New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WILLIAMS RIVER CATCHMENT REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1997 - REG 3

3 Aims and objectives

(1) The aims of this plan are to protect and improve the environmental quality of the Williams River catchment through the management and use of the catchment’s resources in an ecologically sustainable manner.

(2) The objectives of this plan are:

(a) to promote sustainable use of land, water, vegetation and other natural resources within the Williams River catchment, and

(b) to promote the protection and improvement of the environmental quality of the catchment, and

(c) to establish a co-ordinated and consistent approach to the planning and management of the natural and built environment on a catchment-wide basis by linking the environmental planning system and total catchment management policies, programs and activities within the Williams River catchment through an endorsed catchment-wide regional planning strategy, and

(d) to provide for changes to occur in the use of land in a manner which protects the quality of the catchment’s water resources.