17Social impact assessment

17 Social impact assessment

17 Social impact assessment

(1) Objective

• to ensure proper consideration of development that may have a significant social or economic impact.

(2) Where the consent authority considers that a proposed development is likely to have a significant social or economic impact in the locality or in the local government area of Tweed, the consent authority may grant consent to the proposed development only if it has considered a socio-economic impact statement in respect of the proposed development.

(3) The socio-economic impact statement that the consent authority considers must do at least the following—

(a) identify the likely future impacts of the development on the affected community,

(b) analyse the impacts in terms of magnitude, significance, duration, effect on current and future conditions and community services, and the like,

(c) determine if the impacts will cause a loss of amenity within the locality due to a net reduction in community services and facilities,

(d) determine and assess possible measures for the management or mitigation of likely impacts.

cl 17: Am 15.10.2004.