22BRemediation of contaminated land

22B Remediation of contaminated land

22B Remediation of contaminated land

(1) This clause applies to any development on contaminated land.

(2) Consent must not be granted for development to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied—

(a) that the land is suitable in its contaminated state (or will be suitable, after remediation) for the purpose for which the development is proposed to be carried out, and

(b) if the land requires remediation to be made suitable for that purpose, that the land will be remediated before the land is used for that purpose.

(3) Nothing in this clause affects the application of State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021, Chapter 4 to land to which this plan applies.

cl 22B: Ins 2010 (20), Sch 1 [8]. Am 2022 (72), Sch 1.20.