New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe aim of this plan is to provide a framework for land use management in the City of Wollongong to achieve the following objectives:
(a) to encourage the proper management, development and conservation of natural and man-made resources (including agricultural land, natural areas, forest, minerals, water and the built environment) for the purpose of promoting the social and economic welfare of the community and a better environment,
(b) to protect the environment from degradation and despoliation by protecting environmentally sensitive areas from development and minimising adverse impacts of urban development on both the built and natural environment,
(c) to protect and improve the quality of life and the social well-being and amenity of local residents,
(d) to encourage economic diversification and growth of the business and industrial base to increase employment,
(e) to conserve the environmental heritage of the land to which this plan applies,
(f) to enable the classification and reclassification of land, owned or controlled by the Council, under the Local Government Act 1993 .