DecemberThe State Environmental Planning Policy No. 1 - Development Standards (SEPP 1) was originally made in October 1980 and has been amended several times since that date. The policy applies across the State of NSW.

It provides flexibility in the application of planning controls, such as height and floor space ratio, where strict compliance with a development standard would, in any particular case, be unreasonable or unnecessary or tend to hinder the attainment of the objects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

We have created a register of development applications determined with a variation in standard under SEPP 1.

Register of SEPP 1 Variations (PDF) - November 2008 to March 2012.