New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WALCHA LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2000 - REG 2

2 Aims, objectives etc

The general aims of this plan are:

(a) to encourage the orderly management, development and conservation of natural and other resources within the local government area of Walcha by protecting, enhancing or conserving:

(i) prime crop and pasture land, and

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

(iii) areas of significance for nature conservation, and

(iv) 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 local government area of Walcha 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, and

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

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

(iv) facilitates farm adjustments, and

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