Draft Land Use Planning and Approvals (Amendment) Bill 2022

What's new?

The Bill was proclaimed on 17 May 2023 and is now in effect.

Summary

The Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 (LUPA Act) was amended in 2020 to introduce the major projects assessment process. Applying the new major projects assessment process to the new Bridgewater Bridge project identified where some improvements to the process could be made and the Government sought  to address these with the draft Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment Bill 2022 (PDF, 992.7 KB) (draft Bill). The draft Bill was revised following the review of submissions received during consultation and was tabled in Parliament.  A consultation report was prepared and is available below.

Parliament approved the Bill in late 2022, then it was proclaimed on 17 May 2023 and is now in effect.

Key document

Land Use Planning and Approvals (Amendment) Bill 2022 - consultation report (PDF, 298.3 KB)

Supporting documentation

The draft Land Use Planning and Approvals (Amendment) Bill 2022 aimed to address 10 different themes to improve the major projects assessment process. These are contained in the following information sheets and FAQ:

Have your say

Consultation has now closed.

Submissions received

17 submissions have been received and are available for viewing (PDF, 5.7 MB).

What happens next

Amendment process

LUPAA Amendments Bill 2022 - November Timeline