A total of 70 submissions were received. The report sets out the basic issues explored by the Discussion Paper, identifying areas of community consensus as well as contentious issues.

Some of the area of consensus for Braidwood are that minimum subdivision size, land to be rezoned light industrial should be kept to a minimum, resistance to establishment of pedestrian refuges in main street, and Walking Tracks acquisition of strategic land to allow public walking tracks to Braidwood Wilsons Grave, Mt Gillamatong and from Flood Creek up Monkittee Creek to Wallace Street.

Contentious issues include a Braidwood bypass - although there is much agreement on the need for a bypass but the location is contentious, and a new light Industrial Area, the Council Depot

The Rural Residential, Rural and Environmental Areas Discussion Paper has broad areas consensus on the need for buffer zones around rural residential developments, sustainable water management important, one set of rules for whole council area, loss of landscape values and quality of life and larger block sizes of at least 12ha minimum.

Contentious issues include the rezoning of agricultural land. One of the most contentious issues is the determination of an appropriate rural subdivision size. Rural land in Palerang is currently subject to five different sets of rural lot size provisions.

The report concludes that "It is considered that the most appropriate rural subdivision provisions for the new Palerang LEP will be those that provide for the following: a consistent subdivision standard in the RU1 and RU2 zones across the Council area; an average allotment size of 80 hectares; a minimum allotment size of 15 hectares; and use of an appropriate holding date to prevent re-subdivision of larger lots created under previous averaging provisions."