State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018 (NSW) (SEPP) imposes restrictions or requirements on development occurring in four ‘coastal management areas‘, namely: Coastal wetlands and littoral rainforests area Coastal vulnerability area Coastal environment area Coastal use area. Together, and under…
Is a Proximity Area for Coastal Wetlands also Environmentally Sensitive Land under the Seniors Housing SEPP?
30 Jan, 2020
In the recent case of S J Connelly CPP Pty Ltd and Kate Singleton Pty Ltd t/as Planners North v Northern Regional Planning Panel (No 2) [2019] NSWLEC 199, the Land and Environment Court (‘the Court’) considered whether the land…
The coastal reforms comprising the State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018 (CM SEPP) and the Coastal Management Act 2016 (Act) commenced on 3 April 2018. These reforms repealed the Coastal Protection Act 1979 (Former Act). However, the Act and CM SEPP do not automatically…