Over Rides Community & Councils
STEPS IN THE PROCESS
The gateway process has the following steps:
Planning proposal — the relevant planning authority is responsible for the preparation of a planning proposal, which explains the effect of and justification for the plan. If initiated by the Minister (rather than the local council which is mostly the case) the Minister can appoint the Secretary of the Department of Planning & Environment or a joint regional planning panel to be the relevant planning authority.
Gateway — The Minister (or delegate) determines whether the planning proposal is to proceed. This gateway acts as a checkpoint to ensure that the proposal is justified before further studies are done and resources are allocated to the preparation of a plan. A community consultation process is also determined at this time. Consultations occur with relevant public authorities and, if necessary, the proposal is varied.
Community consultation — the proposal is publicly exhibited (generally low impact proposals for 14 days, others for 28 days). A person making a submission may also request a public hearing be held.
Assessment — The relevant planning authority considers public submissions and the proposal is varied as necessary. Parliamentary Counsel then prepares a draft local environmental plan — the legal instrument.
Decision — With the Minister’s (or delegate’s) approval the plan becomes law and is published on the NSW legislation website.
http://pgrtracking.planning.nsw.gov.au/PublicList.aspx
No people consultation, no transparency, no local knowledge of Site they approve, most applications are approved (192 out of 200), major developers prefer this process. Crown Land and Gateway Review needs to be referred to ICAC for transparency of process.
From the Better Planning Network here is the questions to ask your local member.
As a group or an individual, we encourage you to take action now and as a first step, to write to your local MP requesting that they make representations on your behalf to the Minister for Planning, in order to seek clarification on questions such as:
What is the aim of the review of the pre-gateway process?
What are its terms of reference?
Will submissions from the public be invited?
What is its timeline?
