Part 1.2 Development proposals requiring
environmental impact
assessment
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1 proposal for construction of a transport corridor
including a major road, a dedicated bus way, a
railway, or a light rail corridor, on any land,
other than land in a future urban area or transport
and services zone, if the proposal is likely to
have a significant adverse environmental impact
on—
(a) air quality so as to be detrimental to the
health of people in an adjoining
residential, commercial or community
facility zone; or
(b) ambient noise or vibration so as to be
detrimental to the health of people in an
adjoining residential, commercial or
community facility zone
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2 proposal that involves—
(a) electricity transmission line
construction, including additions or
realignment works, exceeding 500m in
length, that are intended to carry
underground or above-ground
transmission lines with a voltage of
132kV or more; or
(b) a coal electricity generating station; or
(c) an electricity generating station (other
than a coal electricity generating station)
including gas, wind, hydroelectric,
geothermal, bio-material, solar power or
co-generation that is capable of
supplying—
(i) if the station generates
electricity from gas or gas and
another energy source—more
than 10MW of electrical power;
or
(ii) if the station generates
electricity from wind, solar,
hydro, biomass or geothermal
energy sources—more than
20MW of electrical power; or
(d) an electricity generating station if the
temperature of water released from the
station into a body of water (other than
an artificial body of water) is likely to
vary by more than 2°C from the ambient
temperature of the body of water; or
(e) a major electricity storage facility that is
capable of storing more than 150MW of
electrical power
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3 proposal for construction of a water storage
dam—
(a) that will be at least 15m high when
measured from the lowest point of the
general foundations to the crest of the
dam; or
(b) that will be at least 10m high when
measured from the lowest point of the
general foundations to the crest of the
dam if—
(i) the crest is not less than 500m
in length; or
(ii) the water storage capacity of
the reservoir formed by the
dam at normal operating level
is at least 1 000 000m3; or
(iii) the recommended design flood
discharge dealt with by the dam
is at least 2 000m3 per second
4 proposal for construction of a water storage
dam—
(a) in the river corridor zone under the
territory plan; or
(b) on a continuously flowing river in a
non-urban zone under the territory plan
5 proposal for construction of an airport or airfield
(other than a helicopter landing facility used
exclusively for emergency services purposes,
including medical evacuation, firefighting,
retrieval or rescue)
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6 proposal for construction of a wastewater
treatment plant (including a plant for the
treatment of sewage or other effluent) that—
(a) will be less than 1km from the boundary
of a residential block or residential unit
in a residential or commercial zone; or
(b) will be able to treat each day more
than—
(i) 2 500 people equivalent
capacity; or
(ii) 750kL; or
(c) will have capacity to store more than 1kt
of sewage, sludge or effluent; or
(d) will incinerate sewage or sewage
products; or
(e) will have a capacity to treat more than
100ML of wastewater (excluding
stormwater) each year; but
(f) is not—
(i) a plant for the treatment of
stormwater; or
(ii) a small-scale wastewater
treatment plant (including a
plant for the treatment of
sewage or other effluent); or
(iii) a residential on-site wastewater
treatment system (including a
septic tank)
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7 proposal for expansion of an existing wastewater
treatment plant (including a plant for the
treatment of sewage or other effluent) that—
(a) will increase the plant’s ability to treat
each day by more than—
(i) 2 500 people equivalent
capacity; or
(ii) 750kL; or
(b) will increase the plant’s capacity to store
sewage, sludge or effluent by more than
1kt; or
(c) will increase the plant’s capacity to treat
wastewater (excluding stormwater) by
more than 100ML each year; but
(d) is not—
(i) a plant for the treatment of
stormwater; or
(ii) a small-scale wastewater
treatment plant (including a
plant for the treatment of
sewage or other effluent); or
(iii) a residential on-site wastewater
treatment system (including a
septic tank)
8 proposal for construction of a petroleum storage
facility with a storage capacity greater than
500kL of petroleum products at 1 time
9 proposal for construction of a permanent venue
for the conduct of motor racing events
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10 proposal for beginning a use of land for a
commercial landfill facility, other than for the
disposal of virgin excavated natural material (or
other earth and rock fill that is inert waste) if—
(a) the intended capacity of the facility is
more than 5kt each year, or 20kt in total;
or
(b) the facility will be—
(i) in an area with a high water
table, highly permeable soils,
sodic soils or saline soils; or
(ii) less than 2km from the
boundary of a residential block
or residential unit in a
residential or commercial zone
11 proposal for expansion of an existing commercial
landfill facility, other than for the disposal of
virgin excavated natural material (or other earth
and rock fill that is inert waste) if the increased
capacity of the facility is more than 5kt each
year, or 20kt in total
12 proposal for the construction of a waste
management facility that is—
(a) an incineration facility for the
destruction by thermal oxidation of
waste including biological, veterinary,
medical, clinical, dental, quarantine and
city waste; or
(b) for the sterilisation of clinical waste; or
(c) for the storage, treatment, disposal,
processing, recycling, recovery, use or
reuse of regulated waste
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13 proposal for a waste transfer station or recycling
facility that sorts, consolidates or temporarily
stores solid waste (including city waste) for
transfer to another site for disposal, storage,
reprocessing, recycling, use or reuse, if the
transfer station—
(a) is intended to handle more than 30kt of
waste each year; or
(b) will be less than 1km from the boundary
of a residential block or residential unit
in a residential or commercial zone; but
(c) is not a small-scale waste management
facility, on or near a residential block or
near a residential unit, consisting of
wheelie bins, small hoppers, or other
small waste management bins or
enclosures for the use of people living
on the residential block or in the
residential unit
14 proposal for expansion of an existing waste
transfer station or recycling facility that sorts,
consolidates or temporarily stores solid waste
(including city waste) for transfer to another site
for disposal, storage, reprocessing, recycling, use
or reuse, if the transfer station—
(a) is intended to handle more than 30kt of
additional waste each year; but
(b) is not a small-scale waste management
facility, on or near a residential block or
near a residential unit, consisting of
wheelie bins, small hoppers, or other
small waste management bins or
enclosures for the use of people living
on the residential block or in the
residential unit
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15 proposal that involves storage of the placard
quantity of a schedule 11 hazardous chemical on
land, or in a building or other structure on land,
that is not mentioned in the Planning and
Development (Placard Quantity Premises)
List 2018 (NI2018-532) (repealed)
16 proposal that is likely to have a significant
adverse environmental impact on 1 or more of
the following:
(a) a critically endangered species;
(b) an endangered species;
(c) a vulnerable species;
(d) a conservation dependent species;
(e) a regionally threatened species;
(f) a regionally conservation dependent
species;
(g) a provisionally listed threatened species;
(h) a listed migratory species;
(i) a threatened ecological community;
(j) a protected native species;
(k) a Ramsar wetland;
(l) any other protected matter
17 proposal involving—
(a) the clearing of more than 0.5ha of native
vegetation in a native vegetation area,
other than on land in a future urban area;
or
(b) the clearing of more than 5.0ha of native
vegetation in a native vegetation area on
land in a future urban area
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18 proposal for development in a reserve, unless the
proposal is for minor public works to be carried
out by or for the Territory in accordance with a
minor public works code approved by the
conservator of flora and fauna under the Nature
Conservation Act 2014, section 318A
19 proposal that is likely to have a significant
adverse environmental impact on—
(a) a domestic water supply catchment; or
(b) an environmental value for a waterway
determined under the Water Resources
Act 2007, section 15A
20 proposal that is likely to result in
environmentally significant water extraction or
consumption, other than a proposal for an urban
lake, pond or retardation basin or a wastewater
reuse scheme—
(a) in an existing urban area or future urban
area; and
(b) that is designed in accordance with the
water-sensitive urban design
considerations under the territory plan
and design guides
21 proposal that is likely to have a significant
adverse environmental impact on the heritage
significance of a place or object registered under
the Heritage Act 2004, unless the proposal is the
demolition of a building that is affected
residential premises, and the heritage council has
approved a statement of heritage effect in
relation to the proposal
the heritage council
indicating that the
proposal is not likely to
have a significant adverse
environmental impact
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22 proposal, other than on land in an existing urban
area or a future urban area, with the potential to
adversely affect the integrity of a site where
significant environmental or ecological scientific
research is being conducted by a government
entity or university
23 proposal involving land included on the register
of contaminated sites under the Environment
Protection Act 1997
24 proposal for which the annual expected
greenhouse gas emissions from operating the
development is more than 1kt
25 proposal that is likely to result in a key
threatening process under the Nature
Conservation Act 2014