Planning Agreements


Planning Agreements (PAs, also commonly referred to as VPAs) are voluntary agreements entered into by Council and a developer  under Section 7.4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to deliver public benefits.These include the dedication of land to Council, monetary contributions, public infrastructure, community facilities, affordable housing, any other material public benefit or any combination of these. PAs are often entered into when a developer has sought a change to an environmental planning instrument or as part of a development application.

Matters often addressed under planning agreements include:

  • The provision of (or the recoupment of the cost of providing) public amenities or public services
  • The provision of (or the recoupment of the cost of providing) affordable housing
  • The provision of (or the recoupment of the cost of providing) transport or other infrastructure relating to land
  • The funding of recurrent expenditure relating to the provision of public amenities or public services, affordable housing or transport or other infrastructure
  • The monitoring of the planning impacts of development
  • The conservation or enhancement of the natural environment

Under a PA, a person may be required to dedicate land free of cost, pay a financial contribution or provide some other material public benefit in consideration of the above matters.

Council maintains a Register of Planning Agreements that have been entered into by Council.

Individual PAs that have been entered into by Council are listed below:


Submit a project to the Mount Thorley Walkworth VPA Committee

Did you know you can raise suggestions for projects for consideration for funding in future years?

The Mount Thorley Walkworth VPA Committee has developed a Project Nomination Form to formalise the nomination process and make it easy for everyone in our community to put an idea forward. 

Simply complete the form and email it to council@singleton.nsw.gov.au 

All ideas submitted will be considered by the Committee in May 2020.