Important changes to the process and substance of Place of Public Entertainment (POPE) approvals are about to commence.
From next week, an application for POPE approval will have to be by way of a full development application to Council, rather than the much simpler approval system under s 68 of the Local Government Act 1993. These changes to assessment of POPE applications under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) (as flagged in our November 2006 update - click here) will commence on Friday 26 October 2007.
POPE approvals allow premises (including licensed premises such as pubs and clubs) to provide public entertainment, such as live music. Many licensed premises already have POPE approvals in place. The continued use of existing POPEs will be subject to conditions introduced by way of amendment to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000. Most of these conditions relation to compliance with the Building Code of Australia, and related
