Common use of Acceptability test Clause in Contracts

Acceptability test. Practice Notes issued by the State government sets out an Acceptability Test for assessing whether planning obligations are appropriate under a planning agreement. The Acceptability Test ensures planning agreements:  Are directed towards proper or legitimate planning purposes, ordinarily ascertainable from the statutory planning controls and other adopted planning policies applying to development;  Provide for public benefits that bear a relationship to development that is not de minimis (that is benefits that are not wholly unrelated to development);  Produce outcomes that meet the general values and expectations of the public and protect the overall public interest;  Provide for a reasonable means of achieving the relevant purposes and outcomes and securing the benefits; and  Protect the community against planning harm.