New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsIn assessing any development application the Council shall take into consideration the following specific aims of this Plan:
(1) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to affordable housing are:(a) to encourage the retention of existing affordable housing, including boarding houses and rental housing provided by residential flat buildings,(b) to encourage the development of new affordable housing in a variety of types and tenures for all income groups,(c) to facilitate the expansion of the Council’s role in the provision of affordable housing in the public and private sectors, and(d) to promote the development of a broader and more appropriate range of affordable housing types in the private sector.
(2) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to commercial development are:(a) to encourage a range of activities within commercial zones,(b) to prevent the expansion of commercial zones at the expense of residential zones,(c) to maintain and improve the pedestrian environment of commercial areas, and(d) to promote a mix of uses to satisfy the demands of commercial and residential development in commercial zones.
(3) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to community needs are:(a) to ensure the social needs of existing and future residents are met through the provision of community facilities and services, and(b) to ensure that Waverley continues to be an accessible community.
(4) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to environmental protection are:(a) to enhance and preserve the natural environment through appropriate planning and the provision of special controls,(b) to improve the health and amenity of the community by protecting the integrity of natural systems and reducing the detrimental impact on the global environment of development in the Council’s area,(c) to improve air quality in the Council’s area by ensuring that the reduction of air pollution is considered in new development proposals,(d) to minimise the use of non-renewable resources, including rainforest, old growth forest and non-renewable timber,(e) to promote and encourage water conservation measures in the Council’s area,(f) to improve the standard of water quality in the Council’s area by reducing urban stormwater pollution at Bondi Beach, Tamarama Beach, Bronte Beach and in Centennial Park,(g) to ensure suitable areas for the storage of recyclable materials are provided,(h) to prohibit nuclear activities and facilities in the Council’s area to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents, and(i) to improve the local environment by protecting existing trees and encouraging the planting of trees and shrubs native to the area.
(5) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to the greenhouse effect are:(a) to encourage the recovery, reprocessing, recycling or safe disposal of ozone depleting substances,(b) to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by encouraging and adopting energy conservation measures that reduce demands for energy,(c) to ensure the potential impacts of global warming are considered when development applications are assessed,(d) to encourage the design of energy efficient buildings, and(e) to encourage the use of energy efficient transport systems.
(6) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to heritage conservation are:(a) to conserve the environmental heritage of the Council’s area,(b) to integrate heritage conservation into the planning and development control processes,(c) to identify heritage items, heritage conservation areas and archaeological sites,(d) to ensure that development does not adversely affect the heritage significance of heritage items, heritage conservation areas and archaeological sites and their settings,(e) to control the demolition of heritage items and buildings and works within heritage conservation areas, and(f) to provide for the control of development associated with or in proximity to heritage items and heritage conservation areas.
(7) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to housing are:(a) to provide for a range of residential densities,(b) to encourage a range of housing types to meet the changing housing needs of the community,(c) to encourage the development of new rental housing where appropriate,(d) to ensure that new housing is compatible with surrounding development,(e) to increase the population by maintaining and increasing the number and variety of dwellings to a level which is commensurate with the capacity of the natural environment and the present and likely future social and physical infrastructure of the Council’s area, and(f) to improve the amenity of residential areas.
(8) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to open space and recreation are:(a) to protect, maintain and enhance existing open space,(b) to maintain and improve the range and types of open space and recreational opportunities available to the community, and(c) to preserve views from public places of the ocean, beaches, harbour, parks and other scenic landmarks.
(9) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to outdoor advertising are:(a) to ensure that advertisers’ messages and images complement and conform to both the building on which they are displayed and the character of the locality, and(b) to ensure outdoor advertising does not adversely affect the locality in terms of appearance, size, illumination or overshadowing or in any other way, and(c) to ensure outdoor advertising does not lead to visual clutter through the proliferation of signs.
(10) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to public safety are:(a) to ensure community crime prevention strategies are considered when relevant development proposals are assessed, and(b) to ensure consideration is given to road safety issues when development proposals relating to traffic are assessed.
(11) The specific aims of this Plan in relation to traffic and transport are:(a) to minimise the adverse impact of traffic on all land uses by ensuring adequate consideration is given to the impact of traffic when development applications are assessed,(b) to encourage land use patterns which reduce the need to travel by motor vehicle and increase the use of public transport, bicycles and walking to reduce the adverse impact of travel on the environment,(c) to maintain the existing road network to provide an efficient system for traffic movement while protecting residential amenity,(d) to ensure all development involving traffic gives adequate consideration to the needs of cyclists and pedestrians,(e) to minimise conflict between pedestrians and vehicles by ensuring adequate consideration is given to the location of vehicular entry and exit points,(f) to minimise the impact of traffic and parking generated by commercial development on adjoining residential areas,(g) to integrate traffic movement systems with other land uses, and(h) to ensure that all new land uses have regard to the traffic and parking capacity of the road system.