State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021

Development for any of the following purposes is exempt development if the development is in connection with a pipeline that is the subject of a licence or authorisation under the Gas Supply Act 1996 and complies with section 2.20—

installation, maintenance or replacement of—

gas metering at gas customers’ premises, or

gas customer service lines connecting customers’ premises to a gas distribution network,

maintenance or emergency works or routine maintenance to protect the pipeline, the environment or the public, if the works involve no greater soil or vegetation disturbance than necessary.

Development for any of the following purposes is exempt development if the development is in connection with a gas pipeline that is the subject of a licence under the Pipelines Act 1967 and complies with section 2.20—

maintenance or emergency works to protect the pipeline, the environment or the public, if the works involve no greater soil or vegetation disturbance than necessary,

installation, maintenance, realignment or replacement of security fencing with a height of not more than 3.2m above ground level (existing),

installation, maintenance or replacement of—

pipeline markers, if they involve no greater soil or vegetation disturbance than necessary, or

temporary fencing around work sites or open excavations, or,

temporary structures associated with site compounds for construction or maintenance projects (such as demountable buildings) but only if any temporary building is not more than one storey high, or

cathodic protection systems, or

controls over access to gas control facilities or to associated roads and facilities,

maintenance of—

existing access tracks or gates along pipeline corridors, if the maintenance involves no greater soil or vegetation disturbance than necessary, or

gas control facilities (including painting, servicing or replacement of existing equipment and maintenance of, or minor alterations to, enclosures or buildings),

excavations to expose pipelines for inspection or testing, and the creation of temporary stockpiles associated with pipeline maintenance, if—

measures to control stockpile erosion or movement of sediment from the stockpiles are in place, and

there is no greater soil or vegetation disturbance than necessary.