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12/12/2013 1 PLANNING REFORM The State Planning Policy State Development Assessment Provisions & Vegetation Management Act James Coutts 12 December 2013 Drivers for planning reform Government mandates to: drive prosperity through 4 pillar economy (i l di d l & i ) (including development & construction) reduce red tape for business & industry reform the state’s planning & development assessment system to create Australia’s best Australia’s best planning system planning system

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PLANNING REFORMThe State Planning Policy

State Development Assessment Provisions & Vegetation Management Act

James Coutts

12 December 2013

Drivers for planning reformGovernment mandates to:

• drive prosperity through 4 pillar economy (i l di d l & i )(including development & construction) 

• reduce red tape for business & industry

• reform the state’s planning & development assessment system to create Australia’s best Australia’s best planning systemplanning system

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Drivers for planning reform...

is overly complicated

Overwhelming view of planners, councils & development industry that our planning system:

is overly complicated

is focused on process...

at expense of outcomes

is too prescriptive

sends mixed messages

is failing to deliver what our communities want

Australia’s best planning system...

What does it look like?

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For Councils ‐confidence, capability &

discretion to better plan for their communities

For the State ‐“whole of 

government” facilitation of appropriate development

For developers ‐greater certainty about schemes, assessment times and decisions

communities development

For the community –Confidence ‐ the planning system promotes & protects their interests

Diagnosis for reform...

• Surgery – cut legislation     

& regulation

• Diet – healthy range 

of policies, guidelines &codes

• Exercise – professionalExercise – professional 

training & development

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Catalysing change...

State leadership

Keeping the fundamentals

CHANGE

Different way of thinkingleadership

Changing the regulatory 

environment to:

‐ ensure there are no barriers to change

‐ ensure enhanced capability to change

fundamentals of the 

framework

Productive change not radical change ‐ a manageable rate of change ‐only change what needs to change

More guidance and models

Replacing rules with more guides, 

models and services

Smaller, sharper schemes

Risk based development assessment

Less development types in the system

Less time & cost changefor all users

Planning reform context…

Planning for Queensland’s Development (PQD) Bill

SARA SARA stage 2

PQD Regulation, Guidelines and CodesState Planning Policy

Infrastructure Charges

DD, CQ and CY Regional Plans

SEQ Regional Plan

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The SPP ‐ where we started…

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Where we are now…

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SPP Hierarchy

Guiding Principles & State Interests

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SPP Document Structure

SPP – Plan Making• DSDIP Regional Services working with LGs to provide advice about SPP implementation – depending where scheme is atscheme is at 

• Planning scheme scenarios to consider:

– LG has not proposed to make a planning scheme

– LG has advised Minister about new planning scheme

– LG has not commenced notification of draft scheme

– LG has completed public consultation

– LG has recently adopted a new scheme

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SPP – Interim DA Requirements• Effective state wide – until SPP 

appropriately integrated in planning schemeplanning scheme

• Interim DA reqts in Part E  

• Reqtsmust be applied & assessed by Council, in addition to existing relevant scheme reqts

Wh i i t i i• Where inconsistencies arise, SPP interim DA reqts apply 

SPP – BiodiversityState Interest:Matters of environmental significance are valued & protected, and the health & resilience of biodiversity is maintained or 

h denhanced to support ecological integrity 

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SPP – Biodiversity

Plan Making:

SPP – BiodiversityInterim DA (new provisions that weren’t in a previous SPP):

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SPP – Mapping

• SPP Interactive Mapping System ‐ visual representation of policies or requirements for some state interests & contains both statutory and advisory mapping

• Aimed at assisting LGs & developers to understand of where matters of state interest apply

• Important that each mapping layer is viewed & interpreted in context of particular matter of state interest

SPP – Mapping• Mapping presented in two systems ‐ plan making & interim 

development assessment:

Plan making mapping: contains mapping layers used by LG to identify state interests to consider when making or amending a  planning scheme. Mapping to be used as baseline for LG to utilise & refine. 

DA mapping: used by applicants preparing certain DAs & considered by LG when assessing a DA. Mapping layers are considered an interim provision, and will no longer apply when LG has integrated the state interest in planning scheme.

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SPP Mapping – Plan Making

SPP Mapping – DA

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SPP – Guidelines• Range of non‐statutory guidance material is available, including SPP guidelines, fact sheets & other material 

• Guidance provides best‐practice info & examples of how to implement state interests.

• Use of guidance material is optional – and will be updated from time to time

• Some supporting material is still in draft form (clearly stated) ‐ feedback welcome to [email protected]

SARA• Sustainable Planning Act amended in November 2012 to 

establish State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA)

• SARA commenced on 1 July 2013 y

• SARA providing coordinated, whole‐of‐government approach to state's assessment of DAs

• Benefits include:

single point of lodgement & assessment

final decision maker to ensure no 'unreasonable' i t i d li trequirements imposed on applicants

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SDAP

• State Development Assessment Provisions (SDAP) are matters of interest to state in DA

• Relates only to assessment by state of DAs made or referred to state for prescribed matters under schedules 3, 6 and 7 of SP Regulation

• Version 1.1 of SDAP is 224 pages ‐ original SDAP 371was 371 pages

• Biodiversity in the following SDAP modules:

Module 3. Aquaculture

• ensuring aquaculture of rare, threatened or endangered fish species 

SDAP & Biodiversity

acceptably manages risks to species

Module 4. Environmentally relevant activities

• regulating environmentally relevant activities to ensure impact is avoided or appropriately managed

Module 5. Fisheries resources

• regulating development in or adjacent to declared fish habitat areas to maintain fish stocks, protect marine plants, protect fish habitats &maintain fish stocks, protect marine plants, protect fish habitats & connectivity between habitats

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Module 8. Native vegetation clearing

• regulating clearing of native vegetation to prevent loss of biodiversity & maintain ecological processes

SDAP & Biodiversity

Module 10. Coastal protection

• regulating development in coastal areas to protect & conserve coastal values

Module 11. Wetland protection & wild rivers areas

• regulating wetland protection & development in wild river areas to enhance biodiversity values

• Each module provides for offsets to counterbalance unavoidable• Each module provides for offsets to counterbalance unavoidable impacts of development on biodiversity values

VMA Changes• Changes to SP Regulation to give effect 

to  vegetation management framework reforms undertaken by DNRMy

• Vegetation Management Framework Amendment Act 2013 (assented to May 2013) streamlined measures related to vegetation clearing (among other matters)

• Sustainable Planning AmendmentSustainable Planning Amendment Regulation (No. 7) took effect 2 December 2013

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VMA Changes• Vegetation management framework reforms include:

trigger for referral to state for RoL &MCU now 5ha (was 2ha)

changes to mapping to reflect VMA regulated mapping

three new clearing purposes three new clearing purposes:

• high value agriculture clearing

• irrigated high value agriculture clearing 

• necessary environmental clearing

broadening exemptions for vegetation clearing & making exemptions more consistent across tenures. New exemptions include:

• natural disaster recovery

• land survey works• land survey works

• contaminated land remediation

• authorised activities on abandoned mine

Community infrastructure

• Applies to all land tenures & regional ecosystems

New Exemptions

• Applies to all land tenures & regional ecosystems

• Applies to clearing for any purpose “mentioned in” Schedule 2 of Sustainable Planning Regulation

• Does not need to be designated as community infrastructure for exemption to apply

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SDAP ‐Module 8

• One state‐wide code for assessment under VMA

• Previous Vegetation codes replaced by SDAP Module 8

l d• Includes:• Public safety, relevant infrastructure & coordinated projects (combined)

• Extractive industry 

• High value / irrigated high value agriculture

• Environmental clearing

• Weeds and pests

• Thinning

• Encroachment

• Fodder

SDAP ‐Module 8• Allows for most activities to 

offset most vegetation values

• Watercourse buffers & connectivity thresholds based on coastal & non‐coastal areas

• Acceptable Outcome (AO) limits based on density of RE

• Allow for an erosion & sediment control plan as AOp

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PLANNING REFORMThe State Planning Policy

State Development Assessment Provisions & Vegetation Management Act

James Coutts

12 December 2013