State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021

Development for the purposes of burial areas.

A burial must not result in a grave floor that is less than 1m above the highest seasonal water table.

The land on which the development is carried out—

must have at least 2m of soil below ground level, and

must have a soil permeability of 0.001-0.5m/d measured in accordance with methods outlined in AS/NZS 1547: 2012On-site domestic wastewater management, and

must have a gradient of less than 10%, and

must be land that will not be inundated by the discharge of a 1:100 ARI (average recurrent interval) flood event.

The development must not increase an existing burial area by more than 10%.

The burial area must be at least—

100m from a wetland, and

3m from the boundary of the cemetery, and

10m from land in the following—

Zone R1 General Residential,

Zone R2 Low Density Residential,

Zone R3 Medium Density Residential,

Zone R4 High Density Residential,

Zone R5 Large Lot Residential, and

40m from an intermittent waterbody or watercourse, and

100m from a permanent waterbody or watercourse, and

10m from the following—

a path of overland flow water within the meaning of the Water Management Act 2000,

a drain that is less than less than 30cm below ground level (existing).

A geotechnical engineer must certify that the development complies with subsections (2) and (3)(a) and (b).

A civil engineer must certify that the development complies with subsections (3)(c) and (d) and (5)(d)–(f).