State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) Amendment (State Significant Development) 2020 (2020-94) LW 16 March 2020 (NSW)

New South Wales

State Environmental Planning Policy (State

and Regional Development) Amendment

(State Significant Development) 2020

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following State environmental planning policy under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

ROBERT STOKES, MP

Minister for Planning and Public Spaces

State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) Amendment (State Significant

Development) 2020 [NSW]

State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional

Development) Amendment (State Significant Development) 2020

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

1      Name of Policy

This Policy is State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional

Development) Amendment (State Significant Development) 2020.

2      Commencement

This Policy commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3      Repeal of Policy

(1)

This Policy is repealed on the day following the day on which this Policy

commences.

(2)

The repeal of this Policy does not, because of the operation of sections 5(6) and 30

of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Policy.

4 Amendment of State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011

(1)

Clause 8A Designation of Independent Planning Commission as consent authority

for certain State significant development

Omit “25 persons (other than a council) have duly made submissions” from clause

8A(1)(b).

Insert instead “50 submissions (other than from a council) have duly been made”.

(2)	Clause 8A(2)
Omit the subclause. Insert instead—

(2) The Independent Planning Commission is also declared, under section 4.5(a) of the Act, to be the consent authority in respect of an application to modify a development consent that is made by a person who has disclosed a reportable political donation under section 10.4 of the Act in connection with the modification application.

(3)	Clause 8A(5)
Insert after clause 8A(4)—

(5)

For the purposes of subclause (1)(b), each of the following is to be

counted as 1 submission—

(a)	a petition,
(b)	any submissions that contain the same or substantially the same text.