Town Planning Report · MCU23/0078

5. REFERRAL AGENCIES
SARA delivers a coordinated, whole-of-government approach to the State's
                                                                                     5.2. REFERRALS AND STATE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT
assessment of development applications and relates to development
applications where a State agency has jurisdiction. In determining whether a                PROVISIONS
development application requires referral to SARA or ‘other persons’, the            Based on a review of Schedules 9 and 10 of the PR and the SDAP, the referral
proposed development must be assessed against Schedule 9 and/or Schedule 10          requirements set out in Table L below apply.
of the Planning Regulation.
                                                                                      Table L: Referral Requirements
Upon review, it is determined that the proposed development will trigger two          Referral Trigger Reference      Aspect of Development         Referral Agency
(2) referrals. The referral requirements are outlined in Table L. It is noted that    Schedule 10, Part 9, Division   Material Change of Use        The chief executive of the
the referrals require that further assessment is taken against relevant matters.      2, Table 2                      of    premises    near   a    distribution      entity   or
                                                                                                                      substation site or subject    transmission           entity
5.1. STATE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT PROVISIONS                                                                          to an easement.               (Energex).
                                                                                      Schedule 10, Part 9, Division   Development       for    a    The chief executive for
The SDAP provide assessment benchmarks for assessment of development
                                                                                      4, Subdivision 1, Table 1       purpose       stated     in   State              transport
applications where the Chief Executive is the assessment manager or a referral
                                                                                                                      schedule 20 which meets       infrastructure being the
agency. Matters of state interest contained within the SDAP can be broadly
                                                                                                                      or exceeds the threshold      State Assessment and
categorised into two types of interests:
                                                                                                                      for   local   government      Referral Agency (SARA)
       Interests with the potential to impact on development (e.g. state-                                            area 2.
        controlled roads); and
       Interests that must be protected from the impacts of development (e.g.       As referral to SARA is triggered for development exceeding the local government

        marine plants).                                                              area threshold, an assessment against State Code 6 has been undertaken and
                                                                                     provided in Appendix H. Notwithstanding, it is noted that the referral to Energex
The SDAP contains twenty-four (24) State codes, all of which are set out in a
                                                                                     is to require that the application be assessed against the purposes of the
performance-based code format requiring applicants to address specific criteria.
                                                                                     Electricity Act and Electrical Safety Act.


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