New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

NORTH SYDNEY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1989 - REG 2

2 Aims, objectives etc

The general aims and objectives of this plan are:

(a) to maintain and increase the availability of land for residential use in North Sydney and to prevent the further alienation of residential areas,

(b) to maintain and increase the present population of the municipality by retaining residentially zoned land for residential purposes, by restricting the expansion of other uses into residential zones and encouraging residential use of buildings in non-residential zones, especially those buildings in the commercial zones,

(c) to ensure that proper regard is given to the needs and wishes of the community and environmental quality,

(d) to ensure that development on land at or near the foreshores of Port Jackson is designed so as to take into consideration the appearance of the land and development when viewed from Port Jackson,

(e) to improve access to the foreshore areas of the Municipality by acquisition or dedication or by gaining rights of public access over foreshore land,

(f) to maintain commercial and industrial areas within the Municipality while protecting existing residential accommodation and amenity,

(g) to provide increased opportunities for public involvement and participation in environmental planning and assessment within the Municipality by advertising all development applications,

(h) to provide for the economic and efficient use of land,

(i) to incorporate all planning controls for the Municipality into a single local environmental plan,

(j) to minimise the adverse effect of traffic within the Municipality,

(k) to encourage the amalgamation of development sites generally where appropriate and in particular to avoid the inefficient use of land and to ensure that existing dwellings on sites too small to be redeveloped are developed in conjunction with adjoining properties,

(l) to control subdivisions in accordance with the special provisions in that behalf made by this plan,

(m) to identify items of environmental heritage and conservation areas and to provide guidelines to ensure their conservation, and

(n) to allow for outdoor advertising which makes a positive contribution to the built environment of the area of North Sydney and minimises visual clutter.