New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

HAWKESBURY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1989 - REG 25A

25A Environmental constraint area

(1) The objectives for the management of an environmental constraint area are:

(a) to protect areas of threatened vegetation,

(b) to provide a buffer around areas of ecological significance,

(c) to protect environmentally sensitive land areas of high scenic value in the City, and

(d) to restrict development on land that is inappropriate for development by reason of its physical characteristics or bushfire risk.

(2) The Council shall not consent to any development within an environmental constraint area unless it is satisfied, by means of detailed assessment of the landscape and environmental impact of the proposed development, that it is consistent with attaining the objectives for the management of environmental constraint areas.

(3) Notwithstanding clause 9, consent is required for development for the purpose of agriculture in each environmental constraint area.