4Aim and objectives of Chapter

4 Aim and objectives of Chapter

4.1 Aim and objectives of Chapter

(1) The aim of this Chapter is to protect and enhance the Alpine Region by ensuring development is managed with regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development, including the conservation and restoration of ecological processes, natural systems and biodiversity.

(2) The objectives of this Chapter are as follows—

(a) to encourage the carrying out of a range of development to support sustainable tourism in the Alpine Region all year round, if the development does not result in adverse environmental, social or economic impacts on the natural or cultural environment of the Alpine Region, including cumulative impacts on the environment from development and resource use,

(b) to establish planning controls that—

(i) contribute to and facilitate the carrying out of ecologically sustainable development in the Alpine Region, and

(ii) recognise the Alpine Region’s significant contribution to recreation and the tourism economy in the State,

(c) to minimise the risk to the community of exposure to environmental hazards, particularly geotechnical hazards, bush fires and flooding, by—

(i) generally requiring development consent on land in the Alpine Region, and

(ii) establishing planning controls for buildings to ensure the safety of persons using the buildings if there is a fire.

s 4.1: Subst 2022 (824), Sch 1[1].