Walgett Local Environmental Plan 2013 (2013-373) (NSW)

Walgett Local Environmental Plan 2013

Part 1 Preliminary

1.1 Name of Plan This Plan is Walgett Local Environmental Plan 2013.

1.1AA Commencement This Plan commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

1.2 Aims of Plan (1) This Plan aims to make local environmental planning provisions for land in Walgett 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 encourage the proper management of the natural and human-made resources of Walgett by protecting, enhancing and conserving the following— (i) productive agricultural land, (ii) timber, minerals, soils, water and other natural resources, (iii) areas of significance for nature conservation, (iv) areas of high scenic or recreational value, (v) places and buildings of archaeological or heritage significance, (b) to manage the urban areas of Walgett by strengthening retail hierarchies and employment opportunities, promoting appropriate tourism development and guiding affordable urban form, (c) to minimise land use conflict, (d) to ensure that development is appropriate to the capability of the land, (e) to provide a choice of living opportunities, (f) to ensure that the efficiency of arterial roads is not adversely affected by development on adjacent land, (g) to ensure that development has proper regard to the environmental constraints of the land and minimises impacts on biodiversity, water resources and natural land forms.