New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WYONG LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1991 - REG 39

39 Consent-environmental protection zone

(2) Consent to the development of land, including consent to the alteration, enlargement or rebuilding of any existing building or work within Zone No 7 (d) or 7 (e), must not be given unless the consent authority has taken into consideration:

(a) any potential changes to the appearance of the landscape,

(b) whether adequate safeguards and rehabilitation measures have been proposed to protect the environment,

(c) whether the proposed development would detrimentally affect the protection or preservation of environmental or recreational values of the land,

(d) whether the proposed development may be more suitably undertaken in a different form or at an alternative site, and

(e) the extent of previous and existing disturbances and modifications to the land, including weed infestation, drainage works, vegetation clearing and construction works.

(3) In deciding whether to grant consent to development within Zone No 7 (e), the consent authority must take into consideration:

(a) the effect of the proposed development on the costs of acquisition,

(b) the imminence of acquisition, and

(c) the costs, if any, associated with the reinstatement of the land to its natural or undeveloped state upon cessation of the proposed development.