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State Planning

The NSW Government is responsible for:

The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, which sets out major development concepts and principals including Part 4, which deals with development applications
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, which contains all the regulations for the development concept and principles found in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs), which can set out when development consent is required and often nominates the consent authority for specific types of development. They provide a state-wide framework for allowing or prohibiting certain types of development considering infrastructure and coastal protection. The SEPPs can override Council's planning guidelines.
Hunter Regional Plan, which establishes that land is available and appropriately located to accommodate the housing and employment targets for the region's population to the year 2036.

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