Builders and developers with a CEMP consent condition

Where is the site the CEMP covers?

A construction environmental management plan drafted from your DA consent conditions: dust, noise, runoff, waste and hours. Free to read.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Every fact cites its source
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ePlan fills in

  • Zone and lot
  • Nearest waterway
  • Slope
  • Neighbouring homes

How it works

Construction environmental management plan, from one answer

  1. Enter the address and paste the CEMP condition.One answer starts the project. ePlan names it and looks up the place.
  2. ePlan maps the nearest waterway and neighbours and matches each condition.3 more questions, each with a "not sure yet" way out.
  3. Read the CEMP free, then download it to sign and submit.The draft marks what to check (amber), what to pick (blue) and what to fill in (violet).

What you get

Construction environmental management plan and 3 more documents

The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.

The first draft

Construction environmental management plan (CEMP)

  1. Project, site and consent conditions
  2. Roles, contacts and complaints
  3. Hours of work
  4. Noise and vibration
  5. Dust and air quality
  6. Erosion, sediment and stormwater

Modeled on: EPA Victoria Publication 1834 (Civil construction, building and demolition guide); NSW Blue Book for sediment controls

Next · 2

Council construction management plan

  1. Site establishment
  2. Work times
  3. Traffic
  4. Neighbours
Next · 3

Erosion and sediment control plan

  1. Site layout and fall
  2. Controls
  3. Stockpiles and site entry
  4. Maintenance
Next · 4

WHS management plan

  1. Roles and responsibilities
  2. Consultation
  3. Incidents
  4. Site rules
  5. SWMS

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

$2,000,000

is the maximum fine for a corporation that pollutes waters in NSW, plus $240,000 a day if the offence continues
Source: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW), s 123

Questions

CEMP: what people ask

Is runoff from a building site a pollution offence?

It can be. In NSW, polluting waters is an offence under section 120 of the POEO Act. The maximum penalty for a corporation is $2,000,000, plus $240,000 a day if it continues; for an individual it is $500,000.

Source: legislation.nsw.gov.au

Why does my consent ask for a CEMP?

Councils can attach conditions to a development consent under section 4.17 of the NSW EP&A Act. Read your condition for when the plan is due, what it must cover and who approves it.

Source: legislation.nsw.gov.au

What guidance applies in Victoria?

EPA Victoria's Publication 1834, the civil construction, building and demolition guide (September 2025), covers land development, building, demolition and earthworks. It replaces publications 480, 960, 981, 1254 and 1264.

Source: epa.vic.gov.au

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