WUFA supports responsible environmental protection while advocating for planning controls that are fair, evidence-based and consistently applied.
The proposed Northern Beaches Local Environmental Plan and Development Control Plan will determine how land within the Deferred Lands may be used and developed for decades to come.
WUFA supports the protection of genuine environmental values. The planning framework must also preserve legitimate existing rights, rely on verified evidence and treat comparable land consistently.
Existing rights, approvals and legitimate expectations should be respected.
Environmental zoning and mapping should be supported by reliable, site-specific evidence.
Comparable land and land uses should be treated consistently throughout the Northern Beaches.
Existing lawful planning opportunities should not be removed without compelling evidence and a fair transition.
View the evidenceLandowners should have a reasonable opportunity to lodge applications under the controls on which they have relied.
View the evidenceExisting approvals and lawful development should be clearly recognised by the new planning framework.
View the evidenceThe new LEP should preserve established dwelling entitlements and avoid creating uncertainty for landowners.
View the evidenceThe additional-use area should include all logically connected Forest Way properties and expressly permit suitable established uses.
View the evidenceConservation zoning should be based on verified site-specific environmental evidence.
View the evidenceMinimum lot sizes should reflect contemporary evidence and the actual development pattern.
View the evidenceWaterway, wetland and riparian controls should apply only where the mapped environmental feature actually exists.
View the evidenceComparable rural-residential land should have practical and internally consistent permissible uses.
View the evidenceScenic, environmental and local controls should be justified and applied consistently across comparable land.
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