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#### 164 Land to which chapter applies
164 Land to which chapter applies
> > (1) This chapter applies to the whole of the State, other than the following—
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> > > (a) bush fire prone land,
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> > > (b) land identified as a coastal vulnerability area or a coastal wetlands and littoral rainforests area within the meaning of [State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0730), Chapter 2,
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> > > (c) land to which Chapter 5 applies,
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> > > (d) land that is a heritage item or on which a heritage item is located,
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> > > (e) the following local government areas—
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> > > > (i) Bathurst Regional,
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> > > > (ii) City of Blue Mountains,
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> > > > (iii) City of Hawkesbury,
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> > > > (iv) Wollondilly,
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> > > (f) flood prone land in the Georges River Catchment and Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment under [State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0722), Chapter 6,
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> > > (g) land in a flood planning area in the following local government areas—
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> > > > (i) Armidale Regional,
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> > > > (ii) Ballina,
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> > > > (iii) Bellingen,
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> > > > (iv) Byron,
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> > > > (v) City of Cessnock,
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> > > > (vi) Clarence Valley,
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> > > > (vii) City of Coffs Harbour,
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> > > > (viii) Dungog,
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> > > > (ix) Goulburn Mulwaree,
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> > > > (x) Kempsey,
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> > > > (xi) Kyogle,
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> > > > (xii) City of Lismore,
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> > > > (xiii) City of Maitland,
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> > > > (xiv) Nambucca Valley,
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> > > > (xv) City of Newcastle,
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> > > > (xvi) Port Stephens,
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> > > > (xvii) Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional,
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> > > > (xviii) Richmond Valley,
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> > > > (xix) City of Shoalhaven,
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> > > > (xx) Singleton,
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> > > > (xxi) Tweed,
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> > > > (xxii) Upper Hunter Shire,
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> > > > (xxiii) Walcha,
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> > > (h) land in an ANEF contour of 25 or greater or ANEC contour of 20 or greater,
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> > > (i) land within 200m of a relevant pipeline within the meaning of [State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0732), section 2.77,
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> > > (j) (Repealed)
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> > > (k) land within 800m of a public entrance to a railway, metro or light rail station listed in Schedule 12,
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> > > (l) land identified as “Accelerated TOD Precinct” on the [Accelerated Transport Oriented Development Precincts Rezoning Areas Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/state-environmental-planning-policy-housing-2021),
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> > > (m) land identified as “exclusion area” on the [Low and Mid Rise Housing Exclusion Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/state-environmental-planning-policy-housing-2021).
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> > (2) (Repealed)
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > ANEC contour has the same meaning as in [State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts—Western Parkland City) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0728), section 4.17.
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> > ANEF contour has the same meaning as in [State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572).
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> > flood planning area has the same meaning as in the Flood Risk Management Manual.
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> **s 164:** Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1\[3\]. Am 2025 (291), Sch 1\[26\]; 2025 (619), Sch 2\[2\] \[3\]; 2026 (33), Sch 2\[3\].