New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

NORTH SYDNEY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2001 - REG 3

3 Specific aims of this plan

The specific aims of this plan are:

(a) in relation to the character of North Sydney’s neighbourhoods, to:

(i) promote the character of the neighbourhoods and development which is compatible with neighbouring development in terms of bulk, scale and appearance, and

(ii) maintain a diversity of activities while protecting residential accommodation and local amenity, and

(iii) ensure that development on foreshore lands or land visible from the harbour or any public place does not adversely affect the appearance of that foreshore land, or the views of that land from the harbour or public place, and

(b) in relation to residential development, to:

(i) protect and enhance the residential use and amenity of existing residential neighbourhoods and new residential development, and

(ii) maintain and provide for an increase in dwelling stock, where appropriate, and

(iii) prevent the expansion of non-residential uses in residential neighbourhoods, and

(c) in relation to non-residential development, to:

(i) maintain a diversity of employment, services, cultural and recreational activities, and

(ii) ensure that non-residential development does not adversely affect the amenity of residential properties and public places, including adverse affectation by reason of the use, design, bulk, scale or appearance of the development, or the traffic generation and parking associated with the development, and

(iii) maintain waterfront activities and ensure that these activities do not adversely affect local amenity and environmental quality, and

(iv) minimise adverse effects of all permitted non-residential development and non-conforming uses or development, and

(d) in relation to environmental quality, to:

(i) maintain and protect natural landscape, topographic features and natural ground surfaces, and

(ii) improve soil quality and regulate the remediation and development of contaminated land, and

(iii) minimise storm water run-off and its adverse effects and improve the quality of local waterways, and

(iv) minimise atmospheric pollution and its adverse effects, and

(v) minimise noise emissions and their adverse effects, and

(vi) preserve and protect terrestrial and aquatic ecological communities, and

(vii) promote the efficient use of energy and resources, and

(viii) minimise waste generation, including waste to landfill, and

(e) in relation to environmental heritage, to:

(i) identify and encourage the conservation of the heritage of North Sydney, including heritage items, heritage conservation areas, Aboriginal sites, bushland, parks, foreshores and trees, and

(ii) ensure that development does not adversely affect the significance of the heritage of North Sydney (including heritage items, heritage conservation areas, Aboriginal sites, bushland, parks, foreshores and trees), and

(f) in relation to community well-being, to:

(i) provide for the growth of a permanent resident population and encourage the provision of a full range of housing, including affordable housing, and

(ii) encourage the expression of community identity and cultural diversity, and

(iii) ensure the social and economic effects of development are appropriate, and

(iv) ensure good management of, and investment in, the community’s assets, and

(g) in relation to cultural resources, to:

(i) ensure that development does not adversely affect the quality, amenity and value of cultural resources, and

(ii) ensure that development does not impede access to cultural resources, and

(iii) ensure that development does not adversely affect the presentation to streets and other public places of cultural resources, and

(h) in relation to the foreshore areas of North Sydney, to improve access by acquisition or dedication or by gaining rights of public access over foreshore land where it will not diminish the natural values of the foreshore.