Clarifies relationship between child care SEPP, guideline and DCPs.
This circular advises councils, practitioners and applicants on the relationship between the State Environmental Planning Policy (Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities) 2017, the Child Care Planning Guideline, and development control plans.
PS 21-037 is a NSW planning system circular issued on 2 December 2021 that provides point-in-time, non-statutory guidance for anyone dealing with centre-based child care facilities. According to the source, its purpose is to explain the relationship between three separate documents that all bear on these developments: the State Environmental Planning Policy (Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities) 2017, the Child Care Planning Guideline, and local development control plans (DCPs). In plain terms, it helps councils, practitioners and applicants understand how these instruments fit together when a child care centre is proposed or assessed.
The source states the circular advises councils, practitioners and applicants. As a circular it is described as non-statutory guidance rather than a binding legal instrument, so it informs rather than compels those parties.
The source indicates it applies to matters involving centre-based child care facilities, where the interaction between the Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities SEPP 2017, the Child Care Planning Guideline and development control plans is relevant. The supplied text does not give any further detail on specific triggers.
The source names three instruments the circular addresses: the State Environmental Planning Policy (Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities) 2017, the Child Care Planning Guideline, and development control plans.
The circular advises councils, practitioners and applicants on the relationship between the State Environmental Planning Policy (Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities) 2017, the Child Care Planning Guideline, and development control plans.
Kiama, as a small coastal LGA under housing and community-service pressure, does receive development applications for centre-based child care facilities. This circular would guide Kiama Council, applicants and practitioners on how the child care SEPP, the Child Care Planning Guideline and any Kiama DCP provisions operate together when such applications are assessed. Beyond identifying this relationship, the supplied source text gives no Kiama-specific detail.
“This circular advises councils, practitioners and applicants on the relationship between the State Environmental Planning Policy (Educational Establishments and Child Care Facilities) 2017, the Child Care Planning Guideline, and development control plans.”
“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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