Regionally Significant Development
Regionally significant development is development which is larger in investment value, scale and/or complexity. In the case of Inner West Council it is the Sydney Eastern City Planning Panel who determine regionally significant development.
The panel made up of five (5) independent experts a chair, two (2) regular members appointed by the Minister for Planning and two (2) members directly appointed by Inner West Council.
Types of regionally significant development are listed in:
Typical regionally significant developments include:
- Projects with a capital investment value of more than $30 million
- Projects with a capital investment value of more than $5 million that are:
- Council-related
- Lodged by or on behalf of the Crown (State of NSW)
- Private infrastructure and community projects
- Eco-tourism facilities.
- Extractive industries, waste facilities and marinas
- Coastal protection works where there is no certified coastal management program
- Certain coastal subdivisions
- Rezoning reviews
- Independent reviews of Aboriginal land planning proposals
- Planning proposals where the panels are the planning proposal authority (PPA)
A list/documents of current and previous regionally significant applications within the Inner West Local Government Area can be found using the below link: