President of the NSW Local Government Association, Cr Genia McCaffery, said because of the laws, developers would get what they wanted at the expense of the local community.

"But the campaign by the associations and other organisations has forced the Government to back down, with some concessions including making private certifiers more accountable, trialling the housing codes, and reinstating councils' right to use levies to fund regional facilities," she said.

The Local Government and Shires Associations have run a campaign to communicate the impact of the laws to ratepayers which generated tens of thousands of individual emails.

"It is extremely concerning that a Government has been able to pass laws which are so widely opposed," president of the Shires Association of NSW, Bruce Miller said.

"But we are committed to our communities and that means partnering with the Government to make these laws work. We will expect the Government, as promised, to iron out problems as they occur."