Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan 2015 (2015-754) (NSW)

Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan 2015

Part 1 Preliminary

1.1 Name of Plan This Plan is Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan 2015.

1.1AA Commencement This Plan commences 3 months after 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 Campbelltown 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 provide a comprehensive planning framework for the sustainable development of all land in Campbelltown, (b) to facilitate Campbelltown's development as the compact, vibrant primary business centre for the Macarthur Region, with distinct limits to urban growth and a clearly defined separation between urban and non-urban areas, (c) to protect rural land, its agricultural potential and prevent its fragmentation, (d) to ensure that diverse housing opportunities are provided, including those that accord with urban consolidation principles for all existing and future residents of Campbelltown in all stages of their lives, (e) to reinforce a hierarchy of centres and strengthen the role of the Campbelltown-Macarthur Regional City Centre as the primary business centre for the Macarthur Region, (f) to optimise the integration of land use and transport and encourage safe, diverse and efficient means of transport throughout Campbelltown, (g) to encourage high-quality, well-designed development, that is of an appropriate design and scale to complement its setting and that enhances and encourages a safe and healthy environment, (h) to ensure the adequate provision of infrastructure and services to support both existing and future development, (i) to ensure high quality development that is sustainable and does not unreasonably increase the demand for public facilities, amenities and services, (j) to identify, conserve and protect the Aboriginal, cultural and natural heritage of Campbelltown and to minimise any adverse impacts of development on heritage items and conservation areas, (k) to facilitate diverse economic growth and employment opportunities, (l) to conserve and enhance the environmental, scenic and landscape values of land in Campbelltown, (m) to maintain, protect and improve the natural environment including biodiversity and water resources, (n) to minimise land use conflict and the impact of development on adjoining land and on land subject to environmental hazards, particularly bush fire, flooding and salinity, (o) to achieve development outcomes that are commensurate with the capability and suitability of the land, (p) to provide for the social, cultural and recreational needs of existing and future communities, (q) to foster environmental, economic, social and physical well-being so that Campbelltown develops as an integrated, balanced and sustainable city, (r) to protect and promote the health and well-being of current and future residents of Campbelltown.