South Sydney Municipal Council Forward Town Planning Department II

Unique IDAG-0023DescriptionOn 20 December 1978, Council resolved to separate for the second time the broad planning and development function from the routine processing of development and building applications. The Forward Town Planning Department II, headed by Richard Orr (first appointed to direct the town planning function in 1969), was established and located at 106-108 Erskineville Road, Erskineville.

The problem of lack of coordination of the planning and development function between the Forward Town Planning Department II and the Planning and Building Department persisted. When Mr Orr resigned in mid 1980 the Town Clerk prompted the investigation of the planning function. A series of reports by the Town Clerk, the Municipal Health Surveyor and the Director of Planning and Building were made to Council through the second half of 1980.

On 11 March 1981, Council adopted the Town Clerk's recommendation that the town planning and development functions be united in a new department of Town Planning. The building control function was proposed to go to the Health Department to form a new department of Health and Building. These two departments replaced the Forward Town Planning Department II and the Planning and Building Department.CreationResolution of Council 20 December 1978AbolitionResolution of Council 11 March 1981

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SSMC Heritage Photographic Survey

Development Application Plans, 1969-1999 [City of Sydney / South Sydney Municipal Council]

Agency

South Sydney Municipal Council Town Planning Department

Description

Start date20th December 1978End date11th March 1981Relationship legacy dataPRECEDED BY: South Sydney Municipal Council Planning and Building Department AG-0024 (20/12/1978) - Forward town planning function
RELATED TO: South Sydney Municipal Council OR-0011 (20/12/1978 to 11/03/1981)
RELATED TO: Town planning FN-0011 (20/12/1978 to 11/03/1981)
Source System ID23

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Preceding agenciesSouth Sydney Municipal Council Planning and Building DepartmentOrganisationSouth Sydney Municipal CouncilRelated functionsTown planning

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South Sydney Municipal Council Forward Town Planning Department II