New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BOURKE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1998 - REG 2

2 Aims, objectives etc

The general aims of this plan are:

(a) to encourage the proper management, development and conservation of natural and other resources within the local government area of Bourke by protecting, enhancing and conserving:

(i) prime crop and pasture land, and

(ii) timber, minerals, soil, water and other natural resources, and

(iii) places and areas of significance for nature conservation, including habitat of threatened species, populations and ecological communities and areas of native vegetation, and

(iv) features and places of high scenic or recreational value, and

(v) places and buildings of archaeological or heritage significance, including Aboriginal relics and places, and

(b) to improve the attractiveness and civic image of Bourke and surrounding villages by:

(i) improving the appearance and facilities in open space areas, and

(ii) improving the streetscape throughout the township, villages and entrances, and

(c) to facilitate growth and development of the local government area of Bourke in a manner which is consistent with the aims specified in paragraph (a) and which:

(i) minimises the cost to the community of fragmented and isolated development of land, and

(ii) facilitates the efficient and effective delivery of amenities and services, and

(iii) facilitates a range of residential and employment opportunities in accordance with demand, and

(iv) facilitates farm adjustments, and

(v) ensures that the efficiency of arterial roads is not adversely affected by development on adjacent land, and

(vi) encourages a mix of land use types where such uses are compatible, and

(d) to provide flexible planning controls to assist the Council in its administration of planning, and

(e) to provide suitably zoned land so as:

(i) to encourage the relocation of inappropriate industrial activities away from residential areas, and

(ii) to provide opportunities for industrial development, employment, and economic and enterprise growth, and

(iii) to separate transport-related activities from township and residential areas, and

(iv) to provide for minor expansion of township areas to meet future urban growth needs, and

(v) to minimise conflict due to inappropriate land uses adjoining each other, and

(f) to facilitate a reasonable standard of development, and

(g) to encourage a built environment and amenity which is attractive to visitors, residents and investors.