Appendix

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Section 79C – Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

79C Evaluation
  1. Matters for consideration—general

    In determining a development application, a consent authority is to take into consideration such of the following matters as are of relevance to the development the subject of the development application:
    1. the provisions of:
      1. any environmental planning instrument, and
      2. any draft environmental planning instrument that is or has been placed on public exhibition and details of which have been notified to the consent authority, and
      3. any development control plan, and

        iiia.             any planning agreement that has been entered into under section 93F, or any draft planning agreement that a developer has offered to enter into under section 93F, and
      4. the regulations (to the extent that they prescribe matters for the purposes of this paragraph), that apply to the land to which the development application relates,
    2. the likely impacts of that development, including environmental impacts on both the natural and built environments, and social and economic impacts in the locality,
    3. the suitability of the site for the development,
    4. any submissions made in accordance with this Act or the regulations,
    5. the public interest.

Note: This extract is current at the date of printing of this DCP, but should not be relied upon. Please refer to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979.