Published: 03 Sep 2009

The State Government's new exempt and complying development provisions for minor and small scale development commence 7 September 2009.

As part of its reforms to the New South Wales planning system, the State Government is continuing its rollout of Statewide exempt and complying development codes.

Under these State codes certain types of minor development are identified as exempt development or complying development. Where a proposed development is classified as exempt development, no planning approval is required. Where the proposed development has minimal environmental impact and is complying development, a complying development certificate is required to be determined within 10 days.

The State codes take the form of the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (the Codes SEPP) which commenced on 27 February 2009. The Codes SEPP has been recently amended, the effect is to increase the range of exempt and complying development. These will override Councils' DCP provisions. The Codes amendments commences this Monday 7 Sept.

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