Bayside West precinct proposals must follow the Bayside West 2036 Plan.
Applies to: Bayside West Precincts (Arncliffe, Banksia and Cooks Cove) in the Bayside LGAA planning proposal for land in the Bayside West Precincts must be consistent with the Bayside West Precincts 2036 Plan published in September 2018. This ensures development in Arncliffe, Banksia and Cooks Cove aligns with that plan.
This is a section 9.1 planning direction (formerly numbered 7.9) that ties rezoning activity in three specific Bayside precincts — Arncliffe, Banksia and Cooks Cove — to a place-specific master plan called the Bayside West Precincts 2036 Plan. When a council or other planning proposal authority wants to change the planning rules (a planning proposal) for land inside those precincts, the proposal has to line up with that 2018 Plan.
In practical terms, the Plan sets out the vision, objectives and planning principles for how these precincts should develop to 2036, and the direction makes those expectations binding at the rezoning stage. The purpose is to keep individual rezonings from drifting away from the coordinated blueprint the Minister approved. If a planning proposal is inconsistent, it cannot simply proceed — it must either be brought into line or fall within the narrow inconsistency allowance.
The consequence of inconsistency is that the proposal risks not being supported through the gateway/plan-making process unless the authority can persuade the Planning Secretary that the inconsistency is minor and does not damage the Plan's overall intent.
Planning proposal authorities (typically Bayside Council, or another body preparing a planning proposal) preparing planning proposals for land within the Bayside West Precincts.
It is triggered when a planning proposal authority prepares a planning proposal for land in the Bayside local government area that falls within the Bayside West Precincts (Arncliffe, Banksia and Cooks Cove).
Inconsistency is permitted only if the planning proposal authority satisfies the Planning Secretary (or their nominee) that the inconsistent provisions are of minor significance, and that the proposal still achieves the overall intent of the Plan and does not undermine its vision, objectives and planning principles.
It requires consistency with the Bayside West Precincts 2036 Plan (approved by the Minister for Planning, published September 2018). It replaces the previous Direction 7.9 and took effect 1 March 2022.
A planning proposal authority must ensure the planning proposal is consistent with the Bayside West Precincts 2036 Plan, approved by the Minister for Planning and published on the Department's website in September 2018.
Any proposal must not undermine the achievement of the Plan's vision, objectives and planning principles for the Bayside West Precincts.
This direction does not apply to Kiama. It is geographically confined to three named precincts (Arncliffe, Banksia and Cooks Cove) within the Bayside local government area in southern Sydney, and has no operation in the Kiama LGA. A Kiama council planner, applicant or certifier can disregard it; it is only relevant as an example of how NSW uses place-based directions to lock rezonings to an approved precinct master plan.
1.11 Implementation of Bayside West Precincts 2036 Plan Objective The objective of this direction is to ensure development within the Baysid e West Precincts (Arncliffe, Banksia and Cooks Cove) is consistent with the Bayside West Precincts 2036 Plan (the Plan). Application This direction applies when a planning proposal authority prepares a planning proposal for land in the Bayside local government area that applies to land within the Bayside West Precincts in the Arncliffe, Banksia and Cooks Cove Bayside. Direction 1.11 (1) A planning proposal authority must ensure that a planning proposal is consistent with the Bayside West Precincts 2036 Plan, approved by the Minister for Planning and published on the Department of Planning and Environment website in September 2018. Consistency A planning proposal may be inconsistent with the terms of this direction only if the planning proposal authority can satisfy the Planning Secretary (or their nominee), that: (a) the provisions of the planning proposal that are inconsistent are of minor significance, and (b) the planning proposal achieves the overall intent of the plan and does not undermine the achievement of its vision, objectives and planning principles for the Bayside West Precincts. Issued to commence 1 March 2022 (replaces previous Direction 7.9)
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