New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

NARRANDERA LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1991 - REG 2

2 Aims, objectives etc

The general aims of this plan are:

(a) to encourage proper management, development and conservation of natural and man-made resources within the Shire of Narrandera by protecting, enhancing or conserving:

(i) prime crop and pasture land,

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

(iii) areas of significance for nature conservation,

(iv) areas of high scenic or recreational value,

(v) riparian land, including the Murrumbidgee River and its tributaries and isolated wetland cultures, and

(vi) the use of land within its capability, and

(b) to replace existing planning controls with a single local environmental plan to help facilitate growth and development of the Shire of Narrandera in a manner which is consistent with the aims specified in paragraph (a) and which:

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

(ii) facilitates efficient and effective delivery of amenities and services,

(iii) facilitates a range of residential and employment opportunities in accordance with demand,

(iv) facilitates farm adjustments, and

(v) ensures that efficiency of arterial roads is not adversely affected by development on adjacent land, and

(c) to encourage public involvement in conserving the environmental heritage of the area by:

(i) conserving the environmental heritage of the land to which this plan applies, and

(ii) integrating heritage conservation into the planning and development control processes, and

(iii) providing for public involvement in the matters relating to the conservation of the area’s environmental heritage, and

(iv) ensuring that new development is undertaken in a manner that is sympathetic to, and does not detract from, the heritage significance of heritage items and their settings, as well as streetscapes and landscapes and the distinctive character that they impart to the land to which this plan applies.