Aims of Plan
1.2 Aims of Plan
This Plan aims to make local environmental planning provisions for land in Bayside in accordance with the relevant standard environmental planning instrument under section 3.20 of the Act.
The particular aims of this Plan are as follows—
to protect and promote the use and development of land for arts and cultural activity, including music and other performance arts,
to protect, conserve and enhance Aboriginal cultural heritage and the environmental, cultural, scenic, built and landscape heritage of Bayside,
to provide high quality open space areas and recreational facilities,
to reduce community risk and improve resilience to, and from, urban and natural hazards,
to encourage sustainable economic growth and development in Bayside,
to create a liveable urban place through the application of design excellence in all elements of the built environment and public domain,
to encourage diversity in housing to meet the needs of, and enhance amenity for, Bayside residents,
to encourage walking, cycling and use of public transport through appropriate intensification of development densities surrounding transport nodes,
to encourage development that demonstrates efficient and sustainable use of energy and resources in accordance with ecologically sustainable development principles,
to enhance and protect the functions and roles of the international trade gateways of Sydney Airport and Port Botany,
to increase urban tree canopy cover and enable the protection and enhancement of green corridor connections,
to promote and enhance the amenity of Botany Bay’s foreshores and Bayside’s waterways.
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