3.4.2 Planning and environmental approvals

Requirements relating to planning and environmental approvals can have a significant impact on project deliverability. As a general principle, government will undertake to obtain planning and environmental approvals where they are fundamental to the use of the site for the project.

Given the significant time often associated with obtaining these approvals and the importance of this information to the development of RFP documentation, this work should be undertaken early in the project.

Further information on how planning and environmental approval risks are allocated can be found in the National Commercial Principles for Social Infrastructure.