When you need an SEE
A Statement of Environmental Effects accompanies most local development applications in NSW. It's the document that demonstrates how the proposed development addresses the environmental matters raised by the relevant State Environmental Planning Policy's, Local Environmental Plan, the Development Control Plan, and the matters council must consider under section 4.15 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
Council reviews the SEE alongside the architectural plans, the specialist reports, and the supporting documentation. A well-prepared SEE pulls all of those documents together into a coherent narrative that addresses every matter council needs to consider. A poorly prepared SEE forces council to chase the answer through six other documents, generating RFIs in the process.
What we deliver
An SEE prepared in accordance with the council's specific requirements and the standard set under the EP&A Regulation 2021, covering:
- Site context and surrounding land use
- The proposed development and its consistency with applicable planning instruments
- Environmental impacts (biophysical, social, and economic) assessed at the scale appropriate to the development
- Mitigation measures, pressure-tested for buildability
- Integration with the specialist reports accompanying the application
- Section 4.15 considerations addressed directly
The Eko difference
Our SEEs read like one document written by one author, because they are. We coordinate the specialist inputs (ecology, heritage, traffic, noise) so the SEE narrative is internally consistent with each underlying report. Council doesn't have to triangulate.