Before You Build in NSW, Talk to a Town Planner

Last year, a friend of mine tried turning a rundown corner block in Western Sydney into a small childcare centre. Great location, solid demand—but by week three, she was drowning in council requests, traffic reports, acoustic modelling, and heritage overlays she hadn’t even noticed. That’s when I pointed her toward a town planning consultant NSW recommended, someone who’d helped me with a split lot project two years earlier. It wasn’t just about paperwork—they knew how to interpret planning policy like a second language. Within weeks, she went from reactive to in control. It reminded me just how essential the right consultant can be when navigating the minefield of development in NSW.