New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT (SYDNEY COVE) SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL REGULATION 1999 - REG 9

9 Variation of approved scheme

(1) The Minister is to consider all submissions concerning a draft variation to the approved scheme made during the period of public exhibition of the draft variation.

(2) If, after considering those submissions, the Minister is of the opinion that the draft variation, if made:

(a) will not permit development that will adversely affect:

(i) development on adjoining land, or

(ii) the heritage significance of buildings, structures or sites in the locality, or

(iii) the quality of the public domain in the locality, and

(b) will not permit development that will have an adverse impact on the natural or built environment or an adverse social or economic impact in the locality, and

(c) will conform with the general planning and design principles for the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Area,

the Minister may make the variation to the approved scheme in accordance with the draft variation or make the draft variation with such alterations as the Minister thinks fit.

(3) The Minister may make a variation to the approved scheme in accordance with this clause, whether or not development consent is granted to the application in relation to which the variation was submitted.