44Environmental impact

44 Environmental impact

44 Environmental impact

(1) Impact on the National Park Consent shall not be granted to development proposed on any land adjacent to the Blue Mountains National Park, unless the consent authority—

(a) has considered the impact of the proposed development on the aesthetic, historical, natural, scenic and scientific attributes of the land within the National Park, and

(b) has considered any comments from the Department of Environment and Conservation in relation to the effect of the proposed development, and

(c) is satisfied that the development incorporates effective measures to avoid, remedy or mitigate any adverse environmental impact on land within the National Park.

(2) Subdivision Consent shall not be granted to the subdivision of land to create additional lots unless the development will incorporate effective measures, satisfactory to the consent authority, to ensure that the development, and any asset protection zones required to protect the land to be subdivided, will have no adverse environmental impact on any development excluded land.

(3) Development on lots created within the Living—Bushland Conservation zone Where a lot is created by the subdivision of land within the Living—Bushland Conservation zone in accordance with this plan, consent shall not be granted to any development (excluding a work for the purpose of providing public utility services) proposed to take place wholly or partly on development excluded land, unless the consent authority is satisfied, by means of a detailed environmental assessment, that the development, including any required asset protection zones, will have no adverse impact on the development excluded land concerned.

(4) Other development All buildings and works, and any asset protection zone, not subject to subclauses (2) or (3) should be designed and sited so as to have no adverse environmental impact on any of the following—

(a) any significant vegetation community,

(b) the habitat of any threatened species, populations or ecological communities,

(c) any rare species of flora,

(d) any fauna corridor,

(e) the hydrological aspect of the locality,

(f) any watercourse or wetland,