New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BLUE MOUNTAINS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2005

- Made under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
- As at 1 March 2020
- Reg 633 of 2005

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

           Division 1 - Administration

   1.      Name of plan
   2.      Land to which plan applies
   3.      Relationship to other environmental planning instruments
   4.      Regulatory instruments
   5.      Consent authority for this plan
   6.      Definitions and interpretation
   7.      Map supporting the plan
   8.      Zones, precincts, protected areas and other map designations
   9.      Considerations before development consent
   9A.     Exceptions to development standards

           Division 2 - Planning principles

   10.     Aim of the plan
   11.     Ecologically sustainable development
   12.     Principal objectives of the plan

   PART 2 - LOCALITY MANAGEMENT

           Division 1 - Locality provisions

   13.     General locality management
   14.     Locality management within the villages
   15.     Locality management within the living zones
   16.     Locality management within the employment zones
   17.     Locality management within the recreation zones

           Division 2 - Zone objectives

   18.     Village--Town Centre zone
   19.     Village--Neighbourhood Centre zone
   20.     Village--Tourist zone
   21.     Village--Housing zone
   22.     Living--General zone
   23.     Living--Conservation zone
   24.     Living--Bushland Conservation zone
   25.     Employment--General zone
   26.     Employment--Enterprise zone
   27.     Regional Transport Corridor zone
   28.     Recreation--Private zone
   29.     Recreation--Open Space zone
   30.     Environmental Protection--Private zone
   31.     Environmental Protection--Open Space zone

           Division 3 - Permissibility of land use

   32.     Land use matrix
   33.     Exempt and complying development
   34.     Development near zone boundaries
   35.     Temporary use of land
   36.     Bush fire hazard reduction
   37.     Bush fire safety authority
   38.     Development of land for certain additional purposes
   39.     Consolidation (CONS) requirement
   40.     No subdivision (NS)
   40A.    Conversion of fire alarms

   PART 3 - ASSESSING THE SITE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT

           Division 1 - Site analysis

   41.     General
   42.     Site analysis plan
   43.     Contents of site analysis plan

           Division 2 - Protecting the natural environment

   44.     Environmental impact
   45.     Protected Area--Slope Constraint Area
   46.     Protected Area--Vegetation Constraint Area
   47.     Protected Area--Ecological Buffer Area
   48.     Protected Area--Water Supply Catchment
   49.     Protected Area--Escarpment Area
   50.     Protected Area--Riverine Scenic Quality Corridor
   51.     Watercourses
   52.     Significant vegetation communities and rare species of flora
   53.     Retention and management of vegetation
   54.     Preservation of trees
   54A.    Bushland protection
   55.     Weed management
   56.     Site disturbance and erosion control
   57.     Stormwater management
   58.     Modification of land form
   59.     Bush rock removal

           Division 3 - Character and landscape assessment

   60.     Consideration of character and landscape
   61.     Protected Area--Period Housing Area
   62.     Character assessment for the Period Housing Area
   63.     Demolition control within the Period Housing Area
   64.     Control of infill development within the Period Housing Area
   65.     Landscaping for residential development
   66.     Detailed landscape plan for certain residential development
   67.     Private open space and gardens for certain residential development

           Division 4 - Heritage conservation

   68.     Consideration of heritage conservation
   69.     Heritage conservation objectives
   70.     Protection of heritage items and heritage conservation areas
   71.     Determination of development applications for heritage
   72.     Notice of certain development applications
   73.     (Repealed)
   74.     Development affecting places or sites of known or potential Aboriginal heritage significance
   75.     Development affecting known or potential archaeological sites or relics of non-Aboriginal heritage significance
   76.     Development in the curtilage of a heritage item or in a heritage conservation area
   77.     Conservation incentives

           Division 5 - Bush fire protection

   78.     Consideration of bush fire protection
   79.     Bush fire protection objectives
   80.     Asset protection zones
   81.     Bush fire protection for residential subdivision and development
   82.     Special fire protection purposes
   83.     Bush fire protection for infill development
   84.     Access to bush fire prone land
   85.     Service supplies
   86.     Bush fire construction standards

           Division 6 - Hazard and risk assessment

   87.     Crime minimisation assessment
   88.     Land subject to inundation
   89.     Remediation of contaminated land

   PART 4 - CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT

           Division 1 - Subdivision

   90.     Lot layout
   91.     Provision of services for subdivision
   92.     Subdivision related to specific land uses
   93.     Subdivision in the recreation zones and environmental protection zones

           Division 2 - Services and infrastructure

   94.     General provision of services
   95.     Provision of services for specific land uses
   96.     Water cycle management study
   97.     Geotechnical and water balance report

           Division 3 - Vehicular access, parking and roads

   98.     Access to land from a public road
   99.     Car parking provision
   100.    Design for car parking
   101.    Loading and unloading facilities
   102.    Uncoloured roads

           Division 4 - Privacy

   103.    Privacy for dwelling houses and granny flats
   104.    Privacy for other residential development

           Division 5 - Energy efficiency

   105.    Energy efficiency
   106.    Sustainable resource management

           Division 6 - Equity of access and housing choice

   107.    Access to public buildings and public land
   108.    Accessibility of dwellings
   109.    Adaptability of dwellings
   110.    Housing choice

           Division 7 - Accessible housing

   111.    Accessible housing considerations
   112.    Who can live in accessible housing?
   113.    Location and access to services
   114.    "Self-sustained" development outside the accessible housing area
   115.    Support services and facilities
   116.    Safe and convenient access for accessible housing
   117.    Bush fire protection and evacuation of Accessible Housing

           Division 8 - Provisions for specific land uses

   118.    Bed and breakfast establishments
   119.    Dual occupancy
   120.    Granny flats
   121.    Home employment
   122.    Liquid fuel depot
   123.    Road transport terminal
   124.    Service stations
   125.    Sex establishment
   126.    Special use
   127.    Telecommunications facilities

           Division 9 - Management of public land and public infrastructure

   128.    Development of community land
   129.    Classification and reclassification of public land as operational land
   130.    Acquisition for open space purposes
   131.    Acquisition of land in the Regional Transport Corridor (Road)
   132.    Development in the Regional Transport Corridor (Road)
   133.    Development adjoining the Regional Transport Corridor
   134.    Crown development and public utilities
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