New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BALLINA LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1987 - REG 2

2 Aims, objectives etc

(1) The general aims of this plan are to encourage the proper management, development and conservation of natural and man made resources, to promote the social and economic welfare of the community and to provide a better environment.

(2) The particular aims of this plan are:

(a) to divide land into the zones referred to in clause 8 and to achieve in respect of land within each of those zones the objectives specified for that land in the Table to clause 9,

(b) to encourage the council to make development control plans regulating the carrying out of development in any zone:

(i) by restricting the carrying out of that development to a specified area within the zone, or

(ii) by fixing standards or specifying requirements in respect of any aspect of that development,

(c) to promote the efficient utilisation of land, services and support facilities in existing urban areas and to provide for the orderly growth of new urban areas which promise a high level of residential amenity,

(d) to recognise and provide for the variety of agricultural, recreational, residential, natural and other land uses which form the rural environment of the Shire of Ballina,

(e) to contribute to continued economic growth of the Shire of Ballina by encouraging a pattern of development which will help to diversify and increase local employment opportunities,

(f) to take account of the physical nature of the environment of the Shire of Ballina so that development is in harmony with scenic and ecological resources,

(g) to co-ordinate the economic and equitable provision and utilisation of community facilities and services,

(h) to provide for appropriate and efficient transportation and utility services, and

(i) to encourage further development of tourist and recreational activities within the Shire of Ballina, while minimising its adverse impact on the natural attractions and amenity enjoyed by permanent residents.