Guidance on disclosing coastal hazards on section 10.7 planning certificates.
This circular provides guidance on the disclosure of coastal hazards on planning certificates issued under section 10.7 of the EP&A Act 1979.
This circular, PS 21-033, is a current NSW planning system circular dealing with how coastal hazards are disclosed on planning certificates. Planning certificates (commonly called 'section 10.7 certificates') are documents councils issue that tell a landowner or prospective buyer what planning rules, constraints and hazards affect a particular parcel of land. This circular provides guidance to councils on how to disclose coastal hazards on those certificates, which are issued under section 10.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
NSW councils that issue planning certificates under section 10.7 of the EP&A Act. The supplied source text does not set out further detail about who else it addresses.
It applies when a council prepares and issues a planning certificate under section 10.7 of the EP&A Act, and the disclosure of coastal hazards affecting the land is in question. The source text does not describe the specific triggering thresholds.
The source text links the circular to section 10.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. It is categorised under the 'Resilience and Hazards' planning principle, alongside related circulars such as PS 21-009 (Planning for coastal hazards), which concerns Chapter 2: Coastal Management of State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021 and the Coastal Management Act 2016. The supplied text does not detail the specific interactions within PS 21-033 itself.
The circular provides guidance on the disclosure of coastal hazards on planning certificates issued under section 10.7 of the EP&A Act. The supplied source text does not reproduce the detailed disclosure tests or content requirements.
This is directly relevant to Kiama. As a small coastal Illawarra/South Coast LGA facing coastal hazards such as erosion and inundation, Kiama Council issues section 10.7 planning certificates for coastal properties, and this circular guides how those coastal hazards must be disclosed to buyers and owners. Beyond confirming that relevance, the supplied source text does not contain the operational detail needed to describe exactly what Kiama must disclose.
“This circular provides guidance on the disclosure of coastal hazards on planning certificates issued under section 10.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act).”
“Current planning system circulars provide point-in-time non‑statutory guidance to support the consistent application of planning principles, processes and practices across NSW.”
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