Private members · Roberts, Anthony · Legislative Assembly
This private members' bill, sponsored by Anthony Roberts, would amend the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 so that certain planning actions affecting specified defence sites need approval by resolution of both Houses of Parliament. This covers making, amending or repealing an environmental planning instrument, or exercising other planning functions, where the action would rezone, alter planning controls, or enable a material change in development, use, subdivision, density, scale or intensity on those sites — regardless of whether the land is Commonwealth-held. The bill is still before Parliament at an early stage and may change or not proceed.
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to require approval by resolution of each House of Parliament before the making, amendment or repeal of an environmental planning instrument, or the exercise of any other planning function under that Act or under an environmental planning instrument, that would rezone, permit or facilitate the rezoning of, materially alter the planning controls applying to, or otherwise enable a material change in the development, use, subdivision, density, scale or intensity of use of, specified defence sites, whether or not the land is held by the Commonwealth; and for related purposes.
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