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5.2.      REFERRAL AGENCIES
The State Assessment and Referral Agency (‘SARA’), introduced on 1 July 2013, seeks to deliver a
coordinated, whole-of-government approach to the state’s assessment of development applications. The
State Development Assessment Provisions (‘SDAP’) is an outcome of the SARA and a statutory instrument
made under the Act which sets out matters of interest of the state for development assessment.
Importantly, the SDAP provides assessment benchmarks for the assessment by the chief executive or a
referral agency and provides applicants with the opportunity to address performance criteria to demonstrate
that a development appropriately manages any impacts on a matter of state interest, and/or protects a
development from impacts of matters of state interests.
FIGURE 5 – SARA MAPPING




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Source: DSDMIP

An extract of the SDAP Mapping is shown in Figure 5 above. An assessment of the proposed development
against the relevant referral triggers is included in Appendix B. This assessment reveals that the proposal
does not require referral to SARA.



5.3.      STATE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT PROVISIONS
The State Development Assessment Provisions (‘SDAP’) is an outcome of the SARA and a statutory
instrument made under the SPA which sets out matters of interest of the state for development assessment,
where the chief executive of administering the SPA is the assessment manager or a referral agency.
Importantly, the SDAP outlines the criteria for assessment by the chief executive and provides applicants
with:
1.      Clarity on when the state is to be involved in the assessment of development applications; and

2.      Increased transparency and clarity on how development can comply with matters of interest of the
        state through a set of State Codes.

An assessment of the proposed development against the State Assessment criteria for the relevant referral
agency role is included at Appendix E. This assessment reveals that the proposal does not require referral
to DSDMIP.


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