New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WARRINGAH LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2000 - SCHEDULE 5

SCHEDULE 5 – State policies

(Clause 12 (1) (b))

Housing for older people or people with a disability

It is State policy to encourage the provision of housing that will:

(a) increase the supply and diversity of housing that meets the needs of older people or people with a disability, and

(b) make efficient use of existing infrastructure and services, and

(c) be of good design.

Group homes

It is State policy:

(a) to facilitate the establishment of permanent group homes in which disabled persons or socially disadvantaged persons may lead as normal a life as possible by living permanently in an ordinary residential household environment, instead of in an institutional environment, and

(b) to facilitate the establishment of transitional group homes which provide temporary accommodation for disabled persons or socially disadvantaged persons in an ordinary residential household environment instead of in an institutional environment for purposes such as alcohol or drug rehabilitation, “half-way” rehabilitation for persons formerly living in institutions and refuges for men, women or young people, and

(c) to ensure that applications for group homes are not refused by councils unless there has been an assessment made of the community need for the group home.

Bushland in urban areas

It is State policy to protect and preserve bushland within urban areas because of:

(a) its value to the community as part of the natural heritage, and

(b) its aesthetic value, and

(c) its value as a recreational, educational and scientific resource and, specifically:

(i) to protect the remnants of plant communities which were once characteristic of land now within an urban area, and

(ii) to retain bushland in parcels of a size and configuration which will enable the existing plant and animal communities to survive in the long-term, and

(iii) to protect rare and endangered flora and fauna species, and

(iv) to protect habitats for native flora and fauna, and

(v) to protect wildlife corridors and vegetation links with other nearby bushland, and

(vi) to protect bushland as a natural stabiliser of the soil surface, and

(vii) to protect bushland for its scenic values, and to retain the unique visual identity of the landscape, and

(viii) to protect significant geological features, and

(ix) to protect existing landforms, such as natural drainage lines, watercourses and foreshores, and

(x) to protect archaeological relics, and

(xi) to protect the recreational potential of bushland, and

(xii) to protect the educational potential of bushland, and

(xiii) to maintain bushland in locations which are readily accessible to the community, and

(xiv) to promote the management of bushland in a manner which protects and enhances the quality of the bushland and facilitates public enjoyment of the bushland compatible with its conservation.

Caravan parks

(1)

It is State policy to encourage:

(a) the orderly and economic use and development of land used or intended to be used as a caravan park catering exclusively or predominantly for short-term residents (such as tourists) or for long-term residents, or catering for both, and

(b) the proper management and development of land so used, for the purpose of promoting the social and economic welfare of the community, and

(c) the provision of community facilities for land so used, and

(d) the protection of the environment of, and in the vicinity of, land so used.

(2)

It is also State policy to ensure that, before granting consent to the use of land for the purpose of a caravan park:

(a) Councils have considered:

(i) whether, because of its location or character, the land concerned is particularly suitable for use as a caravan park for tourists or for long-term residence, and

(ii) whether there is adequate provision for tourist accommodation in the locality of that land, and whether existing or potential tourist accommodation will be displaced by the use of sites for long-term residence, and

(iii) whether there is adequate low-cost housing, or land available for low-cost housing, in that locality, and

(iv) whether necessary community facilities and services are available within the caravan park to which the development application relates or in the locality (or both), and whether those facilities and services are reasonably accessible to the occupants of the caravan park, and

(v) any relevant guidelines issued by the Director, and

(b) Councils are satisfied that the development would comply with the Local Government (Caravan Parks, Camping Grounds and Moveable Dwellings) Regulation 1995 .

Hazardous and offensive development

It is State policy:

(a) to ensure that in determining whether a development is a hazardous or offensive industry, any measures proposed to be employed to reduce the impact of the development are taken into account, and

(b) to ensure that in considering any application to carry out potentially hazardous or offensive development, the consent authority has sufficient information to assess whether the development is hazardous or offensive and to impose conditions to reduce or minimise any adverse impact, and

(c) to require the advertising of applications to carry out any such development.

Maintenance dredging of tidal waterways

It is State policy to enable the maintenance dredging of tidal waterways by public authorities to be carried out in a timely, cost effective and environmentally responsible manner in response to changing conditions in those waterways.

Koala habitat protection

It is State policy to encourage the proper conservation and management of areas of natural vegetation that provide habitat for koalas to ensure a permanent free-living population over their present range and reverse the current trend of koala population decline.

Permissibility of mining

It is State policy, in relation to mining:

(a) to promote the economic development of the State, and

(b) to facilitate the development of the State’s natural resources, and

(c) to facilitate the development of significant export-earning industries for the State, and

(d) to create significant employment opportunities within the State.

Extractive industries

It is State policy:

(a) to facilitate the development of extractive resources in proximity to the population of the Sydney Metropolitan Area by identifying land which contains extractive material of regional significance, and

(b) to permit, with development consent, development for the purpose of extractive industries on such land, and

(c) to ensure consideration is given to the impact of encroaching development on the ability of extractive industries to realise their full potential, and

(d) to promote the carrying out of development for the purpose of extractive industries in an environmentally acceptable manner.

Traffic Generating Development

It is State policy to ensure that the Roads and Traffic Authority:

(a) is made aware of, and

(b) is given an opportunity to make representations in respect of,