Summary of the Sustainable Planning Bill
2011
The explanatory guide to the Integrated Planning Act
1997 (IPA) advised of the 'user
pays' infrastructure charging regime provided in this
legislation, that its approach would ensure 'fairness and
transparency in calculating contributions and charges',
providing 'greater certainty' and minimising the 'costs
of access to services for home buyers'.
The Integrated Planning and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2003 then brought about significant changes to the
infrastructure planning and funding components of the IPA. Priority
infrastructure plans and infrastructure charges schedules
ultimately replaced benchmark development sequences, infrastructure
charges plans, and the combination of infrastructure charges
schedules and infrastructure payments schedules. The explanatory
notes for the Integrated Planning and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2003 advised with respect to the changes
to be made to Chapter 5, Part 1,
