The NSW Government was considering feedback received on the proposed changes to the provisions for correctional centres in the State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure). Additions to existing prisons required full development applications. The proposed changes would have allowed low-impact additions to be undertaken as exempt and complying development. The SEPP amendments also proposed to enable the Department of Justice to carry out certain kinds of development in prisons without consent as long as they carried out rigorous environmental assessment under Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Proposals for new correctional centres and significant expansion of existing centres with a capital investment value of more than $30 million would remain as State Significant Developments.
Prisons ISEPP Explanation of Intended Effect.pdf