New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

GUNNEDAH LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1998 - REG 3

3 What are the objectives of this plan?

The objectives of this plan are:

(1)

(a) to encourage the proper management, development and conservation of all prime agricultural land, and

(b) to ensure that all development on rural land is sustainable in the long term, and

(c) to ensure natural resources are conserved and to encourage proper management and development of natural and man-made resources.

(2)

(a) to encourage the development of Gunnedah as the main retail, commercial and professional service centre within the Liverpool Plains area, and

(b) to provide greater flexibility in residential living styles and increased residential amenity.

(3) to encourage and facilitate a diverse range of industrial land use types.

(4) to protect and enhance the social welfare/well-being of residents and ratepayers in the Gunnedah local government area.

(5) to sustain and enhance land of environmental and scenic sensitivity.

(6) to protect and conserve the heritage of the Gunnedah local government area.

(7)

(a) to reduce the incidence of damage and level of hazard to areas subject to flooding by managing development in the floodplain and in floodways, and

(b) to allow more detailed controls on development in the floodplain and in floodways to be provided in the Council’s Interim Flood Prone Lands Policy.