Hospital helicopter airspace
7.17A Hospital helicopter airspace
The objective of this clause is to protect hospital helicopter airspace.
This clause applies to development that—
intrudes into hospital helicopter airspace, or
is likely to generate plumes of air turbulence above the hospital helicopter airspace.
Development consent must not be granted to development unless the consent authority is satisfied the development does not present a hazard to helicopters using hospital helicopter airspace.
In this clause—
hospital helicopter airspace means the airspace above the Helicopter OIS Contours shown for the land hatched red on the Strategic Helicopter Operations Map.
relevant local health district means the local health district constituted in respect of the area above which hospital helicopter airspace is located.
Note.
See sections 17 and 18 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Health Services Act 1997.
Strategic Helicopter Operations Map has the same meaning as in State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021, section 4.8.
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