Item 6 Planning Report-1.2 · MCU22/0094

5. REFERRAL AGENCIES
SARA delivers a coordinated, whole-of-government approach to the State's           The SDAP contains twenty-four (24) State codes, all of which are set out in a
assessment of development applications and relates to development                  performance-based code format requiring applicants to address specific criteria.
applications where a State agency has jurisdiction. In determining whether a
development application requires referral to SARA or ‘other persons’, the
                                                                                   5.2. REFERRALS AND STATE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT
proposed development must be assessed against Schedule 9 and/or Schedule 10
of the Planning Regulation.                                                               PROVISIONS
                                                                                   Based on a review of Schedules 9 and 10 of the PR and the SDAP, the referral
Upon review, it is determined that the proposed development will trigger a         requirements set out in Table K below apply.
referral to Energex. However, no state referrals will be required, and therefore
                                                                                    Table K: Referral Requirements
no further assessment is required against the SDAP.
                                                                                       Referral Trigger Reference        Aspect of Development               Referral Agency
                                                                                    Schedule 10, Part 9, Division 2,   Material Change of Use of       The chief executive of the
5.1. STATE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT PROVISIONS                                        Table 2                            premises near a substation      distribution   entity      or
                                                                                                                       site   or   subject   to   an   transmission            entity
The SDAP provide assessment benchmarks for assessment of development                                                   easement.                       (Energex).
applications where the Chief Executive is the assessment manager or a referral
agency. Matters of state interest contained within the SDAP can be broadly
categorised into two types of interests:
§   Interests with the potential to impact on development (e.g. state-controlled
    roads); and
§   Interests that must be protected from the impacts of development (e.g.
    marine plants).




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