Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2005
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3 Consent authority
3 Consent authority
Except as provided otherwise by the Act, the consent authority for development applications relating to land to which this plan applies is—
(a) the Council, or
(b) if the development concerned is major development within the meaning of Part 4 of the City of Sydney Act 1988—the Central Sydney Planning Committee.
Note.
The Minister is the consent authority for any development requiring consent under Part 4 of the Act that, in the opinion of the Minister, is of a kind described in Schedule 6 to State Environmental Planning Policy (Major Projects) 2005. The approval of the Minister may also be required for the carrying out of development referred to in Part 3A of the Act (Major infrastructure and other projects).