New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

RANDWICK LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1998 (CONSOLIDATION) - REG 40A

40A Site specific development control plans

(1) The consent authority must not grant consent to a development application made in respect of a site area consisting of more than 10,000 square metres of land unless a site specific development control plan for the development of that land has been prepared in accordance with this clause.

(2) A site specific development control plan is to be prepared following consultation with the Council and is to address, illustrate and explain, where appropriate, proposals in relation to the land covering the following range of matters (but is not limited to them):

(a) design principles drawn from an analysis of the site and its context,

(b) phasing of development,

(c) distribution of land uses, including public open space and environmental protection areas,

(d) subdivision pattern,

(e) building envelopes and built form controls,

(f) heritage conservation, including both Aboriginal and European heritage,

(g) infrastructure provision,

(h) remediation of the site,

(i) pedestrian, cycle and road access and circulation network, with particular regard to public transport servicing,

(j) parking provision,

(k) provision of public facilities,

(l) impact on, and improvements to, the public domain,

(m) provision of open space, its function and landscaping,

(n) identification and conservation of native flora and fauna habitat on the site, including any threatened species, populations or ecological communities,

(o) the principles of ecologically sustainable development,

(p) identification, extent and management of buffer areas,

(q) identification, extent and management of water courses, wetlands and riparian lands, whether identified on the map or not,

(r) identification, extent and management of habitat corridor,

(s) identification, extent and constraints of acid sulfate soils,

(t) opportunities to apply integrated natural water cycle design,

(u) opportunities to apply integrated renewable energy design,

(v) provision of housing mix and tenure choice, including affordable housing.

(3) A proposal referred to in subclause (2) must conform to the requirements for development of the site made by this plan and any other environmental planning instrument.

(4) The consent authority may waive the requirement for a development control plan, but only if it is satisfied:

(a) that the proposed development is of a minor nature only or is ancillary to the current use of the land, or

(b) that adequate guidelines and controls applying to the land are already in place.

Purpose: To require the development of large sites to be in the context of a site specific development control plan.