New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BANKSTOWN LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2001 - REG 2

2 Objectives of this plan

The objectives of this plan are:

(a) to regulate development in accordance with the following principles:

(i) new buildings should be designed to achieve:

(A) good urban design, and

(B) public and private safety, and

(C) energy and resource efficiency, and

(ii) remnant bushland, natural watercourses and threatened species should be protected, and

(iii) intensive trip generating activities should be concentrated in locations most accessible to rail transport, and

(iv) new development should not diminish the role of the Bankstown central business district (CBD) as a sub-regional centre, and

(v) new development in or affecting residential areas should be compatible with the prevailing suburban character and amenity of the locality of the development site, and

(b) to provide a framework within which the Council may prepare development control plans to make more detailed provisions.