Section 7 - State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021 - Extractive industries

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7 Extractive industries

(1) Development for the purpose of extractive industry that—

(a) extracts more than 500,000 tonnes of extractive materials per year, or

(b) extracts from a total resource (the subject of the development application) of more than 5 million tonnes, or

(c) extracts from an environmentally sensitive area of State significance.

(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to extraction—

(a) by a public authority in maintenance dredging of a tidal waterway, or

(b) in maintenance dredging of oyster lease areas, or adjacent areas, in Wallis Lake.

(3) Development for the purpose of extractive industry related works (including processing plants, water management systems, or facilities for storage, loading or transporting any construction material or waste material) that—

(a) is ancillary to or an extension of another State significant development project, or

(b) has an estimated development cost of more than $30 million.

(4) This section does not apply to development for the purpose of extractive industry or extractive industry related works that is part of a single proposed development if any other part of the development is State significant infrastructure.

(5) This section does not apply to development specified in Schedule 1 to State Environmental Planning Policy (Mining, Petroleum Production and Extractive Industries) 2007.