State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021

Development for the purpose of water reticulation systems may be carried out by or on behalf of a public authority without consent on any land.

Development for the purpose of water storage facilities may be carried out without consent if it is carried out by or on behalf of—

any public authority on land in Zone RU1 Primary Production, Zone RU2 Rural Landscape, Zone SP1 Special Activities or Zone SP2 Infrastructure, or

Water NSW or Sydney Water Corporation.

Development for the purposes of the maintenance or replacement of existing water storage facilities may be carried out by or on behalf of a public authority without consent on any land.

A reference in subsections (2) and (2A) to development for the purpose of water storage facilities, includes a reference to development for any of the following purposes—

catchment management works,

recreation areas associated with a water storage facility.

Development for the purpose of water treatment facilities may be carried out by or on behalf of a public authority without consent on land in a prescribed zone.

(Repealed)

In this Division, a reference to development for the purpose of a water supply system of any kind includes a reference to development for any of the following purposes if the development is in connection with the water supply system—

dams, reservoirs, weirs, levees, spillways and fishways,

catchment management works,

groundwater investigation works, groundwater bore stations, borefields, minewater works and the like,

access ways,

water intakes, pumping stations, pipelines, channels, tunnels, canals and aqueducts,

gauging and monitoring equipment,

power supply to the water supply system,

hydro-electric power generation equipment and associated connections to the electricity network,

construction works,

emergency works and routine maintenance works,

environmental management works,

schemes for the reuse of water treatment residuals,

maintenance depots.

Development for any of the following purposes may be carried out by or on behalf of Water NSW without consent on any land—

investigations into the availability of groundwater (including mine water), extraction of groundwater or mine water, and associated water reticulation systems,

development to enable access to deep water extraction in dams within the Sydney catchment area within the meaning of the Water NSW Act 2014, including investigations, associated works or equipment and construction works and other water supply infrastructure, such as the Megarrity’s Creek Water Pumping Station and other Warragamba Emergency Scheme works.