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Details: Written by: Adam Gatt; Published: 07 August 2018; Last Updated: 20 May 2025

Disclosure of political donations or gifts

Development Applications are displayed at the Penrith Civic Centre. By law, reportable political donations or gifts must be disclosed by anyone lodging a planning application to Council.

Register of Political Donations & Gifts in Relation to Planning Applications

Application No.	Donation / Gift	Donor / ABN (if an entity)	Donor / Entity Address	Recipient	Date Made	Amount / Value

Last updated 6 June 2019.

You can search and view political donations and electoral expenditure disclosed by political parties, elected members of Parliament and local Councils, candidates, third-party campaigners and political donors at State and Local Government elections on the NSW Electoral Commission website - see Declaration of disclosures of political donations register.

Viewing Development Applications

Council is required to make Development Applications (DAs) and certain associated documents publicly available under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Pursuant to Section 101 of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act, the below lists applications recently determined by Penrith City Council. Details of these determinations are available for public inspection free of charge during Council’s normal business hours (between 8.30am and 4pm Mondays to Fridays except Public Holidays) at the Civic Centre, 601 High Street, Penrith. Staff from Council’s Development Services team will be able to assist with any enquiries.

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Public notice – Orchard Hills North Contributions Plan 2025 comes into effect

At its Ordinary meeting of 28 April 2025, Council endorsed the finalisation of the Orchard Hills North (OHN) Section 7.11 Contribution Plan (CP).
The OHN CP was prepared alongside a Planning Proposal (PP) for OHN to facilitate the collection of development contributions to deliver necessary infrastructure to support OHN. Local infrastructure included in the CP includes local roads, water cycle management works and open space (such as local parks and active open space) and has a total value of $243,676,668.
The CP includes a rate for residential and non-residential development within the precinct, these being:
• Residential rate per lot: $141,704
• Non-residential rate per ha of NDA: $1,468,138
The finalisation and implementation of the CP is positive step toward securing the funds and mechanisms to deliver the critical infrastructure to support the development of the precinct.

The Orchard Hills North Contributions Plan 2025 can be viewed here.
Should you have any questions about this matter, please contact Natalie Stanowski in the City Planning Department on 4732 7777 or via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Public Notice – Draft Chapter E-15 St Marys Town Centre of Penrith Development Control Plan 2014 coming into effect
At the Ordinary Meeting of 28 April 2025, Council considered and endorsed an amendment to Chapter E-15 of Penrith Development Control Plan 2014 (Penrith DCP 2014).
Draft Chapter E-15 St Marys Town Centre of Penrith DCP 2014 will come into effect once the amendment to Penrith Local Environmental Plan 2010 (St Marys Town Centre) (LEP amendment) comes into effect. A copy of the Chapter E-15 St Marys Town Centre will be published on the Planning Controls section of Council’s website once the LEP amendment comes into effect.
Council’s Your Say Penrith website will be updated once the LEP amendment is made and DCP amendment comes into effect.

The amendment to Penrith DCP 2014 introduces a range of new and amended development controls for the St Marys Town Centre and replaces the existing controls within Chapter E-15 of Penrith DCP 2014. The amendment supports the implementation of the St Marys Town Centre Master Plan, which was endorsed by Council on 3 March 2025 and sets the long-term plan to guide future growth and development of the St Marys Town Centre.

The draft Chapter E-15 St Marys Town Centre can be viewed at the below link: yoursaypenrith.com.au/stmarys

For further enquiries, please contact Lucy Goldstein or Natalie White in the City Planning Department on 4732 7777 or via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Public Notice- Adoption of St Marys Town Centre Development Contributions Plan 2025
Notice is hereby given that Penrith City Council at its Ordinary Meeting on 28 April 2025 resolved to adopt the St Marys Town Centre Development Contributions Plan 2025 (the Contributions Plan) with a fixed rate levy of 4.24%.
The Plan applies to new developments with a cost exceeding $200,000 in the St Marys Town Centre.
It will come into effect upon publication of an amendment to Section 209 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 on the NSW legislation website.
Council resolved to formally request the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces to make this amendment to allow the 4.24% fixed rate levy to be imposed on development in the St Marys Town Centre.
The report relating to the Contributions Plan can be viewed online at https://penrith.infocouncil.biz (refer to item 6 in the Business Paper for Council’s meeting of 28 April 2025).
ENQUIRIES
For further information or queries, please contact Council’s City Strategy Department on 4732 7777 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

NOTICE OF COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND
Penrith City Council declares with the approval of Her Excellency the Governor that the land described in Schedule 1 below, excluding the interests described in Schedule 2 below, is acquired by compulsory process in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 for road purpose.

Sale of Land for Unpaid Rates and Charges – Local Government Act 1993 (NSW)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN under Section 715 of the Local Government Act (NSW) that Penrith City Council has resolved in pursuance with Section 713, to sell the land described below for unpaid rates and charges overdue for 5 years or more, as at 1 November 2024.

OWNERS	DESCRIPTION OF LAND		STATUS OF LAND	AMOUNT OF RATES (Including extra charges) OVERDUE FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS	AMOUNT OF ALL OTHER RATES (including extra charges) DUE AND IN ARREARS	TOTAL
Estate N E Hearn & Estate N L Dickson	Lot 86 DP 241634	1 Twickenham Avenue CAMBRIDGE PARK NSW 2747	Uninhabited Dwelling	$28,399.55	$15,159.66	$43,559.21

In default of payment to Council of the total amount due, and any other rates (including extra charges) that become due and payable after publication of this Notice, or an arrangement satisfactory to Council for payment of all such rates being entered into before the fixed time of sale, the land will be offered for sale by public auction. The auction will be held at 11am on Saturday 1 March 2025 at the property.