New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe planning objectives for the Homebush Bay Area are as follows:
(a) to promote development of major public facilities and other public facilities that will establish the Homebush Bay Area, and Sydney Olympic Park in particular, as a centre for hosting regional, State, national and international events,(b) to preserve and protect the Homebush Bay Area’s regionally significant wetlands and woodlands in Sydney Olympic Park,(c) to promote a variety of types of development and land uses other than those referred to in paragraph (a) (for example, commercial, retail, industrial, residential, recreational, open space, institutional and tourism uses), but only if the type and scale of those uses do not prevent the use or reduce the attractiveness or suitability of the Homebush Bay Area, and Sydney Olympic Park in particular, for development referred to in paragraph (a),(d) to permit a range of ancillary development and land uses (for example, roads, parking areas, public transport, utility services, remediation of land, flood mitigation, drainage works, land filling, earthworks, clearing, site rehabilitation and dredging works),
(e) to integrate the Homebush Bay Area, and Sydney Olympic Park in particular, with the regional transport network, whether on land or water, including public transport systems, roads, cycleways and walkways,(f) to protect the Homebush Bay Area and land surrounding it from adverse effects resulting from the holding of major public events,
(g) to promote co-ordinated, sensitive and high quality development in the Homebush Bay Area through the adoption of overall guidelines for development relating to, for example, urban design, landscaping and signage,(h) to promote ecologically sustainable development,(i) to take advantage of the proximity of the Homebush Bay Area to the Parramatta River and Homebush Bay by encouraging development that preserves and improves views from and of the waterfront and to enhance public access to those waterways and waterfront areas, while protecting flora and fauna habitats,
(j) to protect sensitive natural environments, such as wetlands, woodlands and grasslands/wetlands (as shown on the map marked “ Homebush Bay Area-Environmental Conservation Areas Map ”), by identifying environmental conservation areas and ensuring that the ecological significance of these areas is not reduced,(k) to identify and protect heritage items, heritage conservation areas and potential historical archaeological sites and ensure that development is sympathetic to them,(l) to enable the habitat of birds protected under international agreements for the protection of migratory birds to be conserved.