Planning proposals must be consistent with the July 2017 interim Greater Parramatta plan.
Applies to: Land within the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area (as mapped on Sheet S117_GP_001)When a council prepares a planning proposal for land within the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area, the proposal must be consistent with the Interim Land Use and Infrastructure Implementation Plan published in July 2017.
This direction is a place-specific rule that ties rezoning and planning changes in the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area to a single guiding document: the Interim Land Use and Infrastructure Implementation Plan dated July 2017 (the Interim Plan). When a planning authority (usually a council) wants to change planning controls for land inside the mapped growth area, the proposal must line up with that Interim Plan's vision for land use and supporting infrastructure. The point is to coordinate growth in this designated area so development, land use and infrastructure are delivered coherently rather than piecemeal.
Relevant planning authorities (typically councils, and in some cases the Department or a planning panel) that prepare a planning proposal for land within the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area.
It is triggered when a relevant planning authority prepares a planning proposal for land contained within the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area as shown on Map Sheet S117_GP_001.
A planning proposal may be inconsistent only if the relevant planning authority satisfies the Planning Secretary (or a nominated Departmental officer) that the inconsistent provisions are of minor significance, and that the proposal still achieves the overall intent of the Interim Plan and does not undermine its objectives, planning principles and priorities.
The direction may overlap with Ministerial Direction 1.20 Implementation of the Camellia-Rosehill Place Strategy; where the two are inconsistent, Direction 1.20 prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
Planning proposals must be consistent with the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area Interim Land Use and Infrastructure Implementation Plan published in July 2017.
The land must fall within the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area as shown on Map Sheet S117_GP_001 published on the Department's website for the direction to apply.
This direction does not apply to Kiama. It is confined to land within the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area (in Western Sydney) as mapped on Sheet S117_GP_001. A Kiama-scale coastal council or a typical Kiama DA or planning proposal is geographically outside this area and is not bound by it.
1.7 Implementation of Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area Interim Land Use and Infrastructure Implementation Plan Objective The objective of this direction is to ensure development within the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area is consistent with the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area Interim Land Use and Infrastructure Implementation Plan dated July 2017 (the Interim Plan). Application This direction applies when a relevant planning authority prepares a planning proposal for land contained within the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area as shown on Map Sheet S117_GP_001 Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area Section 117 Direction Map published on the Department of Planning and Environment website. Direction 1.7 (1) Planning proposals must be consistent with the interim Plan published in July 2017. Consistency A planning proposal may be inconsistent with the terms of this direction only if the relevant planning authority can satisfy the Planning Secretary (or an officer of the Department nominated by the Secretary), 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 interim Plan and does not undermine the achievement of its objectives, planning principles and priorities for the Greater Parramatta Priority Growth Area. Note: The application of this Ministerial Direction may overlap with the application of Ministerial Direction 1.20 Implementation of the Camellia-Rosehill Place Strategy. In the instance of any inconsistency between this Ministerial Direction and Ministerial Direction 1.20, Ministerial Direction 1.20 prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. Date commenced: 18 November 2022
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