Development approvals - draft State Environmental Planning Policy

Freehill, Hollingdale & Page
February 2005
ISBN 0 642 55271 1

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In general terms, the aims are these:

to provide a mechanism under the environmental planning laws to facilitate/reinforce/enable implementation of the objects and principles of the Water Management Act 2004;
specifically, to facilitate measures to achieve water savings (and in particular minimise waste of water whether by evaporation, seepage or otherwise);
to assist in dealing with other environmental problems involved with the misuse of water, eg. salination.

Central concept

Those who undertake water management works or farm improvement works (or other water use improvement works) which lead to significant water savings are to be rewarded;
those who propose to undertake new agricultural activities (or other water use intensive activities) would have to incorporate measures to minimise waste and/or acquire “credits” from those who create savings (and specifically it is envisaged that each development application will have to be accompanied by a water use/savings plan detailing likely water use and how savings will be maximised and wastage minimised).

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