Decision details

The Panel granted consent to Development Application Number D/2025/411 subject to the conditions set out in Attachment A to the subject report.

Reasons for Decision

The application was approved for the following reasons:

(A)      The proposal satisfies the objectives of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in that, subject to the recommended conditions of consent, it achieves the objectives of the planning controls for the site for the reasons outlined in the report to the Local Planning Panel.

(B)      The development is permissible with consent in the RE1 Public Recreation zone, and is consistent with the objectives of the zone, under clause 2.8 Temporary use of land of the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012.

(C)      The proposal has been assessed against the aims and objectives of the relevant planning controls including the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 (LEP), the Sydney Development Control Plan 2012 (DCP), and the applicable Environmental Planning Instruments, and complies.

(D)      The proposal is permissible with consent in the Western Chamber of Paddington Reservoir Gardens, and is consistent with the Walter Read Reserve and Paddington Reservoir Plan of Management and Masterplan 2004, subject to recommended conditions of consent.

(E)      The proposed temporary event will not detrimentally impact the heritage significance of the heritage item or nearby heritage items. 

(F)      Suitable conditions of consent are recommended to address any impacts, and the development is in the public interest.

Carried unanimously.

D/2024/411

Speaker

Elizabeth Crundall.