---
title: "Prepare a state significant development application where NSW AI assessment tools are in use"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/prepare-a-state-significant-development-application-where-nsw-ai-assessm"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A12-B1-1"
practice_area: "Planning & Environment"
tier: "green"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-10"
---

# Prepare a state significant development application where NSW AI assessment tools are in use

> Run a pre-lodgement completeness check against the rules and criteria.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/prepare-a-state-significant-development-application-where-nsw-ai-assessm  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Planning & Environment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment.md) |
| Human involvement | Green: AI drafts, lawyer checks |
| How AI is used | Run a pre-lodgement completeness check against the rules and criteria. |
| What the lawyer must review | AI will not make planning decisions; confirm with the assessing officer. |
| Written for / versions | New South Wales |

## Checking plan

**Lawyer review required**

The responsible lawyer reviews the work against the instructions, sources and intended use.

- What the AI does: Run a pre-lodgement completeness check against the rules and criteria.
- What the lawyer does: AI will not make planning decisions; confirm with the assessing officer.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Planning guidance checked against the linked public sources on 10 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of an error and how much of the output the lawyer must check before it is used.
- Written for: NSW

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Open the cited source and confirm it is the current instrument for this forum and this date.
2. AI will not make planning decisions; confirm with the assessing officer.
3. Compare the output with the source and the instructions, including material the output left out.
4. The responsible lawyer approves the exact output for its intended use, or sends it back.

## Notes

- Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: New South Wales

**Deliverable**: Prepare a state significant development application where NSW AI assessment tools are in use

**Inputs**

- NSW Planning Portal: use of AI in planning
- NSW Planning: AI in planning
- The matter instructions and the documents the output will rely on.

**Example**: Stop before the result is filed, sent or relied on. AI will not make planning decisions; confirm with the assessing officer.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The cited source is not the instrument that applies to this forum or this date.
- The output states a fact, date, citation, figure or commitment that is not in the instructions or the source.
- The responsible lawyer has not approved the exact output for its intended use.

Checked 2026-10-10.

## Sources

- [NSW Planning Portal: use of AI in planning](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/news/use-artificial-intelligence-planning-processes) (checked 2026-10-10)
- [NSW Planning: AI in planning](https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/the-planning-system/development-assessment/artificial-intelligence-in-nsw-planning) (checked 2026-10-10)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*