2Aims and objectives

2 Aims and objectives

2 Aims and objectives

(1) The general aims and objectives 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,

(a) to replace the existing local environmental plans and planning scheme applying to the centre with a single local environmental plan and common planning policies and controls that will be administered jointly by the Councils of the Municipalities of Waverley and Woollahra,

(b) to assist Waverley and Woollahra Councils in the management of the centre,

(c) to maintain and reinforce the centre as the sub-regional centre for the eastern region of the Sydney metropolitan area,

(d) to provide for an appropriate balance and distribution of land for commercial, retail, residential and tourist development and recreation, entertainment and community facilities,

(e) to ensure growth of the centre occurs in a planned and co-ordinated manner which will be viable in the long term,

(f) to provide guidance to the community in terms of growth and development opportunities and the manner in which growth is proposed to be managed,

(g) to protect and improve the environmental amenity of the centre and adjacent areas,

(h) to conserve the environmental heritage of the centre,

(i) to provide for the safe and efficient movement of vehicles and pedestrians within and around the centre and to provide adequate access to all parts of the centre for emergency and service vehicles,

(j) to strengthen the role of the centre as a major public transport interchange, and

(k) to provide a framework for more detailed controls to be set out within development control plans.

(2) The specific aims and objectives of this plan are—

(a) in relation to retailing and commerce—

(i) to consolidate the retail and commercial core of the centre in order to benefit from access provided by the existing public transport infrastructure, and