Penrith Local Environmental Plan 2010

This Plan aims to make local environmental planning provisions for land in Penrith 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 provide the mechanism and planning framework for the management, orderly and economic development, and conservation of land in Penrith,

to promote development that is consistent with the Council’s vision for Penrith, namely, one of a sustainable and prosperous region with harmony of urban and rural qualities and with a strong commitment to healthy and safe communities and environmental protection and enhancement,

to accommodate and support Penrith’s future population growth by providing a diversity of housing types, in areas well located with regard to services, facilities and transport, that meet the current and emerging needs of Penrith’s communities and safeguard residential amenity,

to foster viable employment, transport, education, agricultural production and future investment opportunities and recreational activities that are suitable for the needs and skills of residents, the workforce and visitors, allowing Penrith to fulfil its role as a regional city in the Sydney Metropolitan Region,

to reinforce Penrith’s urban growth limits by allowing rural living opportunities where they will promote the intrinsic rural values and functions of Penrith’s rural lands and the social well-being of its rural communities,

to protect and enhance the environmental values and heritage of Penrith, including places of historical, aesthetic, architectural, natural, cultural, visual and Aboriginal significance,

to minimise the risk to the community in areas subject to environmental hazards, particularly flooding and bushfire, by managing development in sensitive areas,

to ensure that development incorporates the principles of sustainable development through the delivery of balanced social, economic and environmental outcomes, and that development is designed in a way that assists in reducing and adapting to the likely impacts of climate change.