Accessing and reading documents
Opening PDF Files
This website often uses PDF (Portable Document Format) files, also known as Adobe files to make publications available online. To open, print and/or save these files, you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this tool, you can download it for free from Adobe.
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Adobe Acrobat ReaderApproximate file size: 8.6Mb
Opening Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files
This site sometimes uses Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint to make files created in these programs available online. If you do not have these programs on your computer, you can download readers that will allow you to view these documents.
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Microsoft Word Viewer Approximate file size: 1.2Mb
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Microsoft Excel ViewerApproximate file size: 1Mb
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Microsoft Powerpoint ViewerApproximate file size: 1906Kb
Opening WinZip files
This website occasionally ‘zips’ files to save a number of related documents together. To open these files, you can use WinZip. If you do not already have WinZip, you can download it.
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WinZipApproximate file size: 1.8Mb
Printed copies of documents
If you would like us to send you a printed copy of any document on this site, please use the Contact us page to request it from the relevant area within DPCD.
Accessibility of this website
The Department of Planning and Community Development strives to create online resources that are accessible to all. This website has been designed to meet Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 of the W3C (World-Wide Web Consortium).
Currently our site meets all W3C Level AA (Priority 1 and Priority 2) requirements with exclusion of the “Text-size changer” when using the MyGrants pages.
We are working to address this problem and it should be fixed shortly. In the mean time you can change the text size under the "View" tab of your internet browser.
If you have accessibility issues or feedback, please feel free to contact us.