NSW makes it ‘even harder’ to oppose data centres


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Communities opposing data centres in NSW will need to rally twice as many objections to have their matter heard by the state’s planning authority and council objections will no longer be an automatic trigger for the reviews.

The Minns government quietly introduced the changes through planning instruments for state significant developments this week in the shadow of a new fast tracking scheme for data centres willing to meet additional rules. …

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