Griffith Local Environmental Plan 2014 (2014-137) (NSW)

Griffith Local Environmental Plan 2014

Part 1 Preliminary

1.1 Name of Plan This Plan is Griffith Local Environmental Plan 2014.

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 Griffith 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 prevent unnecessary urban sprawl by promoting business, industrial, rural and residential uses within and adjacent to existing precincts related to those uses, (b) to minimise land use conflict in general by creating areas of transition between different and potentially conflicting land uses, (c) to provide a variety of development options to meet the needs of the community with regard to housing, employment and services, (d) to manage and protect areas of environmental significance, (e) to recognise the historical development of the area and to preserve heritage items associated with it.

1.3 Land to which Plan applies This Plan applies to the land identified on the Land Application Map.

1.4 Definitions The Dictionary at the end of this Plan defines words and expressions for the purposes of this Plan.

1.5 Notes Notes in this Plan are provided for guidance and do not form part of this Plan.

1.6 Consent authority The consent authority for the purposes of this Plan is (subject to the Act) the Council.

1.7 Maps (1) A reference in this Plan to a named map adopted by this Plan is a reference to a map by that name— (a) approved by the local plan-making authority when the map is adopted, and (b) as amended or replaced from time to time by maps declared by environmental planning instruments to amend or replace that map, and approved by the local plan-making authority when the instruments are made. (1AA) (Repealed) (2) Any 2 or more named maps may be combined into a single map. In that case, a reference in this Plan to any such named map is a reference to the relevant part or aspect of the single map. (3) Any such maps are to be kept and made available for public access in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister. (4) For the purposes of this Plan, a map may be in, and may be kept and made available in, electronic or paper form, or both.