2Aims of Chapter

2 Aims of Chapter

2.1 Aims of Chapter

(1) This Chapter aims to protect and enhance the land to which this Chapter applies (the Western Sydney Employment Area) for employment purposes.

(2) The particular aims of this Chapter are as follows—

(a) to promote economic development and the creation of employment in the Western Sydney Employment Area by providing for development including major warehousing, distribution, freight transport, industrial, high technology and research facilities,

(b) to provide for the co-ordinated planning and development of land in the Western Sydney Employment Area,

(c) to rezone land for employment, environmental conservation or recreation purposes,

(d) to improve certainty and regulatory efficiency by providing a consistent planning regime for future development and infrastructure provision in the Western Sydney Employment Area,

(e) to ensure that development occurs in a logical, environmentally sensitive and cost-effective manner and only after a development control plan (including specific development controls) has been prepared for the land concerned,

(f) to conserve and rehabilitate areas that have a high biodiversity or heritage or cultural value, in particular areas of remnant vegetation.