O'Farrell honours promise to overhaul NSW's planning system
Housing urban sprawl
The NSW Department of Planning released the following information on the Bill.
"Should it be passed by the Parliament the Bill, known as the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Bill 2011, would result in around a 50 per cent reduction in the number of projects dealt with by the State, with those that do not qualify as State significant to go to the local council for assessment.
The Bill also proposes a number of changes to the operation and make-up of the Planning Assessment Commission and Joint Regional Planning Panels, including providing for additional transparency and greater local government input.
Three policy statements were also tabled with the Bill and can be found below, along with a fact sheet providing further information about the Bill.
* Policy statement: State significant development – procedures http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick...
* Policy statement: Proposed State significant development and infrastructure classes http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick...
* Policy statement: Ministerial ‘call in’ for State significant development http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick...
* Fact sheet http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick...
Locals and Councils have welcomed the changes. The Urban Taskforce, respresenting Australia's largest developers has not been as enthusiastic issuing a statement arguing that the changes represent a step backwards for planning in NSW. See related Streetcorner article http://www.streetcorner.com.au/news/show...
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George Germanos JP posts
Great work by Mr O'Farrell - this should give some of the power back to local government who understand the local area.
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