New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BLAYNEY 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 area of Blayney by protecting, enhancing or conserving:

(i) prime crop and pasture land, and

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

(iii) areas of significance for nature conservation, and

(iv) areas of high scenic or recreational value, and

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

(vi) the environmental heritage of the area of Blayney, and

(b) to replace the former planning controls with a single local environmental plan to help facilitate growth and development of the area of Blayney in a manner which is consistent with the objectives specified in paragraph (a) and which:

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

(c) to give the Council greater responsibility for environmental planning by creating a broad framework of controls and to create opportunity for more detailed provisions relating to matters of significance only for local environmental planning to be contained in development control plans made by the Council, and

(d) to speed up the planning process, and

(e) to maintain the opportunity for public involvement and participation in the environmental planning and assessment process, and

(f) to reduce the incidence of damage to areas subject to flooding by restricting development in the flood plain and in the floodways.