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AI-Assisted Quality Audit

Error Audit

Every condition checked for outdated legislation, abolished agencies, spelling errors, and unenforceable text. Date-aware — only flags errors that were wrong at the time of determination.

295

Errors Flagged

9,484

Conditions Audited

33

Councils

33/33

Affected

19

Systemic

55 errors suppressed — these references were correct at the time of determination (e.g. AS 4970-2009 on a DA determined before the 2025 edition was published).

Systemic Errors

Template-level errors appearing in 2+ recent DAs across multiple councils

Error Should Be Severity Recent DAs Councils (recent)
Roads and Maritime Services Transport for NSW (TfNSW) MODERATE 76 +5 suppressed Bayside, Burwood, Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Central Coast, City of Parramatta, City of Ryde, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Inner West, Ku-ring-gai, Lake Macquarie, Lane Cove, Liverpool, Newcastle, North Sydney, Northern Beaches, Strathfield, Waverley, Willoughby, Wollondilly, Wollongong
US spelling: 'license' (verb/adj should be 'licence') licence (noun) / license (verb only) LOW 38 Bayside, Blue Mountains, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canada Bay, Central Coast, City of Parramatta, City of Ryde, City of Sydney, Fairfield, Georges River, Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Inner West, Ku-ring-gai, Newcastle, Randwick, Strathfield, Waverley, Willoughby
AS 2601:2001 AS 2601:2024 LOW 37 +5 suppressed Campbelltown, Canada Bay, City of Parramatta, City of Ryde, Cumberland, Georges River, Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Newcastle, Strathfield, Waverley, Willoughby, Wollongong
Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) Heritage NSW / Environment and Heritage Group MODERATE 26 Blue Mountains, Burwood, Campbelltown, Central Coast, City of Ryde, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Inner West, Lake Macquarie, Liverpool, Newcastle, Penrith, Willoughby, Wollondilly
AS 4970-2009 AS 4970:2025 LOW 16 +98 suppressed Bayside, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Central Coast, City of Parramatta, City of Ryde, Cumberland, Hornsby, Lane Cove, Northern Beaches, Sutherland
EP&A Regulation 2000 EP&A Regulation 2021 HIGH 17 +6 suppressed Bayside, Campbelltown, City of Parramatta, City of Ryde, Hornsby, Lane Cove, Newcastle, Strathfield, Waverley
WorkCover NSW SafeWork NSW HIGH 21 Canada Bay, Canterbury-Bankstown, Hornsby, Inner West, Lane Cove, Liverpool, Willoughby
US spelling: 'minimized' minimised LOW 9 Bayside, Burwood, Willoughby, Wollondilly
Land and Property Information (LPI) NSW Spatial Services LOW 10 Blue Mountains, Burwood, Campbelltown, Central Coast, North Sydney, Sutherland, Willoughby
RTA (Roads and Traffic Authority) Transport for NSW (TfNSW) MODERATE 4 Campbelltown, Canada Bay, Hornsby, Hunters Hill
Section 94 (old numbering) Section 7.11 HIGH 5 Inner West, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, Strathfield
Section 94A (old numbering) Section 7.12 HIGH 4 Inner West, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, Strathfield
US spelling: 'recognized' recognised LOW 5 Bayside, Randwick
Section 80A (old numbering) Section 4.17 HIGH 3 City of Parramatta, Randwick, Wollondilly
Missing recipient: 'provided to ,' [Recipient entity should be named] HIGH 5 Bayside, Canterbury-Bankstown, Newcastle
AS/NZS 2107:2000 AS/NZS 2107:2016 LOW 3 Camden, City of Ryde
US spelling: 'utilized' utilised LOW 3 City of Ryde, Wollongong
US spelling: 'authorized' authorised LOW 4 Burwood, Hunters Hill
Placeholder: '<Insert...>' [Value should be inserted] HIGH 2 Bayside, Canada Bay

Other Patterns Checked (not systemic in recent DAs)

Spelling: 'moths' for 'months' → months 1 found, 1 post-change
Placeholder: 'XXXX' → [Signatory/value should be filled in] 1 found, 1 post-change
Section 96 (old numbering) → Section 4.55 / 4.56 2 found, 1 post-change
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 → Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 1 found, 1 post-change
Duplicate text: 'Condition reason: Condition reason:' → Condition reason: [single instance] 1 found, 1 post-change
SEPP 55 → SEPP (Resilience and Hazards) 2021, Chapter 4 3 found, all pre-change (suppressed)
Sydney Catchment Authority → WaterNSW 4 found, all pre-change (suppressed)

By Council

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Key Finding

The same systemic errors appear across multiple Greater Sydney councils. "Roads and Maritime Services" (dissolved 2019) was found in 26 councils in recent determinations. "WorkCover NSW" (replaced 2015) still appears in active templates. These are shared template problems — not individual mistakes. Fixing them at the template level would clean up conditions across the region.

55 references were suppressed from this audit because they were correct at the time of determination (e.g. AS 4970-2009 on a consent issued before the 2025 edition was published).

How It Works

Every condition is checked against a reference list of current legislation, agencies, and standards. The audit is date-aware — references are only flagged as errors if they were outdated at the time the DA was determined.

Legislation

  • EP&A Act 1979 · EP&A Regulation 2021
  • POEO Act 1997 · WHS Act 2011
  • Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016
  • Current SEPPs (consolidated 2021)

Agencies & Standards

  • SafeWork NSW (not WorkCover)
  • Transport for NSW (not RMS)
  • Current Australian Standards editions
  • Current LEP/DCP instrument names

Severity: HIGH = legal enforceability impact, MODERATE = incorrect but intent clear, LOW = typo or formatting.

An error is systemic if it appears in 2+ DAs determined after the reference became outdated — indicating a template that hasn't been updated. Pre-change occurrences are suppressed from the error count.