State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) Amendment (Warehouses and Data Centres) 2021 (2021-185) LW 16 April 2021 (NSW)

New South Wales

State Environmental Planning Policy (State

and Regional Development) Amendment

(Warehouses and Data Centres) 2021

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.

ROB STOKES, MP

Minister for Planning and Public Spaces

State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) Amendment (Warehouses and Data

Centres) 2021 [NSW]

State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional

Development) Amendment (Warehouses and Data Centres) 2021

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

1      Name of Policy

This Policy is State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional

Development) Amendment (Warehouses and Data Centres) 2021.

2      Commencement

This Policy commences on 1 June 2021 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3      Repeal of Policy

This Policy is repealed on the day following the day on which this Policy commences.

State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) Amendment (Warehouses and Data

Centres) 2021 [NSW]

Schedule 1 Amendment of State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011

Schedule 1

Amendment of State Environmental Planning

Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011

[1]      Schedule 1 State significant development—general

Omit “$50 million” from clause 12(1). Insert instead “the relevant amount”.

[2]      Schedule 1, clause 12(3)

Insert after clause 12(2)—

(3)

In this clause—

relevant amount means—

(a)	for development in relation to which the relevant environmental assessment requirements are notified under the Act on or before 31 May 2023—$30 million, or
(b)	for any other development—$50 million.

[3]      Schedule 1, clause 25

Omit the clause. Insert instead—

25 Data storage

(1)

Development for the purpose of storage premises used for the storage of data and related information technology hardware that has a total power consumption of more than the relevant amount.

(2)

In this clause—

relevant amount means—

(a)	for development in relation to which the relevant environmental assessment requirements are notified under the Act on or before 31 May 2023—10 megawatts, or
(b)	for any other development—15 megawatts.