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Sydney Olympic Park Authority's Consent Authority Role

Extent of Sydney Olympic Park Authority's Delegations as a Consent Authority

On 25 August 2004, the Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources delegated to Sydney Olympic Park Authority a range of consent authority functions under Part 4 of the EP&A Act including planning assessment of development applications formerly undertaken by the Department of Planning (DoP) and a minor determination role.  

These delegations only apply to Sydney Olympic Park only and determination of certain Development Applications and Section 96 Applications.

The consent authority functions delegated by the Minister to officers of the Authority include:

Assessment under s79C and recommendation for determination to the Minister of:

  • DAs for public domain works (excluding works within the parklands) having an capital cost of $5,000,000 or less
  • DAs for capital works (excluding works within the parklands) with an capital cost of $5,000,000 or less provided that the DAs are generally consistent with the Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan, May 2002.
Assessment under s79C and Determination as a Consent Authority of:
  • DAs of less than $5,000,000 applying to the Sydney Olympic Park parklands which are consistent with the Parklands Plan of Management (2003)
  • DAs for temporary development/use up to 2 years in duration and less than $5,000,000 in capital value
  • DAs for advertising signage/structures which are consistent with the Guidelines for Outdoor, Advertising, Identification and Promotional Signage and less than $5,000,000 in capital value
  • DAs for subdivision provided that the applications are generally consistent with the Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan.

The assessment and determination of all applications under Section 96 of the EP&A Act to modify a development consent where consent was issued either under the Delegation, or by the Minister or a delegate of the Minister (under a previous delegation) where the consent relates to development of a type referred to above and is generally consistent with the Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan, May 2002.

The Minister remains the consent authority for DAs and Section 96 applications which do not fit within the above categories.  The Minister will continue to be the Master Plan approval authority. The NSW Department of Planning will continue to administer these functions for the Minister.