Date Time Improved council processing times a must do The Property Council has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of projects to be funded under their $250 million Public Spaces Legacy Program, which links State government funding grants for open space to the delivery of improved development assessment (DA) processing times for local councils. “Local communities benefit from private sector investment in the homes, offices and buildings of the future, so it makes sense to tie funding for improved local amenity to the timely approval of new development,” the Property Council of Australia’s NSW Executive Director Jane Fitzgerald said today.