Planning context

A rezoning requires the preparation of a Local Environmental Plan (LEP). LEPs are developed and approved through a system known as the gateway plan-making process.

The flow diagram opposite sets out the process.

The planning proposal includes four parts:

• Part 1 - Objectives or intended outcomes
• Part 2 - Explanation of provisions
• Part 3 - Justification including
  A - Need for the planning proposal
  B - Relationship to strategic planning framework
  C - Environmental, social and economic impact
  D - State and Commonwealth interests
• Part 4 - Community consultation.

In planning for the site, the project team addressed the strategic directions identified in the following:

• Sydney Metropolitan Plan 2036 (2011)
• Wollondilly Local Environmental Plan (2011)
• Wollondilly Shire Growth Management Strategy (2011)
• Draft Southwest Subregional Strategy (2007)
• Wollondilly Vision 2025
• Wollondilly Economic Development Strategy (2007)
• Wollondilly Draft Industrial Lands Investigation (2008)
• Wollondilly Shire Council Community Strategic Plan.