New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (MAJOR DEVELOPMENT) 2005 - REG 8

8 Proposals for State significant site listing

(1A) The Minister may publish a notice in the Gazette advising of a proposal that Schedule 3 be amended to add a site that the Minister considers to be a State significant site.

(1) For the purposes of considering a proposed amendment to Schedule 3, the Minister may initiate an investigation into the proposal by requiring the Director-General to undertake a study or to make arrangements for a study to be undertaken for the purpose of determining:

(a) whether any development on the site should be declared to be a project to which Part 3A of the Act applies, and

(b) the appropriate development controls for the site.

(2) Any such study is to assess:

(a) the State or regional planning significance of the site, and

(b) the suitability of the site for any proposed land use taking into consideration environmental, social and economic factors, the principles of ecologically sustainable development and any State or regional planning strategy, and

(c) the implications of any proposed land use for local and regional land use, infrastructure, service delivery and natural resource planning, and

(d) any other matters required by the Director-General.

(3) The Director-General is to make arrangements for any such study to be publicly exhibited with an invitation to the public to make written submissions.

(4) The Minister may direct that an inquiry be held as part of the investigation into a potential State significant site.

(5) The Director-General is to provide the Minister with a copy of any such study and any recommendations relating to it.

(6) This clause does not preclude an amendment of Schedule 3 without compliance with this clause.