New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WAGGA WAGGA RURAL LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1991 - REG 2

2 Aims, objectives etc

The general aims of the plan are as follows:

(a) to encourage the proper management, development and conservation of natural and man-made resources within the area to which this plan applies by protecting, enhancing or conserving:

(i) prime crop and pasture land,

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

(iii) localities of significance for nature conservation,

(iv) localities of high scenic or recreational value, and

(v) places and buildings of archaeological or heritage significance, including Aboriginal relics and places,

(b) to replace the existing planning controls with a single local environmental plan to help facilitate growth and development of the land to which this plan applies in a manner which is consistent with the aims specified in paragraph (a) and which:

(i) minimises the costs to the community of fragmented and isolated development of rural land,

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

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

(iv) facilitates farm adjustments, and

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

(c) to simplify the general restrictions on development by reducing the number of zones into which land is divided,

(d) to give the Council greater responsibility for environmental planning by creating a broad framework of controls and to create opportunity for the more detailed provisions relating to matters of significance only for local environmental planning to be contained in development control plans made by the Council,

(e) to speed up the planning process,

(f) to maintain the opportunity for public involvement and participation in the environmental planning and assessment process,

(g) to ensure that the plan is complementary to Wagga Wagga Local Environmental Plan 1985 ,

(h) to reduce the incidence of damage to localities subject to flooding by restricting development in the flood plain and in the floodways,

(i) to promote ecologically sustainable development.