The Building & Development Advisory Services team (B+DAS) role is:

• to educate, inform and advise the community of Council’s environmental standards, polices and procedures
• to provide specialist information on development proposals
• to provide a professional service to the community in relation to areas such as prelodgement.

B+DAS, in conjunction with Customer Service, provides front end development and building information, through a range of avenues. If you are building or developing land within the City of Ryde, feel free to come in and see us or contact us by phone or email.

A duty officer, a staff member with either Planning or Building qualifications, is available to for information on zonings, development control plans and general development information. A more complex appraisal of proposed plans or a proposal for redevelopment of land may require attendance at a prelodgement meeting.

Simple enquiries are able to be made by phone. However more complex planning or building discussions may require you to come into the Council for one of the services listed below:

Ryde Planning and Business Centre
1 Pope Street, Ryde (within Top Ryde Shopping Centre)
Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm
Phone: 9952 8222
Book an appointment online

Prelodgement Meetings

This service is aimed at larger, complex residential and commercial developments. A prelodgement meeting provides the prospective applicant with the opportunity to discuss and receive feedback from Council on the technical and merit aspects of a development proposal.

• Meetings: By appointment on Thursdays
• Times: 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
• Bookings: Contact Ryde Planning and Business Centre on 9952 8222
• A fee is payable for this service.

Urban Design Review Panel

This service is for residential apartment buildings of 3 storeys or above in height; major developments within the town centres; new major developments throughout the City of Ryde, where the design of the proposed development is considered by a panel of experts prior to the lodgement of the development application.

• Meetings: By appointment
• Time: 10.00am
• Bookings: Contact Ryde Planning and Business Centre on 9952 8222
• A fee payable for this service

Lodgement Interviews

Council has introduced a lodgement interview to assist in the efficient processing of major or complex development applications.

• Meetings: By appointment
• Bookings: Contact Ryde Planning and Business Centre on 9952 8222
• There is no charge for this service

Written advice

B+DAS can offer written advice via email or mail, on planning or building matters. However there is a fee applicable for some correspondence.

For more information contact Ryde Planning and Business Centre on 9952 8222.