New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

TUMUT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1990 - REG 2

2 Aims, objectives etc

(1) The principal aims of this plan are to provide planning controls for the Shire of Tumut and to update and consolidate into one instrument the various planning instruments which applied to this area when this plan commenced.

(2) The general aims of this plan are:

(a) to encourage the proper management, development and conservation of natural and man-made resources within the Shire of Tumut by protecting, enhancing or conserving:

(i) prime crop and pasture land,

(ii) timber, minerals, soil, water and other natural resources,

(iii) areas of high scenic, recreational or nature conservation value, and

(iv) places and buildings of archaeological or heritage significance, including Aboriginal relics and places, and

(b) to help facilitate growth and development of the Shire of Tumut in a manner which is consistent with the aims specified in paragraph (a) and which:

(i) minimises the cost to the community of fragmented and isolated development of rural land,

(ii) facilitates the efficient and effective delivery of amenities and services,

(iii) facilitates a range of residential and employment opportunities in accordance with demand,

(iv) facilitates farm adjustment, and

(v) ensures that the efficiency of arterial roads is not adversely affected by development on adjacent land.

(3) The particular aims of this plan are:

(a) to divide land into the zones referred to in clause 8 and to achieve in respect of land within each of those zones the objectives specified for that land in the Table to clause 9,

(b) to protect the agricultural production potential of rural land, particularly where land is designated as being of prime crop and pasture potential,

(c) to provide for the continued needs of tourism,

(d) to encourage the provision of employment opportunities for local residents,

(e) to provide a variety of residential environments to cater for differing lifestyles and needs,

(f) to promote and enhance the viability of existing commercial and industrial centres within the Shire of Tumut,

(g) to recognise the financial constraints likely to be encountered by the Council in the provision, maintenance and augmentation of additional and existing services required for an expanding and relocating population, and

(h) to ensure that the Council gives due regard to the effect of natural hazards upon development.