eDA benefits
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eDA provides a wide range benefits to applicants, assessment managers and referral agencies involved in the development assessment process.
Benefits for applicants
Applicants can:
- Prepare development applications online through a guided process which includes:
- property identification and verification against land records
- identification of location based state interests associated with the application
- an interactive online interview for the integrated development assessment system (IDAS) checklist to identify referral agencies and forms
- electronic upload of supporting documentation
- access up-to-date information on planning policies, provisions and regional plans.
- Lodge and refer the application which includes:
- online lodgement and payment (to participating councils)manual lodgement for non-participating councils where applicants can print out electronically prepared applications
- secure online payment of application fees (for participating councils only)
- send and receive all communications electronically
- enabling electronic referral of applications to referral entities
- electronically tracking the progress of an application through to the decision.
Benefits for councils
Councils benefit from using eDA by:
- receiving improved quality of applications
- gaining transparency of the process through a complete audit trail of interactions
- receiving electronic payments
- being remotely accessible to geographically dispersed council offices
- having an automated system to assist with development assessment reporting
- track the progress of the application through the referral process
- electronically request information
- advise applicants electronically of decision.
Benefits for referral agencies
Referral agencies benefit from using eDA by:
- receiving improved quality of applications
- gaining transparency of the process through a complete audit trail of interactions
- being remotely accessible to geographically dispersed referral offices
- having a central point to receipt and record referral information
- tracking the progress of the application through the referral process
- electronically accepting and responding to referral requests.
