Division 14 Public administration buildings and buildings of the Crown

74   Definitions

In this Division:

prescribed zone means any of the following land use zones or a land use zone that is equivalent to any of those zones:

(a)  B3 Commercial Core,

(b)  B4 Mixed Use,

(c)  B5 Business Development,

(d)  B6 Enterprise Corridor,

(e)  B7 Business Park,

(e1)  B8 Metropolitan Centre,

(f)  SP1 Special Activities,

(g)  SP2 Infrastructure.

public administration building has the same meaning as it has in the Standard Instrument.

Note. 

The Standard Instrument defines public administration building as follows:

public administration building means a building used as offices or for administrative or other like purposes by the Crown, a statutory body, a council or an organisation established for public purposes, and includes a courthouse or a police station.

75   Existing buildings of the Crown

This Policy does not restrict or prohibit, or enable the restriction or prohibition of, the use of existing buildings of the Crown by the Crown.

76   Development permitted with consent

(1)  Development for the purpose of public administration buildings may be carried out by or on behalf of a public authority with consent on land in a prescribed zone.

(2)  Development for the purpose of public administration buildings that are ancillary to and located on the same land as another infrastructure facility may be carried out by or on behalf of a public authority with consent if:

(a)  the development application for the public administration building is determined at the same time as the development application for the infrastructure facility, and development for the public administration building is to be carried out at the same time as development for the infrastructure facility, or

(b)  development for the purposes of the public administration building is to be carried out on land on which an existing infrastructure facility is located.

77   Development permitted without consent

(1)  Development for any of the following purposes may be carried out by or on behalf of a public authority without consent:

(a)  minor alterations of or additions to a public administration building such as internal fitouts, provision of access for persons with a disability, or for safety or security purposes,

(b)  restoration of a damaged public administration building,

(c)  demolition of a public administration building.

(2)  Development for the purpose of a public administration building that is ancillary to and located on the same land as an infrastructure facility may be carried out by or on behalf of a public authority without consent if:

(a)  development for the purpose of the infrastructure facility may be carried out without consent on that land, and

(b)  the approval of the activity (within the meaning of Part 5 of the Act) includes an approval for the public administration building, and development for the public administration building is to be carried out at the same time as development for the infrastructure facility.