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Draft policies and plans currently on exhibition, ordered by date, with the most recent at the top.
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- Proposal title: State Environmental Planning Policy (Competition)
- Description: Following a review undertaken last year by the NSW Department of Planning and the Better Regulation Office into how economic growth and competition were impacted by the planning system, a new draft State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) has been prepared and has now been placed on public exhibition.
The draft SEPP proposes that:
- the commercial viability of a proposed development may not be taken into consideration by a consent authority, usually the local council, when determining development applications;
- the likely impact of a proposed development on the commercial viability of other individual businesses may also not be considered; except
- if the proposed development is likely to have an overall adverse impact on the extent and adequacy of local community services and facilities, taking into account those to be provided by the proposed development itself; and
- any restrictions in local planning instruments on the number of a particular type of retail store in an area, or the distance between stores of the same type, will have no effect.
- Location: State-wide
- Exhibition location: NSW Department of Planning head office, 23-33 Bridge St, Sydney
- Documents available: Draft Competition SEPP, Final review report - April 2010, Minister's media release
- Start date: Tuesday 27 July 2010
- End date: Thursday 26 August 2010
- Submissions to: Policy, Planning Systems and Reform, NSW Department of Planning, GPO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001, or via email to innovation@planning.nsw.gov.au
- Further inquiries: Penny Goldin (02) 9228 6278
- Submissions may be made publicly available. If you do not want your name to be made available, please clearly state this in your submission.
- Proposal title: Expansion of the NSW Housing Code - Discussion paper
- Description: The NSW Housing Code is an important Statewide planning policy which allows homeowners to get approval for new homes, renovations or extensions within ten days. The Department has released a discussion paper that proposes a number of amendments to the NSW Housing Code including:
- extending the existing code to lots at least 300 square metres in size (down from the current minimum size of 450 square metres) and a road frontage of at least 10 metres (down from 12 metres);
- developing a new part of the code which specifically applies to small lots at least 200 square metres in area and a frontage of between 6-10 metres; and
- simplifying some existing development standards and allowing minor external alterations, such as enlarging windows and doors.
- Location: State-wide
- Legislation: The State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Codes) 2008
- Exhibition location: NSW Department of Planning head office, 23-33 Bridge St, Sydney
- Documents available: Expansion of the NSW Housing Code – Discussion paper, background paper and media release
- Start date: Monday 5 July 2010
- End date: Friday 6 August 2010
- Submissions to: Special Projects, NSW Department of Planning, GPO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001, or via email to codes@planning.nsw.gov.au
- Further inquiries: 1300 305 695
- Submissions may be made publicly available. If you do not want your name to be made available, please clearly state this in your submission.
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