Consolidation Of SEPPs

State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs) are planning legislation and policies that ‘set the rules’ and control what development can occur on land parcels. SEPPs apply across the state and as of 1 March 2022 the existing 45 SEPPs have been repealed and consolidated into 11 new SEPPs based on theme-based focus areas. The creation of 11 new SEPPs was for the purpose of simplifying existing planning policies in accordance with the Minister’s Planning Principles under the SEPP consolidation project.

Whilst there have been no significant changes to the content of the repealed SEPPs, each previous SEPP now exists as a chapter of the new consolidated SEPPs and has largely been incorporated in their entirety (save for the State Significant Precincts SEPP, which has been split into four according to relevance to the theme of the new consolidated SEPP).

No policy changes have been made. There are no savings and transition provisions in the new consolidated SEPPS, which means the repealed SEPPs no longer apply to any existing development consents. The new consolidated SEPPs apply to all previous development applications and consents.

The new consolidated SEPPs are as listed below: