RSS Feed

Creation Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 GMT

Part 3A out - State Significant Development in

The NSW Government has delivered on their commitment to repeal Part 3A, with the 1 October introduction of a new State Significant Development regime.

As expected, residential, retail and commercial developments are generally excluded from the new SSD regime and will now be subject to assessment at the local government level. For applications valued over $20 million, the relevant Joint Regional Planning Panel will be the consent authority (up from $10 million).

Key changes to note are:

• The introduction of a State and Regional Development SEPP which outlines the classes of development which are considered state significant;
• The Minister has retained a ‘call-in’ power but he will only exercise this power having received advice as to the significance of the proposal from the Planning Assessment Commission;
• The Minister has delegated the majority of his consent powers to the Planning Assessment Commission (senior staff at the Department of Planning and Infrastructure will act as the consent authority if less than 25 public objections to the proposal are received and if the relevant council does not object);
• DCPs do not apply but LEPs do; and
• Provisions for State Significant Site listings have been retained.

To view the details of the new regime, including fact sheets, planning circulars and assessment flow charts, visit the Department of Planning and Infrastructure’s website.

source: http://www.propertyoz.com.au