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Development assessment

Kate Heckelmann

Principal Planner

Planning Group

Planning Act Regulation DA Rules

Decision rules SARA Public notification timeframes Alternative assessment managers Requirements for properly made (incl. owner’s consent and fee) Post approvals – changes/ extensions/ appeals Who is the assessment manager/ referral agency Assessable development and referral triggers Assessment benchmarks Prohibited development Fees (SARA) Publicly accessible documents Development assessment process from lodgement to decision Public notification requirements Includes changes to applications

SDAP

How the state will assess applications with a state interest

Development assessment framework

Development assessment

Changes in the Planning Act

• Categories of development
• Assessment benchmarks
• Decision Rules
• DA Rules
• Change approvals
• Notice about decisions /

Statement of reasons

• Exemption certificates
• Alternative assessment managers
• Variation approvals – the new 242
• No more rolling currency

provisions

New categories of assessment

Accepted Assessable Prohibited

All development other than assessable or prohibited development or identified as such in a categorising instrument. Development a categorising instrument states can only be carried out with a development approval. Development identified in a categorising instrument as prohibited.

Code assessment Impact assessment

Decision rules

Code Impact

• A bounded assessment
• Must be assessed only against

assessment benchmarks (stated in the categorising instrument)

• Must have regard to matters prescribed

by the Regulation

• The assessment manager must approve

the DA to the extent it complies with assessment benchmarks

• Can still refuse if can’t condition to meet

benchmarks

• Can use conditions
• Must be carried out against the

assessment benchmarks

• Must have regard to any matters

prescribed by regulation

• May be carried out against or having

regard to any other relevant matters, such as planning need, or the current relevance of the assessment benchmarks in the light of changed circumstances

IDAS DA Rules

Important changes to the DA process

Changes under the DA Rules

• All automatic time extensions removed
• Ability to elect not to receive an information request
• Stopping a Current Period (max 130 b.d.) can only be carried out by an

applicant

• Lapsing
• Further advice
• Statement of reasons
• New signage requirements
• DA Form 1 and DA Form 2 (2 replace 30 IDAS Forms) + 1 change

application form

DA Rules Parts

Public notification

Signage requirements

IDAS automatic extensions

Timeframes

Code Impact

Changing applications and approvals

DA Rules – changing an application

• Minor change
• Change about matters raised in a submission, an

information request or Further advice

• Other changes

Changing applications and approvals

Planning Act – changing an approval

• During the applicants appeal period
• Change Representations - 20 b.d. assessment

period *NEW*

• After Appeal Period
• Minor Change + Other Change

Transition from SPA to the Planning Act

Chapter 8 of the Act

• Existing approvals – rollover provisions
• Current applications
• Plan Sealing

What do planners need to know?!

Development assessment

• Get across the new timeframes and process
• Understand the new applicant tools available to navigate the process
• Have a clear understanding of your roles and responsibilities in DA
• Focus on open communication before and during development

assessment

• Applications made under SPA will continue to SPA

Get ahead of the game!

State Assessment Referral Agency (SARA)

Steve Conner

A/Deputy Director-General Planning Group

Touch on

• SARA mk.2 Prelodgements
• Pre-referrals
• Information Requests and Further advice
• SARA conditions working smarter
• Ministerial Infrastructure Designations

SARA mk.2

• focus on outcomes and solutions,

not just process

• dealing with less time
• assist applicants prepare ‘decision

ready’ applications

• providing clearer and earlier

signals to applicants

SARA mk.2 Prelodgements

• flexible approach
• meetings, calls, written

advice

• level of detail
• have the right SARA reps to

participate

• end of meeting minutes –

supplement if necessary

Pre-Referrals

• only where minimal assessment is required & answer

is either ‘no requirements’ or standard conditions

• anything else.. use normal referral pathway

Info Requests (IR) and Further Advice (FA)

• SARA acknowledges – IRs have been

‘jumbled’ up

• FA is the ‘new’ statutory notice

empowering changes

• an application may be subject to either,
• r both, processes

Info Requests (IR) and Further Advice (FA)

• IRs for ‘essential’ info only
• FAs for:
• aspects of DA with issues/concerns
• SDAP non-compliance
• In clear order of significance
• Key element of our ‘no surprises for

applicants’ culture

• avoid giving us substantial new material

within 2 bds prior to decision / response

SARA conditioning working smarter

… not harder

• focus on more lawful & enforceable conditions
• tighter… ‘GIA’ plans
• tighter…’GIA’ reports
• no more unenforceable ‘behaviour managing’ conditions
• minimalist & clearer advice
• revised model conditions between DILGP and technical

agencies

MyDAS2

Intuitive, interactive and intelligent

• DILGP’s new and improved online DA system
• New look and feel – inherently better
• Improved system performance = less time online
• Better lodgements process… from 20 mins to 7 mins
• Quicker, smoother, simpler online steps to prepare an

application

• System now supports all web browsers and devices
• MyDAS2 is easier to use!

Ministerial Infrastructure Designations v CIDs

• Planning Minister for state designations
• DILGP provides planning support &

coordination

• more accountable / transparent.. splitting

roles of proponent / assessor

• coordinated state interest review
• no appeals
• clearer decision outputs

Take home messages

SARA – open for business:

• a value-adding prelodgement process
• Further Advice and better communication with

applicants

• using MYDAS2

Also for…

• Ministerial Infrastructure Designations