The Matter Navigator
A guided, plain-English intake for New South Wales planning, environment, compulsory acquisition and local government matters. It organises the issue and prepares a structured briefing you can review before deciding whether to contact a lawyer.
- Jurisdiction
- New South Wales
Acting for a council, agency, regulator or other public authority? Open the Government Authority Matter Navigator
General information only, not legal advice. Nothing is submitted until you choose.
NSW matter triage
Organise the issue before the first conversation.
Matter Navigator turns the facts and documents you identify into a concise briefing you can review on screen. It is designed for landowners, businesses, developers and professional advisers dealing with complex New South Wales land and regulatory issues.
Planners, valuers, accountants and solicitors can choose the adviser pathway to organise an enquiry for a client without entering contact details at the start.
Matters the Navigator can structure
- Compulsory acquisition and compensation, including notices, offers and valuation material.
- Planning and development, including refusals, delays, conditions and council decisions.
- Environmental regulation and contamination, including EPA or council notices and pollution issues.
- Land access and easements, including statutory entry, corridor access and infrastructure impacts.
- Project approvals and licensing, including water, biodiversity, heritage and Commonwealth referrals.
How legal sources are used
The briefing is assembled from the answers you provide. Where relevant, it links to official legislation or agency material and shows the date on which the public-law references were checked. It does not calculate deadlines, assess prospects, recommend an outcome or replace advice from a lawyer.
Public-law references last checked: 15 July 2026.
Inside the Navigator
Focused tools for one quick question
Not ready for the full intake? These focused tools each answer a single question, then hand you back to the Navigator when you want the structured briefing.
- Regulatory response Received a notice, order, direction or refusal? Identify the instrument and continue into the right pathway. Open the Notice Decoder
- Acquisition Is your land being acquired or affected? Three quick questions on where you stand and what to do next. Start the triage
- Due diligence Buying or selling land or a business? A tailored list of planning and environmental red flags. Map the red flags