Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005 (Amendment No 1) (2007-360) Gazette No 94 of 27 July 2007, page 4851 (NSW)

2007 No 360

New South Wales

Sydney Regional Environmental Plan

(Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005

(Amendment No 1)

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

I, the Minister for Planning, make the following regional environmental plan under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. (9038532-2)

FRANK SARTOR, M.P.,

Minister for Planning

Published in Gazette No 94 of 27 July 2007, page 4851 Page 1

2007 No 360	Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005
Clause 1	(Amendment No 1)

Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour

Catchment) 2005 (Amendment No 1)

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

1      Name of plan

This plan is Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour

Catchment) 2005 (Amendment No 1).

2      Aims of plan

The aims of this plan are:

(a)	to establish a buffer zone around the Sydney Opera House so as to give added protection to its world heritage value, and
(b)	to recognise that views and vistas between the Sydney Opera House and other public places within that zone contribute to its world heritage value.

3      Land to which plan applies

This plan applies to land in the general vicinity of the Sydney Opera House, as shown edged heavy black on the map entitled “Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment)—Sydney Opera House Buffer Zone Map”, a copy of which is deposited in the head office of the Department of Planning.

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Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment)

2005 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 4)

[1]      Clause 3 Land to which plan applies

Insert after clause 3 (2) (c):

(c1)

the Sydney Opera House buffer zone, as shown on the

Sydney Opera House Buffer Zone Map, and

[2]      Clause 53 Objectives

Insert at the end of the clause (before the note):

(2)

The objectives of this plan in relation to the Sydney Opera House

are:

(a)	to establish a buffer zone around the Sydney Opera House so as to give added protection to its world heritage value, and
(b)	to recognise that views and vistas between the Sydney Opera House and other public places within that zone contribute to its world heritage value.

[3]      Part 5, Division 3A

Insert after Division 3 of Part 5:

Division 3A Sydney Opera House

58A Land to which Division applies

This Division applies to the Sydney Opera House buffer zone, as shown edged heavy black on the Sydney Opera House Buffer Zone Map.

58B Protection of world heritage value of Sydney Opera House

The matters to be taken into consideration in relation to development within the Sydney Opera House buffer zone include the following:

(a)	the objectives set out in clause 53 (2),
(b)	the need for development to preserve views and vistas between the Sydney Opera House and other public places within that zone,
(c)	the need for development to preserve the world heritage value of the Sydney Opera House,

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(d) the need for development to avoid any diminution of the visual prominence of the Sydney Opera House when viewed from other public places within that zone.

58C	Minor development
(1) This Division does not apply to or in respect of building work that merely involves:

(a)	the renovation, repair, rebuilding or demolition of a building, or
(b)	internal alterations to a building, or
(c)	external alterations to a building that are carried out below ground level.

(2)

This Division does not apply to or in respect of the subdivision of

land.

(3)

This Division does not apply to or in respect of any use of a

building or place, other than:

(a)	the temporary use of a public open space, and the erection of temporary structures in connection with any such use, for more than 50 days in any single period of 12 months, or
(b)	the temporary use of a private open space for more than 2 years.

(4)

This Division does not apply to or in respect of:

(a)	the installation or erection in any open space of any artwork, time capsule, bollard, tree surround, street furniture, pathway, driveway steps or flagpole, or
(b)	any landscaping or tree planting.

[4]      Schedule 1 Maps incorporated in plan

Insert in alphabetical order:

Sydney Opera House Buffer Zone Map, being the map entitled “Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005—Sydney Opera House Buffer Zone Map”.

[5]      Dictionary

Insert in alphabetical order:

Sydney Opera House buffer zone means the land shown hatched blue on the Sydney Opera House Buffer Zone Map.

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