New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

NAMBUCCA LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1995 - REG 2

2 What are the objectives of this plan?

The objectives of this plan are:

(a1) to promote the social and economic welfare of the community consistent with the four principles of ecologically sustainable development, which are:

(i) the precautionary principle-namely, that if there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation, and

(ii) inter-generational equity-namely, that the present generation should ensure that the health, diversity and productivity of the environment are maintained or enhanced for the benefit of future generations, and

(iii) conservation of biological diversity and ecological integrity-namely, that conservation of biological diversity and ecological integrity should be a fundamental consideration, and

(iv) improved valuation, pricing and incentive mechanisms-namely, that environmental factors should be included in the valuation of assets and services,

(a2) to promote development that is consistent with the four principles of ecologically sustainable development,

(a) to update, consolidate and simplify planning controls applying to the area,

(b) to encourage growth in a planned and co-ordinated manner which will be commercially viable and ecologically sustainable,

(c) to protect the quality of areas of high landscape and environmental value,

(d) to protect the major agricultural activities of the area and to facilitate realisation of the agriculture potential of the area,

(e) to provide opportunities for and to encourage development which will support the area’s economic, employment and tourism base,

(f) to provide land that is appropriate in area, location and quality for living, working and recreational activities,

(g) to provide a diversity of housing throughout the area,

(h) to provide opportunities for rural-residential and hobby farm lifestyles on suitable land that is accessible and provided with adequate infrastructure,

(i) to ensure that development is adequately serviced in an economic, equitable and efficient manner,

(j) to ensure that development is appropriately located, having regard to environmental constraints, accessibility and existing land use patterns,

(k) to protect known or prospective areas of valuable deposits of sand, gravel or other extractive materials,

(l) to protect land required for future urban purposes from undesirable subdivision and inappropriate development,

(m) to protect and conserve wildlife habitat refuges and corridors,

(n) to protect rural and residential amenity,

(o) to conserve and protect water resources and minimise the risk of pollution,

(p) to protect soil resources and minimise land degradation,

(q) to ensure an efficient and safe roads network is maintained with minimum intrusion on business centres, public recreation and residential areas,

(r) to encourage functional and commercially viable industrial development, which does not pollute or adversely affect the adjoining land or water or the amenity of nearby residents,

(s) to protect places and buildings of archaeological or heritage significance, including Aboriginal relics and places,

(t) to provide public recreation areas and a range of recreational facilities to meet the needs of the population, and

(u) to ensure residents are not put at unacceptable risk in the event of flooding and bush fires.