3Aims, objectives etc

3 Aims, objectives etc

3.1 Aims, objectives etc

This Chapter aims—

(a) to facilitate the development of extractive resources in proximity to the population of the Sydney Metropolitan Area by identifying land which contains extractive material of regional significance, and

(b) to permit, with the consent of the council, development for the purpose of extractive industries on land described in Schedule 3 or 4, and

(c) to ensure consideration is given to the impact of encroaching development on the ability of extractive industries to realise their full potential, and

(d) to promote the carrying out of development for the purpose of extractive industries in an environmentally acceptable manner, and

(e) to prohibit development for the purpose of extractive industry on the land described in Schedule 5 in the Macdonald, Colo, Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers, being land which is environmentally sensitive.