Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 2015

This Plan aims to make local environmental planning provisions for land in Blacktown 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 recognise the role of the urban renewal precincts as the major locations for higher density residential and employment development for the city,

to ensure that appropriate housing opportunities are provided for all current and future residents through diversity of housing choice,

to provide land for community facilities, public purposes and recreational pursuits,

to encourage development opportunities for business and industry so as to deliver local and regional employment growth,

to minimise risk to the community by restricting development in sensitive areas that are subject to flooding and other hazards,

to provide for infrastructure to maintain and meet demands arising from housing and employment growth,

to conserve and enhance Blacktown’s built, natural and cultural heritage,

to conserve, restore and enhance biological diversity and ecosystem health, particularly threatened species, populations and communities.