Section 212 - Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 - Content of contributions plan

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212 Content of contributions plan

(1) A contributions plan must contain the following information—

(a) the purpose of the plan,

(b) the land to which the plan applies,

(c) the relationship between—

(i) the expected types of development in the area to which the plan applies, and

(ii) the demand for additional public amenities and public services to meet the expected development,

(d) the formulas to be used for determining the development contributions required for different categories of public amenities and public services,

(e) the development contribution rates for different types of development, as specified in a schedule to the plan,

(f) a map showing the specific public amenities and public services that will be provided by the council,

(g) a works schedule that contains an estimate of the cost and staging of the public amenities and public services, whether by reference to dates or thresholds,

(h) if the plan authorises monetary development contributions or development levies paid for different purposes to be pooled and applied progressively for the different purposes—the priorities for the expenditure of the development contributions or development levies, by reference to a works schedule.

(2) If a contributions plan authorises the imposition of a development levy condition, the plan must contain—

(a) the percentage of the development levy for each type of development, as specified in a schedule to the plan, and

(b) the method, if any, of adjusting the proposed cost of carrying out the development, after being determined by the consent authority, to reflect quarterly or annual variations to readily accessible index figures adopted by the plan between the day of the determination and the day by which the levy must be paid.

Example—

A contributions plan may adopt the Consumer Price Index.

(3) A contributions plan must contain information about the council’s policy about the following—

(a) the timing of the payment of monetary development contributions,