State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021
23Waste and resource management facilities
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 23
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021.
23 Waste and resource management facilities
23 Waste and resource management facilities
(1) Development for the purpose of regional putrescible landfills or an extension to a regional putrescible landfill that—
(a) has a capacity to receive more than 75,000 tonnes per year of putrescible waste, or
(b) has a capacity to receive more than 650,000 tonnes of putrescible waste over the life of the site, or
(c) is located in an environmentally sensitive area of State significance.
(2) Development for the purpose of waste or resource transfer stations in metropolitan areas of the Sydney region that handle more than 100,000 tonnes per year of waste.
(3) Development for the purpose of resource recovery or recycling facilities that handle more than 100,000 tonnes per year of waste.
(4) Development for the purpose of waste incineration that handles more than 1,000 tonnes per year of waste.
(5) Development for the purpose of hazardous waste facilities that transfer, store or dispose of solid or liquid waste classified in the Australian Dangerous Goods Code or medical, cytotoxic or quarantine waste that handles more than 1,000 tonnes per year of waste.
(6) Development for the purpose of any other liquid waste depot that treats, stores or disposes of industrial liquid waste and—
(a) handles more than 10,000 tonnes per year of liquid food or grease trap waste, or
(b) handles more than 1,000 tonnes per year of other aqueous or non-aqueous liquid industrial waste.