Development for infrastructure activities
26 Development for infrastructure activities
Development for ancillary works and encroachments for a road carried out by or for the State.
Development for the construction of the following infrastructure, if the infrastructure is government supported transport infrastructure—
an aid to navigation;
a public marine facility;
road transport infrastructure;
transport infrastructure.
Development that is the use of, or for the maintenance, repair or upgrading of—
an aid to navigation; or
a public marine facility; or
road transport infrastructure; or
transport infrastructure.
Development that—
is adjacent to—
an aid to navigation; or
a public marine facility; or
road transport infrastructure; or
transport infrastructure; and
is ancillary to the use, maintenance, repair or upgrading of the infrastructure.
Examples for paragraph (b)—
excavating, crushing, screening, cutting, filling, preparing construction material (including concrete), storing materials, removing vegetation, building dams, fences, site offices and worker accommodation
Development for a supply network or for private electricity works that form an extension of, or provide service connections to, properties from the network, if the network operates at standard voltages up to and including 66kV, other than development for—
a new zone substation or bulk supply substation; or
the augmentation of a zone substation or bulk supply substation that significantly increases the input or output standard voltage.
Development for a battery storage facility if—
the facility is for a pad mounted battery storage device only and the total area of the premises covered by the facility is no more than 15m2; or
the facility is for a pole mounted battery storage device only and the total volume of the device is no more than 2m3.
In this section—
upgrading, of infrastructure, means carrying out work that is reasonably required to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the infrastructure.
Examples—
• building a dedicated left-turning lane on a road to reduce the risk of collision between vehicles turning left and vehicles traveling straight ahead
• replacing a roundabout with traffic signals to improve the flow of traffic
• widening a road to create a verge so that vehicles can pull over safely
sch 6 s 26 amd 2019 SL No. 248 s 5 (2); 2022 SL No. 195 s 8(2)–(3)
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