Interpretation
2.91 Interpretation
In this Division—
ARTC means Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ACN 081 455 754).
ARTC arrangement means a lease, licence agreement or other arrangement under Part 8A of the Transport Administration Act 1988.
freight includes livestock, containers, liquids, materials, plant and equipment, vehicles and vessels.
major development has the same meaning it has in Part 4 of the City of Sydney Act 1988.
prescribed zone means any of the following land use zones or a land use zone that is equivalent to any of those zones—
E4 General Industrial,
E5 Heavy Industrial,
IN1 General Industrial,
IN2 Light Industrial,
IN3 Heavy Industrial,
SP1 Special Activities,
SP2 Infrastructure.
rail authority for a rail corridor means—
in relation to a rail corridor that is vested in or owned by ARTC or is the subject of an ARTC arrangement—ARTC, and
in relation to any other rail corridor—Transport for NSW.
rail corridor means land—
that is owned, leased, managed or controlled by a public authority for the purpose of a railway or rail infrastructure facilities, or
that is zoned under an environmental planning instrument predominantly or solely for development for the purpose of a railway or rail infrastructure facilities, or
in respect of which the Minister has granted approval under Part 3A or Division 5.2 or (before its repeal) Division 4 of Part 5 of the Act, or consent under Part 4 of the Act, for the carrying out of development (or for a concept plan for a project comprising or including development) for the purpose of a railway or rail infrastructure facilities.
Note.
Copies of the Minister’s approvals are available on the website of the Department of Planning and Environment.
rail corridors map means the maps marked as follows and held in the head office of the Department of Planning and Environment—
State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007—Interim Rail Corridor—CBD Rail Link & CBD Metro,
State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021—Interim Rail Corridor—Sydney Metro West.
rail infrastructure facilities include—
railway tracks, associated track structures, cuttings, drainage systems, fences, tunnels, ventilation shafts, emergency accessways, bridges, embankments, level crossings and roads, pedestrian and cycleway facilities, and
signalling, train control, communication and security systems, and
power supply (including overhead power supply) systems, and
railway stations, station platforms and areas in a station complex that commuters use to get access to the platforms, and
public amenities for commuters, and
associated public transport facilities for railway stations, and
facilities for the assembly, maintenance and stabling of rolling stock, and
facilities for the dismantling and stabling of rolling stock taken out of service, and
refuelling depots, garages, maintenance facilities and storage facilities that are for the purposes of a railway, and
railway workers’ facilities, and
rail freight terminals, sidings and freight intermodal facilities, and
buildings for or related to railway purposes,
but do not include buildings or works that are for residential, retail or business purposes and unrelated to railway purposes.
RailCorp means Rail Corporation New South Wales constituted under the Transport Administration Act 1988.
A reference in this Division to rail infrastructure facilities includes a reference to any facilities, buildings, works or infrastructure related to metro or light rail purposes.
In sections 2.92 and 2.93A, a reference to development for the purposes of a railway or rail infrastructure facilities includes a reference to the operation of a railway and to development for the following purposes if the development is carried out in connection with a railway or rail infrastructure facilities—
construction works, whether or not in a heritage conservation area, including—
temporary crushing plants, or temporary concrete batching plants, that are in or adjacent to a rail corridor and used solely in connection with the construction of a railway, and
track support earthworks, and
alteration, demolition or relocation of a local heritage item, and
alteration or relocation of a State heritage item, and
temporary buildings, or temporary facilities for the management of railway construction, that are in or adjacent to a rail corridor,
emergency works or routine maintenance works,
Note—
See section 2.7(4) regarding emergency works and routine maintenance works on land to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021, sections 2.7 and 2.8 apply.
maintenance of an existing rail infrastructure facility,
environmental management works.
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