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LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS ACT 1993 - SECT 60F Contents of major project proposal

LAND USE PLANNING AND APPROVALS ACT 1993 - SECT 60F

Contents of major project proposal

(1)  A major project proposal in relation to a project is to contain the following information:
(a) the name and contact details of the proponent of the project;
(b) details of the proponent's experience and of the proponent's financial capacity to implement the project;
(c) the name of the project;
(d) subject to subsection (2) , a description of the project, including –
(i) the activities that are proposed to be carried out as part of the project after the construction phase of the project is completed; and
(ii) the proposed uses or developments that are proposed to occur in relation to the project;
(e) a map, or description, indicating the location of the proposed land on which the project is to be situated and, subject to subsection (2) , a plan indicating generally areas on that land on which uses or developments in relation to the project are proposed to occur;
(f) a general description of the physical features of –
(i) the areas of land on which the project is to be situated; and
(ii) the areas of land, in the vicinity of the areas of land on which the project is to be situated, that it is anticipated may be affected by the project;
(g) the anticipated effect, if any, on other areas of land that are in the vicinity of the areas of land on which the project is to be situated, of the project or infrastructure associated with the project;
(h) the key environmental, health, economic, social and heritage effects of the project that the proponent has identified and, if the effects may be detrimental, the measures that the proponent proposes to take to mitigate those effects;
(i) the surveys, and studies, proposed or being undertaken in respect of the project;
(j) the proposed timetable for the completion of the construction phase of the project;
(k) whether the project is a bilateral agreement project;
(l) a statement as to why the Minister ought to be of the opinion that the project is eligible under section 60M to be declared a major project;
(m) an assessment of the extent to which the project complies with the requirements of the relevant planning scheme and a statement as to the amendments, if any, that would be required to be made to an LPS in order for the project to so comply;
(n) information as to the consents referred to in section 60P(2) that have been obtained;
(o) details of any consultation, with persons who may have an interest in whether the project is implemented, that has occurred or is proposed to occur;
(p) details of any feasibility assessment that has been undertaken, in relation to the project, by the proponent;
(q) any other information that is prescribed to be required to be provided for the purposes of this section.
(1A)  A major project proposal in relation to a project may include a statement specifying –
(a) that one or more preliminary studies, specified in the statement, may be required to be carried out before assessment criteria are determined under section 60ZM(1) in relation to the project; and
(b) why each of the preliminary studies is required to be carried out before assessment criteria are determined under section 60ZM(1) in relation to the project.
(2)  If a project to which a declaration of a major project is to relate includes transport infrastructure, water or sewerage infrastructure, energy infrastructure or communications infrastructure –
(a) the description, referred to in subsection (1)(d) , is to be a general description of –
(i) the activities that are proposed to be carried out as part of the project after the construction phase of the project is completed; and
(ii) the proposed uses or developments that are proposed to occur in relation to the project; and
(b) the plan, referred to in subsection (1)(e) , is to be a plan setting out generally the types of infrastructure and the areas within any part of which such infrastructure may be situated.
(3)  The reference in subsection (1)(g) to the anticipated effect, on other areas of land, of the project or infrastructure associated with the project, includes –
(a) the anticipated effect on areas that are within, as well as areas that are outside, the regional area in which the project is to be situated; and
(b) the anticipated effect on the provision of physical, social and other infrastructure in those other areas.