APIs for Online Digital Services
NSW Planning Portal API Grants
Funding was available to all NSW councils to help them to complete or update the digital integrations from their IT system to the NSW Planning Portal.
Applications for the API grants funding are closed
Thank you to the councils that applied for the NSW Planning Portal API grants funding - your applications are now being processed. If there are any issues with your application, our team will reach out.
What is the NSW Planning Portal API grants program?
The Department is investing $80,000 per each of the 128 councils in NSW to support the digital integrations of their IT systems with the NSW Planning Portal. All councils can now apply for a grant payment of $80,000 to support building the API integrations with the NSW Planning Portal.
Who is leading the grants program?
This grant program is being administered by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment.
Why are we running a grant program?
To provide funding assistance to councils to support the digital integrations of their IT systems with the Planning Portal using ePlanning APIs.
The grant seeks to achieve the following benefits for councils:
- Relieve councils of administrative burden to focus their efforts on the assessment process contributing to improved processing times.
- Support the flow of data between the NSW Planning Portal and council's IT system thereby reducing the need for manual data transfer.
Application Process
The application period is now closed for the NSW Planning Portal API Grant Funding
Grant applications will be assessed as they are received during the application period and payments will be made to successful applicants on a rolling basis.
What’s the criteria councils need to adhere to for a grant?
What’s the criteria councils need to adhere to for a grant?
Councils agree to implement
- by 31 March 2023, digital integration from council’s IT systems to the NSW Planning Portal Online DA Version 2 (V2) APIs. This covers the adoption of new services and updates from Online DA V1 to V2 and
- by 31 Dec 2023, digital integration from council’s IT systems to the NSW Planning Portal digital integration of the council’s IT systems with the following NSW Planning Portal integration APIs:
- Online Certificate Registration Service API V1
- Online Post Consent Certificate Service API V1
- Online CDC Service API V1
- Online Building Information Certificate (BIC) Application Service API V1
Councils that applied for funding
120 out of 128 councils applied for the NSW Planning Portal API Grant funding. Below is the list of council that will be receiving funding:
Councils that applied
Councils that applied
| Albury City Council | Armidale Regional Council | Ballina Shire Council |
| Bayside Council | Bland Shire Council | Broken Hill City Council |
| Blue Mountains City Council | Burwood Council | Cobar Shire Council |
| Bega Valley Shire Council | Camden Council | Orange City Council |
| Kiama | Northern Beaches Council | Snowy Monaro Regional Council |
| Weddin Shire Council | Narrandera Shire Council | Walgett Shire Council |
| Tenterfield Shire Council | Lake Macquarie Council | Shellharbour City Council |
| Hawkesbury City Council | Goulburn Mulwaree Council | Hills Shire Council |
| Junee Shire Council | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council | Nambucca Shire Council |
| Lane Cove | Parkes Shire Council | Warrumbungle Shire Council |
| Greater Hume Shire Council | Wingecarribee Shire Council | Tweed Shire Council |
| Canterbury Bankstown Council | Penrith City Council | Gwydir Shire Council |
| Glen Innes Severn Council | Waverley Council | Yass Valley Council |
| Coolamon Shire Council | Georges River Council | Hunters Hill |
| Narromine Shire Council | The Shire of Bogan Council | Uralla Shire Council |
| Wentworth Shire Council | Edward River Council | Sutherland Shire Council |
| Cumberland Council | Byron Shire Council | Hay Shire Council |
| Port Stephens Council | Central Coast Council | Inner West Council |
| Griffith City Council | Clarence Valley Council | Mid-Western Regional Council |
| Kyogle Council | Walcha Council | Muswellbrook Shire Council |
| Ryde | Berrigan Shire Council | Randwick City Council |
| Lismore City Council | Willoughby City Council | Woollahra Municipal Council |
| Wagga Wagga City Council | Cowra Shire Council | Hornsby |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council | Hilltops Council | Liverpool Plains Shire Council |
| Liverpool City Council | Tamworth Regional Council | Council of the City of Sydney |
| Mid-Coast Council | Campbelltown City Council | Moree Plains Shire Council |
| Singleton Council | Gunnedah Shire Council | Parramatta Council |
| Narrabri Shire Council | Forbes Shire Council | Lithgow Council |
| Mosman Municipal Council | Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council | Wollondilly Shire Council |
| Canada Bay Council | Blayney Shire Council | Murray River Council |
| Coffs Harbour City Council | Fairfield City Council | Bathurst Regional Council |
| Upper Hunter Shire Council | Ku-ring-gai Council | North Sydney Council |
| Maitland City Council | Murrumbidgee Council | Dungog Shire Council |
| Cabonne Council | The Shire of Bourke Council | Wollongong City Council |
| Lachlan Shire Council | Oberon Council | Newcastle City Council |
| Temora Shire Council | Gilgandra Shire Council | Cessnock City Council |
| Shoalhaven City Council | Bellingen Shire Council | Strathfield Municipal Council |
| Kempsey Shire Council | Eurobodalla Shire Council | Upper Lachlan Shire Council |
| Blacktown Council | Central Darling Shire Council | Federation Council |
| Snowy Valleys Council | Dubbo Regional Council | Leeton Shire Council |
Councils that did not apply
Councils that did not apply
Feedback received from council that their volume of applications do not warrant the need for this grant funding request.
| Balranald Shire Council |
| Brewarrina Shire Council |
| Carrathool Shire Council |
| Coonamble Shire Council |
| Inverelle Shire Council |
| Lockhart Shire Council |
| Richmond Valley Council |
| Warren Shire Council |
More Information
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