Pre-lodgement meetings paused until further notice

On July 1, 2024, we launched pre-lodgement meetings as a new service through the Development Portal, with a view to trialling these meetings to better support our customers in providing early technical advice.

Since July, we’ve received 23 requests for these meetings. We sought feedback from the participants of these meetings and the insights have shown that outcomes have been varied.

To ensure we're providing the best value for both our industry partners and Unitywater, we're taking time to review the value and design our pre-lodgement services. We are therefore taking the step to temporarily pause the ability to request pre-lodgement meetings until we are satisfied that customers will be able to achieve what they want from these meetings and outcomes are more consistent.

From Thursday, 12 December 2024, you will no longer be able to select a pre-lodgement meeting request from the Portal.

Please note that the ability to request pre-lodgement advice notices and technical report reviews is still available, it is only the meetings that are being paused during the review.

We encourage you to continue to utilise the pre-lodgement application via the Development Portal to enquire about technical aspects related to your proposed development. Please ensure your application includes a relevant level of detail and clear questions to help us provide you with a comprehensive response.

We'll provide an update on this review during February 2025. Please reach out to the team via developmentportalsupport@unitywater.com if you have questions. Thank you for your understanding.