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The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act ) is the main vehicle for planning in NSW. The EP&A Act provides a comprehensive three tier planning scheme, allowing for state, regional and local plans, as well as outlining the development assessment process. Whilst the Act attracted considerable support upon its introduction, nearly twenty years of amendments, case law and the proliferation of other natural resource legislation has meant that the natural resource management regime in NSW is, to say the least, complex. This paper briefly reviews some of the purported problems of environmental planning under the current system, summarises the proposed changes as noted in the White Paper, and provides the views of some key stakeholders.
