1 Name of Policy
This Policy may be cited as State Environmental Planning Policy No 27—Prison Sites.
2 Aims, objectives etc
This Policy aims to facilitate the erection and use of buildings for the purposes of prisons.
3 Land to which Policy applies
This Policy applies to the State.
4 Relationship to other environmental planning instruments
In the event of an inconsistency between this Policy and another environmental planning instrument (whether made before, on or after the date on which this Policy takes effect) this Policy shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
5 Definitions
In this Policy:prison has the same meaning as it has in the Prisons Act 1952.
6 Consent authority
The relevant council is the consent authority for the purposes of this Policy, except as provided by the Act.cl 6: Subst 2005 (194), Sch 4.7 [1].
7 Development for the purposes of prisons
(1) This clause applies to the land described in Schedule 1.(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other environmental planning instrument, development for the purposes of a prison may, with the consent of the consent authority, be carried out on land to which this clause applies.cl 7: Am 2005 (194), Sch 4.7 [2].
8 Advertised development
The provisions of section 84, 85, 86, 87 (1) and 90 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 apply to and in respect of development for the purposes of a prison on land to which clause 7 applies in the same way as those provisions apply to and in respect of designated development.
Schedule 1
(Clause 7)
1
Land in the vicinity of Windsor in the City of Penrith, being lot 1, DP 740367.