3Aims of Chapter

3 Aims of Chapter

3.1 Aims of Chapter

The aim of this Chapter is to facilitate the effective delivery of educational establishments and early education and care facilities across the State by—

(a) improving regulatory certainty and efficiency through a consistent planning regime for educational establishments and early education and care facilities, and

(b) simplifying and standardising planning approval pathways for educational establishments and early education and care facilities (including identifying certain development of minimal environmental impact as exempt development), and

(c) establishing consistent State-wide assessment requirements and design considerations for educational establishments and early education and care facilities to improve the quality of infrastructure delivered and to minimise impacts on surrounding areas, and

(d) allowing for the efficient development, redevelopment or use of surplus government-owned land (including providing for consultation with communities regarding educational establishments in their local area), and

(e) providing for consultation with relevant public authorities about certain development during the assessment process or prior to development commencing, and

(f) aligning the NSW planning framework with the National Quality Framework that regulates early education and care services, and

(g) ensuring that proponents of new developments or modified premises meet the applicable requirements of the National Quality Framework for early education and care services, and of the corresponding regime for State regulated education and care services, as part of the planning approval and development process, and

(h) encouraging proponents of new developments or modified premises and consent authorities to facilitate the joint and shared use of the facilities of educational establishments with the community through appropriate design.