Supporting infrastructure planning

State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 assists the NSW Government, local councils and the communities they support by simplifying the process for providing infrastructure in areas such as education, hospitals, roads, railways, emergency services, water supply and electricity delivery. 

The policy consolidates and updates 20 previous State planning instruments which included infrastructure provisions. It also includes specific planning provisions and development controls for 25 types of infrastructure works or facilities. 

The policy will play a key part delivering the NSW Government’s proposed $110 billion in infrastructure works to 2016.

Policy and maps

• State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 (on NSW legislation website)
  Maps - CBD (last updated October 2009)
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 1 of 9 (Leichhardt area) 
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 2 of 9 (Rozelle and White Bay) 
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 3 of 9 (Lilyfield area) 
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 4 of 9 (White Bay and Pyrmont)
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 5 of 9 (The Rocks area) 
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 6 of 9 (Barangaroo-Wynyard and Martin Place) 
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 7 of 9 (Town Hall)
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 8 of 9 (Central) 
• Interim Rail Corridor - CBD Rail Link and CBD Metro - map 9 of 9 (Redfern-Waterloo, Alexandria area) 
  Maps - South West (last updated February 2009)
• Interim Rail Corridor - South West Rail Link - map 1 of 4
• Interim Rail Corridor - South West Rail Link - map 2 of 4
• Interim Rail Corridor - South West Rail Link - map 3 of 4
• Interim Rail Corridor - South West Rail Link - map 4 of 4
  Maps - other
• Castlereagh Liquid Waste Disposal Depot - map

Explanatory information

• Community guide (January 2008)
• Planning circular - Key provisions (31 January 2008)
• Planning circular - SEPP (Infrastructure) Amendment (Schools, Affordable Housing and Metro Rail) 2009 (2 March 2009)
• LEP practice note - Zoning for infrastructure in LEPs (7 March 2008)
• Planning circular - School provisions under SEPP (Infrastructure) 2007 (18 March 2009)
• Planning circular - Amended school provisions under State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 (14 July 2009)

Site compatibility certificates

• Site compatibility certificates: an additional planning safeguard (April 2009)
• Application form to complete electronically in MS Word format (August 2009)
• Application form to complete in hard copy (August 2009)
• Guideline for applications (August 2009)

Guidelines

• Development near rail corridors and busy roads: interim guideline [4.5 MB ] (gazetted 19 December 2008) - this guideline assists in the planning, design and assessment of development in, or adjacent to, rail corridors and busy roads. It supports specific rail and road provisions of State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007