 50 square metres (cl 5.4(2)), home industry at 100 square metres (cl 5.4(3)), neighbourhood shop at 125 square metres (cl 5.4(7)), neighbourhood supermarket gross floor area cap at 1,000 square metres (cl 5.4(7AA)), and kiosk at 50 square metres (cl 5.4(6)). Operators who assume generic State thresholds will be caught.

• Music and noise constraints are constrained in scope. Clause 5.20 prevents refusal on grounds relating to the playing and performing of music and related factors for licensed premises, but only where the consent authority is satisfied noise can be managed to an acceptable level (cl 5.20(2)). Noise management plans and acoustic assessments are often necessary evidence.

• Airport height/airspace conditions. Where a development may penetrate obstacle limitation surfaces or PANS-OPS surfaces, the consent authority must consult and, depending on the Commonwealth body’s response, may need to adopt specified conditions or refuse consent (cl 6.17(3)-(7)). Commonwealth aviation decisions can therefore determine local consent outcomes.

• Aquaculture and intensive livestock carve-outs and constraints. Intensive livestock agriculture can be carried out without consent only for small capacity operations and subject to siting limits near other farms, watercourses, drinking water catchments and dwellings (cl 5.18(4)-(5)). Aquaculture has site location and operational requirements in Schedule 6 and in some mapped priority areas oyster aquaculture may proceed without consent (cl 5.19(6)), but these are tightly framed.

• Lot‑size and subdivision complexities. The Plan contains multiple overlapping exceptions and special clauses for subdivision, community title schemes, lot averaging and strata plans (cl 4.1, 4.1AA, 4.1A, 4.1E, 4.1F, 4.1C). Determining whether a proposed subdivision is permitted, requires consent, or can rely on an exception requires careful clause mapping and often historical title analysis (e.g. "existing holding" and "1987 holding" definitions in cl 4.2A(5)).

These "gotchas" are concrete rule-based traps that require cross-checking maps, historical title status, environmental overlays, and other statutes cited in the Plan.

A practical compliance checklist derived from the Plan’s clauses and schedules, with references to where particular proofs or documents are required:

1. Identify the parcel and relevant maps.

   • Check the Land Zoning Map to determine the zone (cl 2.2).
   • Check the Lot Size Map, Height of Buildings Map, Riparian Lands and Watercourses Map, Wetlands Map, Acid Sulfate Soils Map, Land Reservation Acquisition Map, Public Infrastructure Buffer Map and any Additional Permitted Uses Map (cl 1.7; see relevant clauses for where maps are operative).
   • Confirm any special identifiers (for example "Dwelling Density" for Kyla Park, cl 6.16) or Additional Permitted Uses in Schedule 1 that apply to the parcel.

2. Determine whether the use is permitted, permitted with consent or prohibited.

   • Consult the Land Use Table (cl 2.3 and Part 2 Land Use Table).
   • If the proposed use is listed as "permitted with consent", prepare a development application. If "permitted without consent" check whether it qualifies as exempt or complying development under Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 and cl 3.1-3.2.

3. Check for environmental sensitivity and exemptions.

   • If the site falls within an "environmentally sensitive area for exempt or complying development" (cl 3.3(2)), exempt/compliant options are not available; prepare to lodge a full DA and supporting EIA.

4. Assemble required technical documentation and address special clauses.

   • Heritage: where a heritage item, area or Aboriginal place is affected, prepare a heritage management document or conservation plan if required and notify/consult the Heritage Council and local Aboriginal communities as required (cl 5.10(4)-(9), Schedule 5).
   • Acid sulfate soils: if works are on mapped acid sulfate soils, provide an acid sulfate soils management plan prepared in accordance with the Acid Sulfate Soils Manual (cl 6.3(3)); a preliminary assessment may avoid the need for a full plan if accepted by the consent authority (cl 6.3(4)).
   • Flooding: for land in a flood planning area, prepare flood risk assessments consistent with the Considering Flooding in Land Use Planning Guideline and the Flood Risk Management Manual; demonstrate compatibility with flood function, evacuation and environmental protection (cl 5.21, cl 5.22).
   • Aquaculture and intensive livestock: prepare operational plans consistent with Schedule 6 (cl 5.19) and the Department of Primary Industries guidelines for intensive livestock (cl 5.18(3)(h)).
   • Stormwater: include stormwater management measures to maximise permeable surfaces and on-site retention where practicable (cl 6.9).
   • Earthworks: include detailed assessment of drainage, soil stability, fill quality and effects on adjoining properties (cl 6.4).
   • Noise and music venues: prepare a noise management plan to satisfy the consent authority that noise can be managed to an acceptable level (cl 5.20(2)).

5. Consider land title and covenant issues.

   • Review existing covenants and agreements: cl 1.9A suspends such instruments only to the extent necessary and subject to exceptions; covenant checks remain necessary.
   • If the proposal involves subdivision, verify whether the lot is an "existing holding" or "1987 holding" as those statuses affect entitlement under cl 4.2A.

6. Engage relevant authorities early where required.

   • For heritage, notify the Heritage Council where archaeological sites are involved (cl 5.10(7)).
   • For Aboriginal heritage matters, notify and consult local Aboriginal communities (cl 5.10(8)).
   • For Moruya Airport airspace penetrations, consult the relevant Commonwealth body and allow at least 28 days for comment (cl 6.17(3)).
   • For land intended for public purpose acquisition, identify the relevant acquisition authority via cl 5.1 and the Land Reservation Acquisition Map.

7. Check development consent conditions and exemptions.

   • If pursuing a complying development certificate, ensure the development meets the Building Code of Australia provisions and the conditions set out in Schedule 3 and the State Policy referenced there (cl 3.2(2)-(4)).
   • For exempt development (Schedule 2), verify compliance with the specific, sometimes narrow, conditions (for example hours of operation for commercial use of public land, sch.2-sec Commercial use of public land).

8. Prepare the development application (or CDC) with the materials the consent authority will expect.

   • Statement of Environmental Effects with adequate detail on impact and mitigation (referred across cl 5.18 and elsewhere).
   • Heritage management documents where requested (cl 5.10(5)), archaeological assessments and Aboriginal cultural heritage assessments as relevant.
   • Acid sulfate soils management plan (cl 6.3(3)), stormwater management plan (cl 6.9), flood evacuation and risk management documentation (cl 5.21).
   • Acoustic and odour assessments for potentially noisy or odorous uses (cl 5.18(3)(b), cl 5.4).

9. Where standards are to be varied, document the planning grounds.

   • If proposing to contravene a development standard and seek consent under the exceptions in cl 4.6, prepare the required statement demonstrating that compliance is unreasonable or unnecessary and that there are sufficient environmental planning grounds, and expect the consent authority to keep a record of its assessment (cl 4.6(3)-(4)).

10. Timing and transitional considerations.

• For existing DAs lodged before the Plan or before particular SEPP amendments, confirm which rules apply under the savings provisions (cl 1.8A). For developments where the Plan refers to State SEPP amendments, verify the operative date of those SEPP instruments.

11. Administrative detail.

• Check whether the proposed development triggers other statutory licences or approvals external to the planning system (for example water licences under the Water Management Act for farm dams, fisheries licences for aquaculture, fire safety certificates for class 1b or class 2-9 buildings per cl 3.1(4)).

This compliance pathway is procedural and document‑centric: identify the applicable map and zone, confirm permitted uses, check overlays and schedules, assemble the technical evidence requested by the Plan, engage the relevant authorities for consultation obligations, and present clear grounds for any exceptions sought. Where an activity intersects multiple regimes (heritage, flood, acid sulfate soils, Commonwealth aviation), ensure each statutory thread is satisfied and recorded in the application to avoid delays or refusal on procedural grounds.