Planning Regulation 2017
sec.51ACriteria for declaring application for State facilitated development— Act , s 106D
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sec.51A Criteria for declaring application for State facilitated development— Act , s 106D
For section 106D (2) (b) of the Act , the following criteria are prescribed— the development the subject of the relevant application must be for predominantly residential development; the application must comply with either of the following— the premises the subject of the application are completely within a zone supporting residential development; the premises the subject of the application are not within an environmental zone or a limited development zone, and the Minister is satisfied the premises are or can be readily serviced by infrastructure for the development. In this section— environmental zone means— any of the following zones stated in schedule 2 — environmental management and conservation zone; conservation zone; environmental management zone; or a zone, other than a zone stated in schedule 2 , that is of a substantially similar type to a zone stated in paragraph (a) . limited development zone means— the limited development zone stated in schedule 2 ; or a zone, other than a zone stated in schedule 2 , that is of a substantially similar type to a zone stated in paragraph (a) . zone supporting residential development means— any of the following zones stated in schedule 2 — general residential zone, low density residential zone, low-medium density residential zone, medium density residential zone, high density residential zone or character residential zone; centre zone, neighbourhood centre zone, local centre zone, district centre zone, major centre zone or principal centre zone; mixed use zone; specialised centre zone; or a zone, other than a zone stated in schedule 2 , that is of a substantially similar type to a zone stated in paragraph (a) . s 51A ins 2024 SL No. 123 s 16 amd 2026 SL No. 23 s 3 (sec.51A-ssec.1) For section 106D (2) (b) of the Act , the following criteria are prescribed— the development the subject of the relevant application must be for predominantly residential development; the application must comply with either of the following— the premises the subject of the application are completely within a zone supporting residential development; the premises the subject of the application are not within an environmental zone or a limited development zone, and the Minister is satisfied the premises are or can be readily serviced by infrastructure for the development. (sec.51A-ssec.2) In this section— environmental zone means— any of the following zones stated in schedule 2 — environmental management and conservation zone; conservation zone; environmental management zone; or a zone, other than a zone stated in schedule 2 , that is of a substantially similar type to a zone stated in paragraph (a) . limited development zone means— the limited development zone stated in schedule 2 ; or a zone, other than a zone stated in schedule 2 , that is of a substantially similar type to a zone stated in paragraph (a) . zone supporting residential development means— any of the following zones stated in schedule 2 — general residential zone, low density residential zone, low-medium density residential zone, medium density residential zone, high density residential zone or character residential zone; centre zone, neighbourhood centre zone, local centre zone, district centre zone, major centre zone or principal centre zone; mixed use zone; specialised centre zone; or a zone, other than a zone stated in schedule 2 , that is of a substantially similar type to a zone stated in paragraph (a) .