Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021
35DEnergy and water use for large commercial development under Sustainable Buildings SEPP
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35D Energy and water use for large commercial development under Sustainable Buildings SEPP
35D Energy and water use for large commercial development under Sustainable Buildings SEPP
(1) This section applies to a development application for large commercial development.
(2) The development application must be accompanied by a copy of a NABERS commitment agreement that demonstrates the development is capable of achieving the standards for energy and water use specified in State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022, Schedule 3.
(3) The development application must identify the method under Section J of the Building Code of Australia that will be used to demonstrate the development is capable of achieving the standards for energy use specified in State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022, Schedule 3.
(4) Subsection (2), to the extent it relates to energy use, and subsection (3) do not apply to large commercial development on land to which the following local environmental plans apply—
(b) Sydney Local Environmental Plan (Green Square Town Centre) 2013,
(c) Sydney Local Environmental Plan (Green Square Town Centre—Stage 2) 2013.
(5) Despite subsection (4), subsections (2) and (3) apply to large commercial development to the extent that the development relates to prescribed serviced apartments.
s 35D: Ins 2022 (520), Sch 2[3] (am 2023 (531), Sch 1[11] [12]).