End of year submission cut off dates for 2026
We would like to provide the following advice to assist you in managing your lodgements and obtaining an outcome or certificate before the Christmas shutdown period, as outlined in the email to the industry issued on Thursday 8 October 2026:
- Design Review (DR), Operational Acceptance (OA), Soft Landscape Consolidation Commencement (SLCC), Soft Landscape Handover (SLH) and Final Acceptance (FA) submissions should be lodged via ProjectWise prior to COB Friday 20 November 2026.
- Operational Acceptance (OA) submissions* which include playgrounds, barbeques, bins, bubblers, and other contract / programmed maintenance items should be lodged via ProjectWise by COB Friday 6 November 2026.
- Soft Landscape Handover (SLH) submissions* which include areas of open space, playgrounds, playing fields or irrigation should be lodged via ProjectWise by COB Friday 6 November 2026.
- Development Application (DA) and Building Applications (BA) for Driveway, Stormwater and LMPP can be lodged via eDevelopment / smart form at any time. However, responses and timeframes will be paused between Monday 21 December 2026 to Sunday 10 January 2027**.
*The above scheduling is to ensure the sufficient time to arrange the inclusion of these elements on the maintenance programme of CED and their contractors.
**This is to align with Section 192 of the Planning Act 2023. Under Section 192 a ‘working day’ is any day that’s not a Saturday or Sunday, public holiday or between 20 December and 10 January (inclusive).
Please note we will make every effort to meet the target dates, however this may be subject to the volume of submissions received (particularly in the 2 weeks prior to Christmas shutdown) and the resource capacity availability. We will notify you accordingly and appreciate your support should we not be able to meet the targets.
The Development Coordination branch is the single point of contact for the ACT public and industry to ensure timely responses and advice on land developments, driveways or project delivery of a TCCS asset.
We provide advice, guidance and direction on all Territory assets associated with Roads ACT, City Presentation and ACT NoWaste, and manage processes such as operational acceptance, consolidation and final acceptance.
Approvals for driveway modification and construction; construction impacting storm water easements; demolition and excavation waste; and construction impacting the verge or public open space.
Information about the key submissions which TCCS endorses and approves.
Information about the design and construction specifications, guidelines and codes which all assets handed over to the Territory must comply with. Information about post-DA submission requirements.
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Find the established standards, codes and guidelines.
A project lead is allocated to all submissions as a designated point of contact.
Fees and charges relating to land development submissions and inspections