New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

TALLAGANDA LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1991 - REG 2

2 Aims, objectives etc

The general aims and objectives of this plan are:

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

(i) prime crop and pasture land,

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

(iii) places of significance for nature conservation,

(iv) features and places of high scenic or recreational value,

(v) places and buildings of archaeological or heritage significance, including aboriginal relics and places, and

(b) to replace the existing planning controls with a single local environmental plan to help facilitate growth and development of the Shire of Tallaganda in a manner which is consistent with the objectives 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 services and facilities,

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

(iv) facilitates farm adjustments,

(v) identifies suitable localities and standards for the development of rural small holdings,

(vi) provides for the protection and enhancement of heritage items within the township of Braidwood and other towns within the Shire,

(vii) facilitates the provision of tourist accommodation,

(viii) assists the effective management of commercial forestry,

(ix) supports the preparation of development guidelines appropriate to environmentally sensitive, visually significant and bushfire-prone or flood-prone localities in accordance with land capability,

(x) facilitates the future development and protection of the catchment area of the Welcome Reef Dam,

(xi) establishes measures to preserve water quality in the Shire’s streams and waterways,

(xii) ensures that the efficiency of arterial roads is not adversely affected by development on adjacent land, and

(xiii) facilitates the development of commerce and industry at some future date, and

(c) to afford protection to the environmental heritage within the Shire of Tallaganda by:

(i) conservation of the environmental heritage,

(ii) integration of heritage conservation into the planning and development control processes,

(iii) providing for public involvement in the matters relating to the conservation of the environmental heritage, and

(iv) ensuring that development is undertaken in a manner that is sympathetic to and does not detract from the heritage significance of the items and their settings.