New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe objectives of this plan are:
(a) To ensure the natural environment remains safe from detrimental impacts of development.
(b) To minimise adverse environmental, social and economic impacts resulting from urban development and to encourage building designs which are aesthetic and energy efficient.
(c) To provide appropriate land in area, location and quality for living, working and recreational activities and agricultural production.
(d) To provide a diversity of housing available throughout the City.
(e) To ensure the retail hierarchy of regional, district and neighbourhood shopping centres is maintained.
(f) To encourage functional and economically viable industrial development, which does not adversely affect the environment or the amenity of nearby residents.
(g) To provide a range of community facilities to serve the population.
(h) To conserve and enhance buildings, structures and sites of recognised significance which are part of the heritage of the City for future generations.
(i) To ensure an efficient and safe road network is maintained with minimum intrusion on business centres, open space and residential areas.
(j) To provide open space and a range of recreational facilities to meet the needs of the population.
(k) To protect attractive landscapes and preserve places of natural beauty, including wetlands, waterways and the floodplain.
(l) To ensure residents are not put at risk in the event of flooding.