New South Wales regulation

State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021

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Jurisdiction

New South Wales

Act Number

722 of 2021

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Establishes a single State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) that sets rules for protecting biodiversity, controlling clearing of vegetation in non-rural areas, managing koala habitat, and regulating development in sensitive waterways and catchments across NSW. (see Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13)
Makes clearing native vegetation in many non-rural areas subject to either: a local council permit (for vegetation declared in a council development control plan) or an approval from the Native Vegetation Panel when clearing exceeds the biodiversity offsets threshold. Clearing without the required permit/approval is prohibited (s 2.6, s 2.10, s 2.14). A biodiversity development assessment report is required for Panel approvals and retirement of biodiversity credits is usually compulsory before clearing can occur (s 2.15).
Requires survey, plans and approvals for areas used by koalas: councils must check whether land is potential koala habitat and, if so, whether it is core koala habitat; development on core koala habitat is only possible where an approved koala plan of management exists and consent is consistent with that plan (Chapters 3 and 4: ss 3.6–3.8, 4.11–4.14).
Introduces mapped zones and rules for Sydney Harbour foreshore & waterways (Foreshores and Waterways Area), the River Murray riverine land, and regulated water catchments (including the Sydney Drinking Water Catchment). These parts set specific development controls, consultation requirements and, for the Sydney catchment, a ‘neutral or beneficial effect’ (NorBE) test and mandatory concurrence from the water Regulatory Authority for many consents (Part 5; Part 6, ss 6.58–6.64).

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Direct links to the current provisions in State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021.

Name of Policy

1 Name of Policy

1.1 Name of Policy

This Policy is State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021.

Part 2

Preliminary

Part 2 Preliminary

Part 2.1 Preliminary

Aims of Chapter

2 Aims of Chapter

2.1 Aims of Chapter

The aims of this Chapter are—

(a) to protect the biodiversity values of trees and other vegetation in non-rural areas of the State, and

(b) to preserve the amenity of non-rural areas of the State through the preservation of trees and other vegetation.

Division 1

Preliminary

Division 1 Preliminary

Division 2

Clearing in Zones R5, C2, C3 and C4

Division 2 Clearing in Zones R5, C2, C3 and C4

pt 2.5, div 2, hdg: An 2024 (42), Sch 1.38[6].

Division 3

Clearing in Zones R5, C3 and C4

Division 3 Clearing in Zones R5, C3 and C4

pt 2.5, div 3, hdg: Am 2024 (42), Sch 1.38[11].

Part 3

Preliminary

Part 3 Preliminary

Part 3.1 Preliminary

Aims of Chapter

3 Aims of Chapter

3.1 Aims of Chapter

This Chapter aims to encourage the proper conservation and management of areas of natural vegetation that provide habitat for koalas to ensure a permanent free-living population over their present range and reverse the current trend of koala population decline—

(a) by requiring the preparation of plans of management before development consent can be granted in relation to areas of core koala habitat, and

(b) by encouraging the identification of areas of core koala habitat, and

(c) by encouraging the inclusion of areas of core koala habitat in conservation zones.

s 3.1: Am 2024 (42), Sch 1.38[13].

Part 4

Preliminary

Part 4 Preliminary

Part 4.1 Preliminary

Aim of Chapter

4 Aim of Chapter

4.1 Aim of Chapter

This Chapter aims to encourage the conservation and management of areas of natural vegetation that provide habitat for koalas to support a permanent free-living population over their present range and reverse the current trend of koala population decline.

Editorial note.

Guidelines are being made by the Planning Secretary with the agreement of the Secretary of Regional NSW for the purposes of Parts 4.2 and 4.3 of this Chapter. When the Guidelines are made this Chapter is to be amended to incorporate references to the Guidelines.

Part 5

Introduction

Part 5 Introduction

Part 5.1 Introduction

Aims of this Chapter

5 Aims of this Chapter

5.1 Aims of this Chapter

The aims of this Chapter are to conserve and enhance the riverine environment of the River Murray for the benefit of all users.

Part 6

Preliminary

Part 6 Preliminary

Part 6.1 Preliminary

pt 6.1: Ins 2022 (629), Sch 1[1].

Land to which Chapter applies

6 Land to which Chapter applies

6.1 Land to which Chapter applies

This Chapter applies to land in the following catchments—

(a) the Sydney Drinking Water Catchment,

(b) the Sydney Harbour Catchment,

(c) the Georges River Catchment,

(d) the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment.

s 6.1: Subst 2022 (629), Sch 1[1].

Division 4

Controls on development for specific purposes

Division 4 Controls on development for specific purposes

pt 6.2, div 4: Ins 2022 (629), Sch 1[1].

Division 5

Strategic foreshore sites

Division 5 Strategic foreshore sites

pt 6.3, div 5: Ins 2022 (629), Sch 1[1].

Part 13

Preliminary

Part 13 Preliminary

Part 13.1 Preliminary

pt 13.1: Ins 2022 (461), Sch 1[2].

Land to which Chapter applies

13 Land to which Chapter applies

13.1 Land to which Chapter applies

(1) This Chapter applies to land shown on the Land Application Map.

(2) This Chapter does not apply to land subject to a claim lodged in accordance with the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, section 36.

(3) Parts 13.3 and 13.4 do not apply to land acquired or reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

s 13.1: Ins 2022 (461), Sch 1[2].

Schedule 1

Feed tree species—Chapter 3

Schedule 1 Feed tree species—Chapter 3

section 3.2

sch 1, hdg: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[2].

Schedule 2

Local government areas—Chapters 3 and 4

Schedule 2 Local government areas—Chapters 3 and 4

sections 3.3(1) and 4.4(1)

sch 2, hdg: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[3]; 2024 (42), Sch 1.38[17].

sch 2: Am 2024 (42), Sch 1.38[18].

Schedule 3

Koala use tree species—Chapter 4

Schedule 3 Koala use tree species—Chapter 4

(section 4.9)

sch 3, hdg: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[5].

Central and Southern Tablelands koala management area

Central Coast koala management area

Darling Riverine Plains koala management area

Far West koala management area

North Coast koala management area

Northwest Slopes koala management area

Northern Tablelands koala management area

Riverina koala management area

South Coast koala management area

sch 3: Am 2026 (79), Sch 1[46].

Schedule 4

Dictionary for Chapter 5

Schedule 4 Dictionary for Chapter 5

(section 5.5)

bank means a change of slope that defines the extent of the bed of the River Murray.

bed means the land which contains the River Murray, including that which is alternately inundated or left bare from a rise or fall in the supply of water, but does not include any land inundated only in time of flood.

consent authority means the Council for the local government area in which the proposed development is to be carried out.

flood liable land means land identified on the map as flood liable land.

hazardous industry means an industry which, when in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the industry from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), would pose a significant risk in relation to the locality—

(a) to human health, life or property, or

(b) to the biophysical environment.

hazardous storage establishment means any establishment where goods, materials or products are stored which, when in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the establishment from existing or likely future development on the other land in the locality), would pose a significant risk in relation to the locality—

(a) to human health, life or property, or

(b) to the biophysical environment.

offensive industry means an industry which, when in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the industry from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), would emit a polluting discharge (for example, noise) in a manner which would have a significant adverse impact in the locality or on the existing or likely future development on other land in the locality.

offensive storage establishment means any establishment where goods, materials or products are stored which, when in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the establishment from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), would emit a polluting discharge (including, for example, noise) in a manner which would have a significant adverse impact in the locality or on the existing or likely future development on other land in the locality.

potentially hazardous industry means an industry which, if it were to operate without employing any measures (including, for example, measures to isolate the industry from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality) to reduce or minimise its impact in the locality or on the existing or likely future development on other land, would pose a significant risk in relation to the locality—

(a) to human health, life or property, or

(b) to the biophysical environment,

and includes a hazardous industry and the use of a hazardous storage establishment.

potentially offensive industry means an industry which, if it were to operate without employing any measures (including, for example, measures to isolate the industry from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality) to reduce or minimise its impact in the locality or on the existing or likely future development on other land, would emit a polluting discharge (for example, noise) in a manner which would have a significant adverse impact in the locality or on the existing or likely future development on other land, and includes an offensive industry and the use of an offensive storage establishment.

public authority means a public or local authority constituted by or under any Act, a Government department or a statutory body representing the Crown, and includes a person exercising functions on behalf of that authority, Department or body and also includes a public or local authority constituted under any Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, Victoria or South Australia, a government department of the Commonwealth, Victoria or South Australia, a statutory body representing the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, Victoria or South Australia and a person exercising functions on behalf of any such authority, department or body.

River Management Plan means any development control plan, plan of management, study, strategy, guideline or the like, which has undergone a public participation process, which is consistent with the aims, objectives and principles of this Chapter and which is endorsed by the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.

the map means the Murray Regional Environmental Plan No 2—Riverine Land Map.

sch 4: Am 2026 (79), Sch 1[47]–[50].

Schedule 5

Sydney Harbour heritage items for Chapter 6

Schedule 5 Sydney Harbour heritage items for Chapter 6

Schedule 6, definition of “heritage item”

Note—

The word “State” in the column headed “Significance” identifies items listed on the State Heritage Register that have been assessed in a relevant heritage study as being of State heritage significance or are listed in a register kept under the Heritage Act 1977, section 170.

sch 5: Subst 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

Schedule 6

Dictionary for Chapter 6

Schedule 6 Dictionary for Chapter 6

section 6.2

sch 6, hdg: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[6]. Subst 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

Aboriginal place of heritage significance means—

(a) an area of land that is the site of 1 or more Aboriginal objects or a place that has the physical remains of pre-European occupation by, or is of contemporary significance to, the Aboriginal people, being an area that may, but need not, include items and remnants of the occupation of the land by Aboriginal people, such as burial places, engraving sites, rock art, midden deposits, scarred and sacred trees and sharpening grooves, or

(b) an area of land that is a natural Aboriginal sacred site or other sacred feature, being an area that includes natural features such as creeks or mountains of long-standing cultural significance, as well as initiation, ceremonial or story places or areas of more contemporary cultural significance, or

(c) a place described as an Aboriginal place of heritage significance in an inventory kept by the Department, including an inventory kept by the Department under Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005 before its repeal.

above-water boat lift means a device used for lifting or steering a vessel out of water to store the vessel above water, but does not include a device that forms part of a commercial marina.

aid to navigation means a buoy, sign, light or other structure, whether located wholly on land, wholly on the zoned waterway or partly on land and partly on the zoned waterway, that is designed to assist the safe and efficient movement of vessels on the zoned waterway.

appropriate authority, for Part 6.3, Division 5—see section 6.44.

aquatic ecology means the interaction between organisms and the biotic and abiotic components of a waterway.

aquatic reserve has the same meaning as in the Marine Estate Management Act 2014.

aviation facility means an area of the zoned waterway set aside, or a structure provided, for the purposes of aircraft landing or taking off.

boat building and repair facility means a facility, including a building or other structure, used primarily for the construction, maintenance or repair of boats, whether or not including the storage, sale or hire of boats, but does not include a commercial marina or boat shed.

boat launching ramp means a structure, designed primarily for the launching of trailer-borne recreational vessels, that is generally available for public use, and includes associated car parking facilities.

boat lift means a device used for lifting or steering a vessel out of water, but does not include an above-water boat lift or a device that forms part of a boat building and repair facility or a commercial marina.

boat storage facility includes—

(a) a commercial marina, and

(b) a boat shed, and

(c) a floating boat platform, and

(d) a boat building and repair facility that includes the storage of boats.

charter and tourism boating facility means a facility, including a building or other structure, used for charter boating or tourism boating purposes, being a facility that is used only by the operators of the facility and that has a direct structural connection between the foreshore and the waterway, but does not include a commercial marina.

commercial marina means a marina within the meaning of the Standard Instrument, other than a private marina.

commercial port facility means a structure—

(a) used in connection with the carrying of goods or persons by water from 1 port to another for business or commercial purposes, and

(b) with a direct structural connection between the foreshore and the zoned waterway.

demolish, in relation to an item, means wholly or partly destroy, dismantle or deface the item.

dredging means the removal of material from the sea, harbour bed or bed of a river for the purposes of constructing a new or deeper navigational area or channel or reopening a discontinued navigational area or channel, but does not include intertidal dredging or maintenance dredging.

ecological community has the same meaning as in the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

floating boat platform—

(a) means a portable floating platform that—

(i) is constructed from lightweight materials, and

(ii) does not have a roof, and

(iii) is secured to a mooring pen or private landing facility, and

(iv) is used to store, above the water line, a single vessel not more than 6m in length, and

(b) does not include a private marina.

flood liable land, for Part 6.2—see section 6.5.

flora and fauna enclosure means a net or other structure used for the purposes of protecting or encouraging the growth of flora and fauna, including a structure used for the observation of flora and fauna or for the maintenance of the net or other structure.

foreshore includes land with a water frontage and land that is separated from the waterfront by a public reserve, road or open space.

Foreshores and Waterways Area means the area identified as the Foreshores and Waterways Area on the Foreshores and Waterways Area Map.

Foreshores and Waterways Area Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021 Sydney Harbour Foreshores and Waterways Area Map.

general restoration works means works carried out for the purposes of restoring or enhancing the natural values of a foreshore or waterway.

Georges River Catchment means the water catchment identified as the Georges River Catchment on the Georges River Catchment Map.

Georges River Catchment Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021 Georges River Catchment Map.

Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment means the water catchment identified as the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment on the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Map.

Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021 Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Map.

Hawkesbury-Nepean conservation area sub-catchment means the following sub-catchments identified on the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Map—

(a) the Colo River sub-catchment,

(b) the Glenbrook and Erskine Creek sub-catchment,

(c) the Grose River sub-catchment,

(d) the Macdonald River sub-catchment,

(e) the Webbs Creek sub-catchment.

heritage development, for Part 6.4—see section 6.52.

heritage item means—

(a) a building, work, archaeological site or other site or place described in Schedule 5 and identified on the Heritage Map, and

(b) an Aboriginal place of heritage significance.

Heritage Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021 Sydney Harbour Heritage Map.

houseboat means a vessel or structure that floats on, or is fixed in, the zoned waterway and is used for the purposes of providing permanent residential accommodation.

intertidal dredging means the removal of material from the sea, harbour bed or bed of a river in the intertidal zone, but does not include maintenance dredging.

intertidal zone means the area between—

(a) the zero tide, namely the water mark corresponding to a tide measuring zero on the Fort Denison Tide Gauge, or -0.925m Australian Height Datum, and

(b) the highest astronomical tide, namely the water mark corresponding to a tide measuring 2.1m above zero on the Fort Denison Tide Gauge, or 1.175m Australian Height Datum.

local government area means an area within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993.

maintenance dredging means removal of material from the sea, harbour bed or bed of a river for the purposes of maintaining the previously established harbour or river depth.

manufactured home estate has the same meaning as in State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021, Schedule 7.

master plan, for Part 6.3, Division 5—see section 6.44.

mean high water mark means the position where the plane of the mean high water level of all ordinary local high tides intersects the foreshore and is taken, for Part 6.3, to be 1.48m above zero on the Fort Denison Tide Gauge or 0.555m Australian Height Datum.

mooring pen means a mooring pen within the meaning of the Standard Instrument that is used for the purposes of the permanent berthing of a vessel.

naval activities means activities carried out by or on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy within the meaning of the Defence Act 1903 of the Commonwealth, section 18.

NorBE Guideline, for Part 6.5—see section 6.59.

NorBE Tool, for Part 6.5—see section 6.59.

private landing facility means a structure, including a wharf, jetty or pontoon, that is used to enable passengers to embark or disembark a vessel or to load or unload goods and is not generally available for public use, but does not include a facility associated with a commercial or private marina.

private landing steps means steps that are used for launching and retrieving vessels and are not generally available for public use, but does not include private landing facilities or a facility associated with a commercial or private marina.

private marina means an apparatus or structure located on or in a waterway that—

(a) is used for restraining 2 or more vessels, and

(b) is privately owned and not available for public use.

private swimming enclosure means a net or other structure, other than a public water recreational facility, that is placed in the zoned waterway for the purposes of providing a protected swimming area and is not available for public use.

public boardwalk means a decked structure, supported by piers or piles, providing public pedestrian access extending over or beyond the intertidal zone, but does not include a structure intended to provide direct access to a vessel.

public water recreational facility means a waterfront structure primarily used for public recreation and may include a pier, wharf or boat launching ramp.

public water transport facility means a structure used primarily in connection with transporting the public by water.

reclamation work means work involving—

(a) the filling or draining of submerged land for the purposes of reclaiming the land, or

(b) the filling of submerged land for the purposes of supporting a building or structure, including a bridge, being erected over the land.

recreational or club facility means a building or place used exclusively for sporting or leisure activities, whether operated for gain or not.

regulated catchment means the following—

(a) the Sydney Drinking Water Catchment,

(b) the Sydney Harbour Catchment,

(c) the Georges River Catchment,

(d) the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment.

Regulatory Authority, for Part 6.5—see section 6.59.

riparian vegetation, for Part 6.2—see section 6.5.

Riverine Scenic Area means an area identified on the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021 Hawkesbury-Nepean Riverine Scenic Area Map as—

(a) an area of local significance, or

(b) an area of regional significance, or

(c) an area of significance beyond the region.

Rocky Foreshores and Significant Seagrasses Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021 Sydney Harbour Rocky Foreshores and Significant Seagrasses Map.

seabed clearance means the distance to the seabed from the underside of a floating boat platform.

seagrass has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management Act 1994, section 205.

short-term rental accommodation has the same meaning as in State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021, Chapter 3, Part 6.

single mooring means an apparatus or structure located on or in the zoned waterway and designed, constructed or used for restraining a single vessel, but does not include a mooring pen or a facility associated with a commercial marina.

skid means an inclined ramp used for the manual launching of small craft, but does not include a slipway.

slipway means a structure, usually in the form of 2 supported parallel rails on which a wheeled cradle is run, to draw a vessel out of the water for maintenance and repair, other than a structure that forms part of a boat building and repair facility or a commercial marina.

Special Purposes (Commercial Marinas and Boat Building and Repair Facilities) Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021 Sydney Harbour Special Purposes (Commercial Marinas and Boat Building and Repair Facilities) Map.

Standard Instrument means the standard instrument prescribed by the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006.

strategic foreshore site, for Part 6.3, Division 5—see section 6.44.

Strategic Foreshore Sites Map, for Part 6.3, Division 5—see section 6.44.

Sydney Drinking Water Catchment or Sydney drinking water catchment means the water catchment declared by section 6.60.

Sydney Harbour Catchment means the water catchment identified as the Sydney Harbour Catchment on the Sydney Harbour Catchment Map.

Sydney Harbour Catchment Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021 Sydney Harbour Catchment Map.

tourist facility means a building or place, including a hotel or motel but not including a caravan park, that is used by tourists or holiday-makers for the purposes of holiday accommodation, sport or recreation, and includes—

(a) shops attached to or incorporated within the building or located at the place, and

(b) other facilities serving the needs of tourists and holiday-makers using the building or place.

TfNSW means Transport for NSW constituted under the Transport Administration Act 1988.

view includes a night view.

water-based restaurant and entertainment facility means a vessel or structure that—

(a) floats on, or is fixed in, the zoned waterway, and

(b) is used as a club or restaurant or for entertainment on a commercial basis, and

(c) has a direct structural connection between the foreshore and the zoned waterway.

waterfront access stairs means stairs or a ramp used for pedestrian access to the foreshore, but does not include stairs or a ramp used for launching vessels or for providing direct access to a vessel on the zoned waterway.

zoned waterway means the part of the Foreshores and Waterways Area in Zone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.

sch 6: Subst 2022 (629), Sch 1[2]. Am 2023 (458), Sch 3.1[2]; 2026 (79), Sch 1[51]–[56].

Schedule 7

Schedules 7–14 (Repealed)

sch 7, hdg: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[7]. Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 7: Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 8: Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 9, hdg: Subst 2022 (248), Sch 2[8]. Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 9: Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 10, hdg: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[9]. Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 10: Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 11, hdg: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[10]. Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 11: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[11]. Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 12: Am 2022 (248), Sch 2[12]. Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 13: Rep 2022 (629), Sch 1[2].

sch 14: Rep 2021 (722), Sch 14.

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1 Name of Policy

1.1 Name of Policy

This Policy is State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021.

1 Commencement

1.2 Commencement

This Policy commences on 1 March 2022 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

1 Definitions

1.3 Definitions

In this Policy—

the Act means the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

Note—

The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Policy.

1 Transferred provisions

1.4 Transferred provisions

The Interpretation Act 1987, section 30A is taken to apply to the provisions transferred to this Policy on the commencement of this Policy in the same way as it applies to provisions transferred from a statutory rule to another statutory rule.

Note—

The Interpretation Act 1987, section 30A provides—

(a) the transfer of a provision does not affect the operation or meaning of the provision, and

(b) a transferred provision is to be construed as if it had not been transferred.

Part 2 Preliminary

Part 2.1 Preliminary

2 Aims of Chapter

2.1 Aims of Chapter

The aims of this Chapter are—

(a) to protect the biodiversity values of trees and other vegetation in non-rural areas of the State, and

(b) to preserve the amenity of non-rural areas of the State through the preservation of trees and other vegetation.

2 Definitions

2.2 Definitions

(1) In this Chapter—

Allowable Clearing Map means the .

Deep dive

Current sections

Name of Policy

1 Name of Policy

Preliminary

Part 2 Preliminary

Aims of Chapter

2 Aims of Chapter

Preliminary

Division 1 Preliminary

Clearing in Zones R5, C2, C3 and C4

Division 2 Clearing in Zones R5, C2, C3 and C4

Clearing in Zones R5, C3 and C4

Division 3 Clearing in Zones R5, C3 and C4

Preliminary

Part 3 Preliminary

Aims of Chapter

3 Aims of Chapter

Preliminary

Part 4 Preliminary

Aim of Chapter

4 Aim of Chapter

Introduction

Part 5 Introduction

Aims of this Chapter

5 Aims of this Chapter

Preliminary

Part 6 Preliminary

Land to which Chapter applies

6 Land to which Chapter applies

Controls on development for specific purposes

Division 4 Controls on development for specific purposes

Strategic foreshore sites

Division 5 Strategic foreshore sites

Preliminary

Part 13 Preliminary

Land to which Chapter applies

13 Land to which Chapter applies

Feed tree species—Chapter 3

Schedule 1 Feed tree species—Chapter 3

Local government areas—Chapters 3 and 4

Schedule 2 Local government areas—Chapters 3 and 4

Koala use tree species—Chapter 4

Schedule 3 Koala use tree species—Chapter 4

Dictionary for Chapter 5

Schedule 4 Dictionary for Chapter 5

Sydney Harbour heritage items for Chapter 6

Schedule 5 Sydney Harbour heritage items for Chapter 6

Dictionary for Chapter 6

Schedule 6 Dictionary for Chapter 6

Schedule 7

Source text: opening excerpt

1 Name of Policy

1 Name of Policy

1 Commencement

1 Commencement

1 Definitions

1 Definitions

1 Transferred provisions

1 Transferred provisions

Part 2 Preliminary

Part 2 Preliminary

2 Aims of Chapter

2 Aims of Chapter

2 Definitions

2 Definitions

2 Land to which Chapter applies

2 Land to which Chapter applies

2 Relationship to other planning instruments

2 Relationship to other planning instruments

2 Maps

2 Maps

Part 2 Clearing vegetation in non-rural areas

Part 2 Clearing vegetation in non-rural areas

2 Clearing that requires permit or approval

2 Clearing that requires permit or approval

2 Clearing that does not require permit or approval

2 Clearing that does not require permit or approval

2 Clearing permitted without development consent

2 Clearing permitted without development consent