Download - Jonathon Carle Planning
Planning for Renewable Energy in NSW
Jonathon Carle Specialist Planner (Policy, Planning Systems & Reform)
LANDHOLDERS & WIND FARMS WORKSHOP
27 August 2010
Summary
1. Commercial-scale wind farms• Typically 10 to 1,000 megawatts• ‘Major development’ if over $30 million• Minister for Planning determines
2. Community-scale wind farms• Typically 1 to 10 megawatts• Council determines if under $5 million• Joint Regional Planning Panel determines if $5-30 million
3. Small wind • Typically less than 30 kilowatts (0.03 megawatts)• Exempt – no approvals required• Complying – 10-day approval by council / accredited certifier
1. Commercial-scale wind farms
Part 3A ‘Major Projects• >$30 million for electricity generating works
($5 million in an environmentally sensitive area)
• Deals with complexity of major projects • Integrates approvals under 9 Acts• Department of Planning assesses• Planning Minister approves
Permissibility
State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007
• Applies state-wide + prevails over local council controls
• Electricity generating works– ‘permissible with consent’ in various Rural, Industrial,
Special Purpose zones
• Electricity transmission or distribution network– ‘permissible without consent’ by a public authority on any
land
Project Application +
Environmental Assessment
1. Planning focus meeting
2. Director General’s Requirements
3. Environmental Assessment
4. Statement of Commitments
Exhibition, Consultation + Review
5. Adequacy test
6. Exhibition
7. Proponent considers submissions
8. Preferred Project Report
Assessment + Determination 9. DoP Assessment report
10. Minister makes a decision
Implementation 11. Implement conditions of approval
12. Monitoring + reporting
13. Community consultation
Part 3A – key steps
Key assessment issues
• Noise• Visual• Economic• Aircraft• Ecological• Heritage• Telecommunications• Consultation
Projects underway
Approved MW Under Assessment MWBlack Springs 19 Adjungbilly 39Cullerin Range 30 Flyers Creek 100Conroys Gap 30 Carrols Ridge 108Woodlawn 42 Crookwell III 116Glen Innes 81 Crudine Ridge (Sofala) 160Crookwell II 92 Paling Yards 180Kyoto 126 Birrema 264Capital 141 Sapphire (Table Top) 525Boco Rock 146 Yass 547Taralga 186 2,039Gullen Range 241Silverton (Stage 1) 846Silverton (Stage 2) 948
2,928
Project locations
Part 3A - streamlining initiatives
• Increased certainty – wind farms over 30MW ‘critical infrastructure’
• Financial incentives – critical infrastructure fees waived
• Timely assessments – 4 month performance target
• Industry partnerships – green ‘go to’ person
• End 2010 – NSW Wind Farm Planning Guidelines
Community wind power
• Typically 0-10MW• Permissibility – certain rural, industrial and special use
zones• Development standards – council DCP• State agency approvals – eg heritage, threatened
species, mining subsidence• Lodge a Development Application, incl. SEE• Consent / determining authority:
• Council determines application if under $5 million• Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) determines application if
$5-30 million• Commonwealth approvals – threatened species
• NSW Community Wind Power Guidelines – end 2010
Council Glenn Innes Severn Oberon Upper Lachlan Goulburn Mulwaree
Precinct Northern Western Southern Southern
Setback from house 2 km 1.5 km 2 km 0.35 km
Setback from road T. height x 2 T. height + 20% T. height x 2
Public notification 5 km 2 km 5 km
Visual
Viewing Area
Noise
Flora & Fauna
Shadow Flicker
Blade Glint
EMR
Turbine Arrangement
Road impacts
Heritage
Bushfire
Aviation
Community Consultation
Community Enhancement
Council DCP controls – wind farms
Small wind
• 0-30kW• 15-40m high
5kW, Newcastle, 18m tower
10kW, South Coast, 12m tower
2.5kW
10kW, Goulburn
12m tower
Small wind – planning provisions
Existing• ‘Exempt’ – self assess, no planning approval
• Development standards – rural land use zone, ground mounted, free standing, off grid
Very soon (next 2-4 months)• Exempt – as above but allow on grid, limit one per property, possible height
and generating limits
• Complying – 10-day approvals, 5-10 times faster / cheaper than DA process– Ground mounted – range of land use zones, height limits, generating limits, setbacks
based on noise level– Building mounted