New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

MUSWELLBROOK LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2009 - REG 1.2

1.2 Aims of Plan

(1) This Plan aims to make local environmental planning provisions for land in Muswellbrook 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--

(a) to encourage the proper management of the natural and human-made resources of Muswellbrook by protecting, enhancing or conserving--

(i) productive agricultural land, and

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

(iii) areas of significance for nature conservation, and

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

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

(b) to manage the urban areas of Muswellbrook by strengthening retail hierarchies and employment opportunities, promoting appropriate tourism development, guiding affordable urban form and providing for the protection of heritage items and precincts,

(c) to promote ecologically sustainable urban and rural development,

(d) to manage development in flood-prone areas by ensuring any obstruction, re-direction or pollution of flood waters will not have adverse consequences for the environment or increase the risk of endangering life or property,

(e) to enhance the urban amenity and habitat for flora and fauna,

(f) to protect and conserve--

(i) soil stability by controlling development in accordance with land capability, and

(ii) remnant native vegetation, and

(iii) water resources, water quality and wetland areas, natural flow patterns and their catchments and buffer areas,

(g) to provide a secure future for agriculture by expanding Muswellbrook's economic base and minimising the loss or fragmentation of productive agricultural land,

(h) to allow flexibility in the planning framework so as to encourage orderly, economic and equitable development while safeguarding the community's interests and residential amenity, and to achieve the objectives of each zone mentioned in Part 2 of this Plan.