Warringah Local Environmental Plan 2000
78Erosion and sedimentation
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78 Erosion and sedimentation
78 Erosion and sedimentation
Development is to be sited and designed, and related construction work carried out, so as to minimise the potential for soil erosion.
Where some degree of soil erosion and sedimentation is likely to occur, it is to be managed at the source to prevent any reduction in water quality downstream of the development site.
In this case, a soil and water management plan which ensures minimum soil erosion and maintenance of downstream water quality that has been prepared in accordance with the Council’s “Specification for Erosion and Sediment Control” and “Design and Specification Manuals for Engineering Works” is to be considered by the Council before consent for the relevant development is granted. The plan is to outline practices proposed to control runoff, mitigate soil erosion and trap pollutants before these can reach downslope lands and receiving waters.