2Aims, objectives etc

2 Aims, objectives etc

2 Aims, objectives etc

(1) The general aim of this plan is to encourage the property management, development and conservation of valuable natural and man-made resources within the rural lands of the City of Penrith.

(2) The specific aims of this plan are to protect, enhance or conserve—

(a) the rural character and setting of the City of Penrith, and

(b) the scenic quality and valuable landscape features of the rural areas, and

(c) productive agricultural and horticultural areas, and

(d) areas of significance for nature conservation, and

(e) minerals, soils, water, creek systems and other natural resources, and

(f) areas needed to accommodate Sydney’s future growth, and

(g) areas needed to accommodate special uses such as public utilities.

(3) The objectives, policies and strategies of this plan are—

(aa) to protect and promote the use and development of land for arts and cultural activity, including music and other performance arts, and

(a) to rationalise the existing planning controls by replacing them with a single up-to-date local environmental plan in a manner which is consistent with the aims specified in subclauses (1) and (2), and

(b) to provide a framework which will encourage development to observe sound environmental planning principles, and

(c) to promote rural/residential development where it is consistent with the conservation of the rural, agricultural, heritage and natural landscape qualities, and

(d) to minimise the cost to the community of fragmented and haphazard development of rural land by ensuring that development does not create unreasonable demands for the provision or extension of public amenities and services now or in the future, and

(e) to ensure that traffic generating developments are suitably located so that the safety and efficiency of roads is not adversely affected by development on adjacent land, and

(f) to control development in areas subject to flood hazard.