New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe aim of this plan is to provide a framework for land use management, urban growth and change to achieve the following objectives:
(a) to ensure that land uses in the local government area of Shellharbour City are compatible with each other and are suitably located,
(b) to ensure that adequate provision is made to meet the needs of an increasing population,
(c) to ensure that various areas of land within the local government area of Shellharbour City which are environmentally sensitive, and which enhance the visual amenity of the area, are protected and suitably managed,
(d) to enable public land, owned or controlled by the Council of the City of Shellharbour under the Local Government Act 1993 , to be classified or reclassified as operational land,
(e) to identify and manage items of the environmental and cultural heritage of the local government area,
(f) to ensure that development addresses pollution concerns and does not result in a decline in water quality.