These are the steps for lodging once submissions open. That's when the Department puts the plans on exhibition, which could be as early as December, and you'll have 14 days. Until then, Part A shows how to prepare yours.

Your submission. Your Bronte. Your voice.

How to prepare now, and lodge in the 14 days

122–128 Hewlett Street, Bronte · SSD-124072740 · Bronte Community Association Inc.

Part B. When it opens: lodge it

This guide has two parts: Part A, what to do now (sections 1 to 7), and Part B, how to lodge once it opens (sections 8 and 9).

Haven't prepared? Draft the first three parts: your connection, what could change and why it matters. Then review the plans and refine your draft. The questions that help are in Part A.

8. Lodge on the NSW Planning Portal, not by email

An email to the Department is not a submission. It must be lodged on the NSW Planning Portal. It takes about ten minutes once your points are written.

When it opens, review what the plans say about your issues, refine your draft, and then:

  1. 1

    Open the project page. Use the link in the Department's alert or BCA's email, or go to brontecommunityassociation.org.au/submit.

    A strip of a project page showing "Submissions closing in 15 days" and the "Make a submission" button, ringed, with the help line beneath.
    During exhibition, the project page has a "Make a submission" button.
  2. 2

    Click "Make a submission", and log in.

    Screens from another project on exhibition. The Hewlett Street form is the same.

    The Major Projects login screen, with the "Log in" button ringed.
    Log in.
  3. 3

    Check your details, choose a personal submission, and answer the political donations question.

    The first of five screens, Submitter Details, with "I am making a personal submission" ringed and your name, email and address shown below for checking.
    Choose a personal submission and check your details.
    The Political Donations screen asking "Have you made a reportable political donation?" with Yes and No, ringed, and a note that a disclosure means your name can't be withheld.
    Answer the political donations question.
  4. 4

    Choose whether to withhold your name, and tick "I object to the project".

    The Submission screen listing what will be published, the question "Would you like to request your name be withheld?" with Yes and No ringed, and "I object to the project" ringed among three views.
    Choose whether to withhold your name, and tick "I object to the project".
  5. 5

    Paste in your submission, or upload it as a document, with any photos.

    The lower half of the Submission screen, with the empty "Your Comments" box ringed, a counter showing 10,000 characters remaining, and the "Add attachment" link ringed.
    Paste in your submission, or upload it as a document.
  6. 6

    Review it, tick the declaration and submit. Keep the confirmation.

    The Review screen, a sample of the published submission, with "Name Withheld, BRONTE, New South Wales" ringed, an "Objects to this Project" tag, and the message and attachments below.
    The Review screen shows exactly what will be published.
    The Declaration screen, with the tick box "I have read and agree to the Department's disclaimer and declaration" ringed and the "Submit" button ringed.
    Tick the declaration, then click "Submit".
Need help with the Portal? Call Service NSW on 1300 305 695, or contact BCA well before the closing date.
More

The project page is planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/rfb-122-128-hewlett-street-bronte. If a link doesn't work, go to the Major Projects website and search for SSD-124072740, or open the list of projects on exhibition and filter by Waverley.

The Major Projects home page, with its search box ringed and an "On Exhibition" tile below.
Search the Major Projects site for SSD-124072740.
The list of State significant applications filtered to Exhibition, with the "Local Council Area" filter ringed.
Or open the projects on exhibition and filter by Waverley.

The "Make a submission" button only appears while the project is on exhibition, so you can't lodge early. Setting up your account beforehand means the day itself is just steps 1 to 6.

The form has five screens: Submitter Details, Political Donations, Submission, Review and Declaration. The text box takes 10,000 characters, about 1,500 words; upload anything longer as a document. The form has a Save button, so you can stop part-way and come back before the exhibition closes.

What is published, and how to keep your name off it, is in section 6.

9. A decision isn't the end

After the exhibition, Fortis must answer the issues raised, and the Department can ask for changes. The reasons for the decision must say how submissions were taken into account. Everything after the decision builds on what's on the record in the 14 days.