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BLUE MOUNTAINS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2005 - REG 47
Protected Area--Ecological Buffer Area
47 Protected Area--Ecological Buffer Area
(1) Consent shall not be granted to development on any land within a Protected
Area--Ecological Buffer Area (
"protected land" ) unless the consent authority is satisfied, by means of a
detailed environmental assessment, that the development complies with the
objectives and other provisions within this clause.
(2) The objectives for a
Protected Area--Ecological Buffer Area are-- (a) to protect water quality and
aquatic ecosystems in the Blue Mountains, and
(b) to protect watercourse
corridors and significant vegetation communities, and
(c) to restrict
development so that it does not occur, as far as practicable, within
ecological buffers to watercourse corridors or significant vegetation
communities, and
(d) to ensure development is designed, sited and managed to
minimise impact on the ecological and hydrological functions of the buffer,
and
(e) to encourage the restoration and maintenance of native vegetation and
the ecological processes of land within and adjacent to watercourse corridors
or significant vegetation communities.
(3) Development on any land within a
Protected Area--Ecological Buffer Area is to-- (a) incorporate effective
measures to manage any riparian vegetation within a watercourse corridor and
any significant vegetation community, and
(b) be designed and sited to
maintain connectivity of vegetation and minimise vegetation clearing, soil
disturbance and alterations to the rate, volume or quality of surface and
ground-water flows, and
(c) retain and maintain all existing native
vegetation outside the area immediately required for the development, and
(d)
incorporate measures to regenerate native vegetation for all disturbed areas
within the protected land, and
(e) incorporate appropriate stormwater and
erosion control measures to protect the protected land from surface water
run-off or other disturbance, and
(f) be sited outside protected land unless
no other practicable alternative is available.
(4) When considering whether
development could be sited outside protected land in accordance with subclause
(3) (f), the consent authority shall consider-- (a) the design, type and site
cover of the proposed development, and
(b) the physical characteristics of
the land on which the development is proposed to be carried out, and
(c) the
suitability of the land for the proposed development.
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