New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WOLLONGONG LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN NO 38 - REG 6

6 Aims, objectives and strategy

(1) The 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 protect the environment from degradation and despoliation by protecting environmentally sensitive areas from development, and minimizing adverse impacts of urban development on both the built and natural environment,

(b) to protect and improve the quality of life and the social well-being and amenity of local residents, and

(c) to encourage economic diversification and growth of the business and industrial base to increase employment.

(2) The strategy whereby this plan aims to achieve the objectives referred to in subclause (1) is:

(a) to control development generally in relation to the various zones depicted on the map, and

(b) to control particular types of development, and development in particular zones, by means of the development standards contained in this plan.