Strategies, Plans and Policies
It is vital that as a community we determine our future; otherwise, the future will be determined for us. As a community we need to focus on how growth will happen over the next 10 years. That growth is not just bricks and mortar. It should include:
Our social infrastructure.
Our sustainability as a community.
Our economic and environmental well being.
The primary purpose of the Local Environment Plan (LEP) is the sustainable management of the environment, which encompasses the utilisation of natural and physical resources as well as the social, cultural and economic well being of the community and its individuals. In completing the comprehensive Land Use Strategy, Council will identify opportunities for growth in both the rural and urban environment. A principal LEP will be prepared in the coming months to implement the findings of the strategy which shall provide an opportunity for sustainable development meeting the community’s and developer’s aspirations.
The principal LEP will also embrace current best practice to promote the timely assessment of development applications. In addition to the new LEP, Council is conducting a review of all development control plans which will lead to the formulation of a comprehensive Development Control Plan for the Region. The implementation of one comprehensive Development Control Plan is desirable in that the process will provide the opportunity to update provisions particularly in relation to residential and subdivision controls to promote the best possible living environments for the community.