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(1) The aims of this plan are:(a) to encourage the development of the Penrith City Centre as the principal retail, commercial, cultural and social centre in the local government area of Penrith with an environment which responds to the needs of those who will use it, and(b) to promote development which is consistent with the council's vision for the City of Penrith contained in its strategic management plan, namely, one of a region having a harmony of urban and rural qualities with a strong commitment to environmental protection and enhancement.
(2) The objectives, policies and strategies of this plan are:(a) to provide a planning framework which allows development control plans to supplement the controls embodied in this plan, and(b) to provide an environmental planning base which will encourage diversity by permitting a wide range of activities in order that the needs of the people served by the centre can be realised, and(c) to allow strategies to be developed that will result in improved public amenities and services including traffic and carparking improvements and improved environmental quality within public spaces, and(d) to create conditions which are conducive to investment and will increase the economic potential of the City Centre, and(e) to promote development of the City Centre by ensuring that adequate land to accept the extent and range of future development is available in appropriate locations in the City Centre, and(f) to improve the environmental quality of the City Centre, and(g) to foster employment generating businesses, and(h) to identify land which will need to be acquired by public authorities for the provision of additional public amenities and services and identify the responsible authorities.
(3) The council must consider the aims and objectives of this plan in determining development applications. This plan also includes objectives for each zone.