New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 3.4

3.4 District strategic plans--preparation and content

(1) The Planning Secretary must prepare a draft district strategic plan for each district in the Six Cities Region.

(2) The Planning Secretary may, or must if directed to do so by the Minister, prepare a draft district strategic plan for a district in a region outside the Six Cities Region.

(3) A draft district strategic plan must include or identify the following--

(a) the basis for strategic planning in the district, having regard to economic, social and environmental matters,

(b) the planning priorities for the district that are consistent with the objectives, strategies and actions specified in the applicable regional strategic plan,

(c) the actions required for achieving the planning priorities,

(d) the basis on which the Planning Secretary is to monitor and report on the implementation of the actions,

(e) areas of State, regional or district significance, including priority growth areas,

(f) any other matters the Planning Secretary considers relevant to planning for the district.

(4) The planning priorities referred to in subsection (3)(b)--

(a) must include housing targets, if the district is in the Six Cities Region, and

(b) may include housing targets, if the district is outside the Six Cities Region.

(5) In preparing a draft district strategic plan, the Planning Secretary must have regard to the following--

(a) any environmental planning instruments that apply to the district,

(b) any other strategic plan that applies to the district or an area adjoining the district,

(c) any 20-year State infrastructure strategy, 5-year infrastructure plan or sectoral State infrastructure strategy statement under the Infrastructure NSW Act 2011 , Part 4,

(d) the State disaster mitigation plan, to the extent relevant, and any relevant disaster adaptation plan under the NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022 ,

(e) any other relevant government policies and plans in force at the time the draft plan is prepared,

(f) any matter the Minister directs the Planning Secretary to have regard to in preparing the draft plan,

(g) any other matters the Planning Secretary considers relevant.

(6) If there is no regional strategic plan for a part of the district, the draft district strategic plan may identify for that part of the district matters that may be identified in a regional strategic plan, until there is a regional strategic plan.

(7) This section does not prevent--

(a) the Planning Secretary from issuing housing targets for a district before a draft district strategic plan is publicly exhibited, or

(b) changes being made to the housing targets before the district strategic plan is made under section 3.6 or 3.6A.