{"id":"nsw:epi-2013-0021","name":"Bourke Local Environmental Plan 2012","slug":"bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nsw","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"21 of 2013","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181293,"registerId":"nsw-nsw:epi-2013-0021-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Part 1 Preliminary\n\nPart 1 Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Plan","content":"#### 1 Name of Plan\n\n1.1 Name of Plan\n\n> This Plan is [Bourke Local Environmental Plan 2012](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2013-0021).","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Permitted or prohibited development","content":"# Part 2 Permitted or prohibited development\n\nPart 2 Permitted or prohibited development","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Land use zones","content":"#### 2 Land use zones\n\n2.1 Land use zones\n\n> The land use zones under this Plan are as follows—\n> \n> > Rural Zones\n> \n> > RU1 Primary Production\n> > \n> > RU5 Village\n> \n> > Residential Zones\n> \n> > R1 General Residential\n> > \n> > R5 Large Lot Residential\n> \n> > Employment Zones\n> \n> > E1 Local Centre\n> > \n> > E4 General Industrial\n> \n> > Special Purpose Zones\n> \n> > SP2 Infrastructure\n> > \n> > SP3 Tourist\n> \n> > Recreation Zones\n> \n> > RE1 Public Recreation\n> \n> > Conservation Zones\n> \n> > C1 National Parks and Nature Reserves\n> \n> > Waterway Zones\n> \n> > W1 Natural Waterways\n> \n> **cl 2.1:** Am 2022 (830), Sch 1.5\\[1\\].","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"pt","sectionType":"part","heading":"Land Use Table","content":"# pt Land Use Table\n\nLand Use Table\n\nNote—\n\nState environmental planning policies, including the following, may be relevant to development on land to which this Plan applies—\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0714)\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0732), Chapter 2—relating to infrastructure facilities, including air transport, correction, education, electricity generating works and solar energy systems, health services, ports, railways, roads, waste management and water supply systems\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Resources and Energy) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0731), Chapter 2\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0730), Chapter 3\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Industry and Employment) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0723), Chapter 3\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Primary Production) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0729), Chapter 2\n\n**Land Use tbl:** Am 2016 (157), Sch 1 \\[1\\]; 2016 (168), Sch 1 \\[2\\] \\[5\\]; 2017 (493), Sch 1.1 \\[1\\]; 2017 (557), cl 4 (1)–(3); 2019 (137), Sch 6 \\[1\\]; 2022 (314), Sch 1; 2022 (830), Sch 1.5\\[2\\]; 2023 (253), Sch 1\\[1\\]; 2023 (458), Sch 2.11.\n\nZone RU1 Primary Production\n\nZone RU5 Village\n\nZone R1 General Residential\n\nZone R5 Large Lot Residential\n\nZone E1 Local Centre\n\nZone E4 General Industrial\n\nZone SP2 Infrastructure\n\nZone SP3 Tourist\n\nZone RE1 Public Recreation\n\nZone C1 National Parks and Nature Reserves\n\nZone W1 Natural Waterways","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Permitted with consent","content":"#### 3 Permitted with consent\n\n3 Permitted with consent\n\n> Agritourism; Air transport facilities; Airstrips; Animal boarding or training establishments; Aquaculture; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Biosolids treatment facilities; Boat launching ramps; Boat sheds; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Camping grounds; Caravan parks; Cellar door premises; Cemeteries; Community facilities; Correctional centres; Crematoria; Depots; Dual occupancies; Dwelling houses; Eco-tourist facilities; Environmental facilities; Extractive industries; Farm buildings; Farm stay accommodation; Flood mitigation works; Forestry; Freight transport facilities; Hazardous industries; Heavy industrial storage establishments; Helipads; Home businesses; Home industries; Home occupations (sex services); Industrial training facilities; Information and education facilities; Intensive livestock agriculture; Intensive plant agriculture; Jetties; Landscaping material supplies; Offensive industries; Open cut mining; Plant nurseries; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Residential accommodation; Roadside stalls; Rural industries; Rural workers’ dwellings; Sewage treatment plants; Veterinary hospitals; Water recreation structures; Water recycling facilities; Water storage facilities; Water treatment facilities","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibited","content":"#### 4 Prohibited\n\n4 Prohibited\n\n> Attached dwellings; Boarding houses; Group homes; Hostels; Local distribution premises; Multi dwelling housing; Residential flat buildings; Secondary dwellings; Semi-detached dwellings; Seniors housing; Shop top housing; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Exempt and complying development","content":"# Part 3 Exempt and complying development\n\nPart 3 Exempt and complying development","sortOrder":75},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Principal development standards","content":"# Part 4 Principal development standards\n\nPart 4 Principal development standards","sortOrder":79},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous provisions","content":"# Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions\n\nPart 5 Miscellaneous provisions","sortOrder":90},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Relevant acquisition authority","content":"#### 5 Relevant acquisition authority\n\n5.1 Relevant acquisition authority\n\n> > (1) The objective of this clause is to identify, for the purposes of section 3.15 of the Act, the authority of the State that will be the relevant authority to acquire land reserved for certain public purposes if the land is required to be acquired under Division 3 of Part 2 of the [Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-022) (the owner-initiated acquisition provisions).\n> > \n> > Note.\n> > \n> > If the landholder will suffer hardship if there is any delay in the land being acquired by the relevant authority, section 23 of the [Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-022) requires the authority to acquire the land.\n> \n> > (2) The authority of the State that will be the relevant authority to acquire land, if the land is required to be acquired under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions, is the authority of the State specified below in relation to the land shown on the [Land Reservation Acquisition Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012) (or, if an authority of the State is not specified in relation to land required to be so acquired, the authority designated or determined under those provisions).\n> > \n> > | Type of land shown on Map | Authority of the State |\n> > | Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Local open space” | Council |\n> > | Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Regional open space” | The corporation constituted under section 2.5 of the Act |\n> > | Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Classified road” | Transport for NSW |\n> > | Zone C1 National Parks and Nature Reserves and marked “National Park” | Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 |\n> \n> > (3) Development on land acquired by an authority of the State under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions may, before it is used for the purpose for which it is reserved, be carried out, with development consent, for any purpose.\n> \n> Note.\n> \n> When this Plan was made, no land in the zones listed in the Table to subclause (2) were included on the [Land Reservation Acquisition Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012).","sortOrder":91},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"Additional local provisions","content":"# Part 6 Additional local provisions\n\nPart 6 Additional local provisions","sortOrder":117},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Earthworks","content":"#### 6 Earthworks\n\n6.1 Earthworks\n\n> > (1) The objective of this clause is to ensure that earthworks for which development consent is required will not have a detrimental impact on environmental functions and processes, neighbouring uses, cultural or heritage items or features of the surrounding land.\n> \n> > (2) Development consent is required for earthworks unless—\n> > \n> > > (a) the earthworks are exempt development under this Plan or another applicable environmental planning instrument, or\n> > \n> > > (b) the earthworks are ancillary to development that is permitted without consent under this Plan or to development for which development consent has been given.\n> \n> > (3) Before granting development consent for earthworks (or for development involving ancillary earthworks), the consent authority must consider the following matters—\n> > \n> > > (a) the likely disruption of, or any detrimental effect on, drainage patterns and soil stability in the locality of the development,\n> > \n> > > (b) the effect of the development on the likely future use or redevelopment of the land,\n> > \n> > > (c) the quality of the fill or the soil to be excavated, or both,\n> > \n> > > (d) the effect of the development on the existing and likely amenity of adjoining properties,\n> > \n> > > (e) the source of any fill material and the destination of any excavated material,\n> > \n> > > (f) the likelihood of disturbing relics,\n> > \n> > > (g) the proximity to, and potential for adverse impacts on, any waterway, drinking water catchment or environmentally sensitive area,\n> > \n> > > (h) any appropriate measures proposed to avoid, minimise or mitigate the impacts of the development.\n> \n> Note.\n> \n> The [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1974-080), particularly section 86, deals with harming Aboriginal objects.","sortOrder":118},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Additional permitted uses","content":"# Schedule 1 Additional permitted uses\n\nSchedule 1 Additional permitted uses\n\n(Clause 2.5)\n\n**sch 1:** Am 2016 (157), Sch 1 \\[5\\]; 2025 (592), Sch 1.","sortOrder":125},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Exempt development","content":"# Schedule 2 Exempt development\n\nSchedule 2 Exempt development\n\n(Clause 3.1)\n\nNote 1.\n\n[State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572) specifies exempt development under that Policy. The Policy has State-wide application. This Schedule contains additional exempt development not specified in that Policy.\n\nNote 2.\n\nExempt development may be carried out without the need for development consent under the Act. Such development is not exempt from any approval, licence, permit or authority that is required under any other Act and adjoining owners’ property rights and the common law still apply.\n\n(When this Plan was made this Schedule was blank)","sortOrder":128},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Complying development","content":"# Schedule 3 Complying development\n\nSchedule 3 Complying development\n\n(Clause 3.2)\n\nNote.\n\n[State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572) specifies complying development and the complying development conditions for that development under that Policy. The Policy has State-wide application. This Schedule contains additional complying development not specified in that Policy.","sortOrder":129},{"sectionNumber":"sch.3-sec","sectionType":"section","heading":"General conditions","content":"#### sch.3-sec General conditions\n\nGeneral conditions\n\n> Any development specified in Part 1 is subject to the same conditions set out in Schedule 6 to [State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572).","sortOrder":132},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Classification and reclassification of public land","content":"# Schedule 4 Classification and reclassification of public land\n\nSchedule 4 Classification and reclassification of public land\n\n(Clause 5.2)\n\n**sch 4:** Am 2021 (408), cl 4.\n\n**Maps:** Am 2016 (157), cl 4. Entries discontinued from July 2021 when responsibility for map updates moved to Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.","sortOrder":133},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 5","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Environmental heritage","content":"# Schedule 5 Environmental heritage\n\nSchedule 5 Environmental heritage\n\n(Clause 5.10)\n\n| Suburb | Item name | Address | Property description | Significance | Item no |\n| Barringun | Barringun Hotel | Kidman Way | Lots 6–9, Section 9, DP 1361 | Local | I1 |\n| Bourke | Darling River |  | Crown land | Local | I10 |\n| Bourke | Central Australian Hotel | 59 Anson Street (corner Richard Street) | Lot 4, Section 20, DP 758144 | Local | I6 |\n| Bourke | Surveyor MacFarlane’s House | 9 Church Street | Lot B, Section 44, DP 2348 | Local | I22 |\n| Bourke | General Cemetery | Gorrell Avenue | Lot 1, DP 1119321; Lot 1, DP 1106547; Lot 1, DP 1120990; Lot 1, DP 1106546; Lot 1, DP 1120968 | Local | I15 |\n| Bourke | Tara | 42 Hope Street | Lot 2, DP 904833 | Local | I23 |\n| Bourke | Cottage | 51 Hope Street | Lot 1, DP 908013; Lot 1, DP 908014 | Local | I7 |\n| Bourke | Cottage | 54 Hope Street | Lot B, DP 954681 | Local | I8 |\n| Bourke | Cottage | 55 Hope Street | Lot 4, DP 318621 | Local | I9 |\n| Bourke | St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church— convent and site | 3–7 Meek Street | Lots 1–4, Section 44, DP 758144 | State | I21 |\n| Bourke | Former police sergeant’s residence | 38 Mertin Street | Lot 3, Section 15, DP 758144 | Local | I14 |\n| Bourke | Bourke Riverside Motel | 3 Mitchell Street | Lot 11, Section 23, DP 812819 | Local | I4 |\n| Bourke | Government offices | 21 Mitchell Street, | Lot 7, Section 5, DP 758144 | Local | I16 |\n| Bourke | Former Towers Drug Company Building | 45 Mitchell Street | Lot 1, DP 984007; Lot 1, DP 984009 | State | I24 |\n| Bourke | Carriers Arms Hotel | 71 Mitchell Street | Lot 5, Section 2, DP 758144 | Local | I5 |\n| Bourke | Former cinema | 24 Oxley Street | Lot A, DP 338566 | Local | I13 |\n| Bourke | Fitzgerald Post Office Hotel | 28 Oxley Street | Lot 1, DP 514094 | Local | I12 |\n| Bourke | Police station | 46 Oxley Street | Lot 7, Section 2, DP 758144 | Local | 131 |\n| Bourke | Bourke Post Office complex | 47 Oxley Street | Lot 21, DP 776435 | State | I3 |\n| Bourke | Police station (former courthouse) | 53 Oxley Street | Lot 5, Section 6b, DP 758144 | Local | I20 |\n| Bourke | Bourke Courthouse | Richard Street | Lot 6, Section 2, DP 758144 | State | I30 |\n| Bourke | Ardsilla | 5 Richard Street | Lot 31, DP 609722 | State | I2 |\n| Bourke | Old London Bank Building | 17 Sturt Street | Lot 6, Section 1, DP 758144 | State | I18 |\n| Bourke | Lynwood | 2 Tudor Street | Lots 1–3, DP 309952 | Local | I17 |\n| Bourke | Pera Bore site | Wanaaring Road | Lot 11, DP 753547 | Local | I19 |\n| Bourke | Davidson’s Loch and weir | Weir Road | Crown land | Local | I11 |\n| Bourke | Water tower | 21 Wortmertie Street | Lot 1, Section 29, DP 758144 | Local | I25 |\n| Byrock | Byrock rock holes | Cobar Road | Lot 77, DP 751852 | Local | I26 |\n| North Bourke | North Bourke Bridge and approaches | Mitchell Highway | Crown land | Local | I27 |\n| Toorale | Toorale Homestead and outbuildings | Bourke Louth Road | Lot 5189, DP 720974 | Local | I28 |\n| Yantabulla | Yantabulla Mud Spring | Bourke Hungerford Road | Lot 4666, DP 767830 | Local | I29 |","sortOrder":137},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 6","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Pond-based and tank-based aquaculture","content":"# Schedule 6 Pond-based and tank-based aquaculture\n\nSchedule 6 Pond-based and tank-based aquaculture\n\n(Clause 5.19)","sortOrder":138},{"sectionNumber":"Division 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Site location requirements","content":"## Division 1 Site location requirements\n\nDivision 1 Site location requirements","sortOrder":140},{"sectionNumber":"Division 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Operational requirements","content":"## Division 2 Operational requirements\n\nDivision 2 Operational requirements","sortOrder":142},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conservation exclusion zones","content":"#### 7 Conservation exclusion zones\n\n7 Conservation exclusion zones\n\n> > (1) Must not be carried out on the following land, except to the extent necessary to gain access to water—\n> > \n> > > (a) land declared an area of outstanding biodiversity value under the [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-063),\n> > \n> > > (b) vacant Crown land,\n> > \n> > > (c) land within a wetland of international significance declared under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.\n> \n> Note.\n> \n> Nothing in this clause affects any requirement under an Act relating to land specified in this clause to obtain a licence or other authority under that Act for development of the land.","sortOrder":150},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Flood liability","content":"#### 8 Flood liability\n\n8 Flood liability\n\n> Must be designed or constructed on land so that it will not be inundated by the discharge of a 1:100 ARI (average recurrent interval) flood event.","sortOrder":151},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Species selection","content":"#### 9 Species selection\n\n9 Species selection\n\n> Species of fish or marine vegetation cultivated or kept must be consistent with the relevant aquaculture industry development plan (within the meaning of clause 5.19).","sortOrder":153},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pond design","content":"#### 10 Pond design\n\n10 Pond design\n\n> > (1) Must not require the construction of new ponds, water storages, dams or buildings.\n> \n> > (2) Must not be located on permanent watercourses, creeks, billabongs or isolated outreaches of creeks or rivers.\n> \n> > (3) Must be capable of preventing the escape of stock into natural waterbodies or wetlands.","sortOrder":154},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Culture water","content":"#### 11 Culture water\n\n11 Culture water\n\n> Must use freshwater.","sortOrder":155}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Plan’s territorial and subject‑matter scope is defined by the Land Application Map and the stated aims (cl 1.3; cl 1.2). Clause 1.8 repeals earlier local instruments and clause 1.8A preserves treatment of pending applications, but the instrument itself does not indicate an expansion or narrowing of the Plan’s geographic or functional scope beyond those mechanisms and the ordinary updating recorded in amendment notes."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple land-use zones and a detailed Land Use Table that vary permitted, consent and prohibited uses by zone (cl 2.1–2.3).","Extensive cross-references to State environmental planning policies and other Acts (cl 1.9; throughout), requiring layered legal interpretation and coordination.","Numerous conditional standards (minimum lot sizes, subdivision controls, dwelling rules) linked to maps (Lot Size Map, Land Zoning Map) that must be read together (cl 4.1; cl 2.2).","Discretionary exceptions to development standards (socio‑technical balancing test) create case-by-case assessments and record-keeping obligations (cl 4.6).","Separate exempt and complying development regimes with technical compliance conditions and external certification requirements (cl 3.1–3.2; Schedules 2–3).","Specialist local controls (heritage controls, flood planning, intensive aquaculture, airspace operations, earthworks) impose substantive assessment tests and external consultation requirements (cl 5.10; cl 5.21; cl 5.18; cl 6.4; cl 6.1).","Heritage and environmental protections require studies, management plans or notifications to agencies (cl 5.10(4)–(9)), increasing assessment complexity and potential delays.","Maps, schedules and amendment notes throughout the instrument mean the operative detail is spread across text, maps and later amendments, increasing interpretative burden (cl 1.7; Schedule notes).","Interaction between local clauses and State policy defaults (some SEPP provisions prevail) creates potential conflicts that must be traced for each project (cl 1.9(1)).","Repeal and savings provisions affecting pending applications and prior instruments (cl 1.8; cl 1.8A) add transitional complexity for projects in flight."],"plain_english_summary":"This Local Environmental Plan sets the planning rules for land in the Bourke area: it defines zones, what uses are permitted or prohibited, when development consent is required, exempt and complying development, minimum lot sizes, heritage and environmental controls, and the maps that show all this. \n\nIt affects landowners, developers and the Bourke Council (the consent authority). Applicants bear the costs of applications and compliance; the Council decides approvals, applies environmental and heritage tests, and exercises discretion under the Plan."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"While the original 2013 plan was designed as a standard instrument LEP for the Bourke Shire, over 40 amendments across 12+ years indicate that the scope has evolved considerably — likely expanding or refining permitted land uses, adjusting development standards, and incorporating new State policy requirements (such as those relating to housing, biodiversity, or infrastructure). The frequency of amendments suggests the plan has been actively reshaped beyond its original form to respond to changing planning priorities and State Government policy directions."},"complexity_factors":["Standard instrument LEP format reduces complexity — it follows a NSW-wide template rather than being entirely bespoke","Applies across a large and diverse geographic area (Bourke Shire) with multiple land use zones, each with different rules","Over 40 amendments since 2013 mean the current version is a layered, evolved document — understanding what changed and when requires tracking version history","Must be read alongside the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs), and other instruments — it does not stand alone","Land use tables and zone-specific rules require cross-referencing maps, which are not reproduced in the text","Heritage, biodiversity, and flood risk provisions add specialist technical layers","Rural and remote context introduces agricultural and land management complexity not present in metropolitan LEPs"],"plain_english_summary":"The Bourke Local Environmental Plan 2012 is the statutory rulebook governing land use and development across Bourke Shire. It zones land, sets development standards (lot sizes, heights, FSR), protects heritage and environmentally sensitive areas, and controls rural subdivision — affecting property owners, farmers, developers and the Council when assessing development applications.\n\nIt determines what you can build or change on your land and has been amended over 40 times since 2013, most recently in October 2025."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"provider":"moonshot","completionTokens":2371},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Plan remains focused on its original purpose of regulating land use and development in Bourke. While it has been updated to include contemporary planning instruments (such as protections for live music venues, eco-tourism facilities, and farm gate premises), these additions represent evolution within the standard scope of local environmental planning rather than mission creep. The document continues to address the core objectives stated in clause 1.2: protecting agricultural land, managing natural resources, supporting urban centres, and conserving heritage."},"complexity_factors":["11 distinct land use zones (RU1, RU5, R1, R5, E1, E4, SP2, SP3, RE1, C1, W1) with a detailed Land Use Table specifying permissions for 100+ development types","Extensive cross-referencing to external legislation including 10+ State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs), the Fisheries Management Act 1994, and the Heritage Act 1977","Nested conditional logic in clause 4.6 (Exceptions to development standards), which allows contravention of standards only if specific environmental planning grounds are demonstrated, but explicitly excludes certain zones and standards from this flexibility","Technical operational requirements for specific industries including capacity thresholds and separation distances for intensive livestock agriculture (clause 5.18), and detailed aquaculture site location and design standards (Schedule 6)","Heritage protection regime requiring assessment of significance impacts, consultation with Heritage Council for archaeological sites, and notification of Aboriginal communities for culturally significant places (clause 5.10)","Multiple overlapping consent triggers for rural subdivision involving minimum lot size maps, existing holding tests, and secondary dwelling restrictions (clauses 4.1, 4.1AA, 4.1A, 4.2, 4.2A)","Fragmented amendment history with 15+ amendment notes throughout the text (e.g., 'cl 1.8A: Am 2019 (621)'), requiring readers to track evolutionary changes"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:**\nThis is the main planning rulebook for land use and development in Bourke, New South Wales. It tells landowners, developers, and the local Council what can be built where, and under what conditions.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Property owners** in Bourke Shire (including the town of Bourke and villages like Byrock, Enngonia, Louth, and Wanaaring)\n- **Developers** wanting to build housing, farms, shops, or industrial facilities\n- **Bourke Shire Council**, which makes decisions on development applications based on these rules\n\n**What it does:**\n\n- **Divides land into zones** (such as Primary Production, General Residential, and Local Centre) and specifies what activities are allowed in each—ranging from \"no approval needed\" (exempt) to \"approval required\" (permitted with consent) to \"not allowed\" (prohibited)\n\n- **Protects sensitive areas**, including heritage buildings (like the Old London Bank Building and Bourke Courthouse), Aboriginal cultural sites, and the Darling River corridor\n\n- **Controls rural development** by setting minimum lot sizes to prevent fragmentation of farmland, and restricts where dwelling houses can be built in agricultural zones\n\n- **Manages natural hazards** through specific flood planning rules that require developments to be compatible with flood behaviour and climate change projections\n\n- **Supports local character** by promoting arts and cultural activities (including live music protections for licensed venues) and regulating farm stay tourism\n\n- **Includes technical safeguards** for airport airspace, river front development, and aquaculture operations\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis Plan balances economic development (supporting agriculture, retail, and tourism) with environmental protection (conserving water resources, native vegetation, and heritage). It ensures new development doesn’t create land use conflicts—such as incompatible industries next to homes—and manages risks like flooding in this riverine community."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012","history":"/api/acts/bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/bourke-local-environmental-plan-2012/documents"}}