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35BAdditional requirements for development applications involving contravention of development standards
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#### 35B Additional requirements for development applications involving contravention of development standards
35B Additional requirements for development applications involving contravention of development standards
> > (1) This section applies to a development application that proposes, in accordance with a relevant EPI provision, development that contravenes a development standard imposed by any environmental planning instrument.
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> > (2) The development application must be accompanied by a document that sets out the grounds on which the applicant seeks to demonstrate that—
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> > > (a) compliance with the development standard is unreasonable or unnecessary in the circumstances, and
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> > > (b) there are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify the contravention of the development standard.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > relevant EPI provision means—
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> > > (a) clause 4.6 of a local environmental plan that adopts the provisions of the Standard Instrument, or
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> > > (b) an equivalent provision of another environmental planning instrument.
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> **s 35B:** Ins 2023 (513), Sch 1\[1\].
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> **s 35B:** Ins 2022 (520), Sch 2\[3\] (am 2023 (531), Sch 1\[8\]). Renumbered as sec 35BA, 2023 (662), Sch 1\[5\].