New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BEGA VALLEY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2013 - REG 1.2

1.2 Aims of Plan

(1) This Plan aims to make local environmental planning provisions for land in Bega Valley in accordance with the relevant standard environmental planning instrument under section 3.20 of the Act.

(2) The particular aims of this Plan are as follows--

(aa) to protect and promote the use and development of land for arts and cultural activity, including music and other performance arts,

(a) to protect and improve the economic, natural and social resources of Bega Valley through the principles of ecologically sustainable development, including conservation of biodiversity, energy efficiency and taking into account projected changes as a result of climate change,

(b) to provide employment opportunities and strengthen the local economic base by encouraging a range of enterprises, including tourism, that respond to lifestyle choices, emerging markets and changes in technology,

(c) to conserve and enhance environmental assets, including estuaries, rivers, wetlands, remnant native vegetation, soils and wildlife corridors,

(d) to encourage compact and efficient urban settlement,

(e) to ensure that development contributes to the natural landscape and built form environments that make up the character of Bega Valley,

(f) to provide opportunities for a range of housing choices, including affordable and adaptive housing, in locations that have good access to public transport, community facilities and services, retail and commercial services and employment opportunities,

(g) to protect agricultural lands by preventing land fragmentation and adverse impacts from non-agricultural land uses,

(h) to identify and conserve the Aboriginal and European cultural heritage of Bega Valley,

(i) to restrict development on land that is subject to natural hazards,

(j) to ensure that development has minimal impact on water quality and environmental flows of receiving waters.