Purposes of Scheme
5 Purposes of Scheme
The purposes of the Scheme are to —
provide for the reservation and protection of land for regional transport, infrastructure, conservation, recreation and public purposes;
provide for the zoning of land for living, working and rural land uses;
provide a mechanism for landowners to be compensated in a fair and equitable manner where land is reserved for a public purpose;
provide an opportunity for the formal environmental assessment of regional planning proposals and provide increased certainty to such proposals;
provide a mechanism for certain development of regional significance, and development in areas of regional significance, to be considered and approved by the Commission; and
identify and protect land having strategic importance for industrial and future urban use.
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