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4 Prohibited Business premises; Hotel or motel accommodation; Industries; Multi dwelling housing; Pond-based aquaculture; Recreation facilities (major); Residential flat buildings; Restricted premises; Retail premises; Seniors housing; Service stations; Tank-based aquaculture; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3 70

Noting that at the time of writing, the range of tourist events and facility definitions within the Standard Instrument LEP is limited and does not reflect nature-based and adventurebased tourism activities that may be compatible with an E2 zone. To enable low-impact tourism activities, such as guided bushwalks, mountain biking and the like, recreation facilities (outdoor) or similar defined activities may be permitted with consent, in conjunction with a merit assessment clause that identifies key assessment criteria to minimise environmental impacts during construction and operation of the activity. Increasing public access to natural areas and cultural landscapes through these activities can as a result, be balanced with the biodiversity and cultural significance of the site and within the location. Particularly where allowing wildlife encounters and cultural tours may assist in the long-term promotion and protection of cultural sites and places, critical environments, threatened and ‘iconic’ species. Therefore, as the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment or the Department of Primary Industries develop new land use definitions and activities, Council should consider the opportunities created and advocate for their inclusion if complementary and compatible with the objectives of the zone.

10.4.2

E3 Environmental Management

Consistent with the previous zone, the key considerations on how the E3 Environmental Management zone is to be applied across the State was made clear through the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s Northern Councils E Zone Review process which followed the application of the Standard Instrument LEP in this region of NSW. Through this process the State established additional criteria to determine where and when environmental zones would be applied. These criteria are discussed in detail within the Land Based Conservation Background Report and are summarised in Table 10 below. Table 10. Recommended E3 Environmental Management Zone Criteria

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Table 10. Recommended E3 Environmental Management Zone Criteria

Table 9. Recommended E2 Environmental Conservation Zone Criteria

Figure 18. NSW Planning Legislation Framework

Figure 17. Current Planning Controls, from Local Strategic Planning Statement

Figure 16. Coastal Zone of the MidCoast, Coastal Management SEPP 2018

Figure 15. Priority Drinking Water Catchments and Aquifer Catchments in the MidCoast

Figure 14. Broad Catchment Areas of the MidCoast from the Rural Waterways paper

Figure 13. Hunter Regional Plan 'Proposed Biodiversity Corridors'

Figure 12. The MidCoast LGA - Location, Infrastructure and Natural Assets

Figure 11. Location of MidCoast centres, from Local Strategic Planning Statement

Figure 10. Experiences available across the 'Green Grid' of the MidCoast

Figure 9. Destination Barrington Coast, statistics from December 2020

Figure 8. Our Growing and Changing Population, from MidCoast Housing Strategy

Figure 7: Typical mine or quarry project life cycle

Figure 6: Location of underground resources in the MidCoast

Table 8. MidCoast Tourism Destination Management Plan SWOT of Rural Tourism

Figure 5. MidCoast contribution to NSW economy by agricultural industry (ABS 2011

Table 7. MidCoast LSPS Planning Priorities relevant to the Rural Strategy

Table 6. MidCoast 2030 Goals and Actions relevant to the Rural Strategy

Table 5. NSW Government Priority Actions relevant to MidCoast Rural Strategy

Figure 4. Location Quotients and Employment Growth for MidCoast Industries

Figure 3. Strategic Actions for Priority Growth Industries in the Hunter

Figure 2. Hunter Regional Development Investment Prospectus, Local Government Areas

Table 4. Data Gaps identified in Background Reports to Rural Strategy

Table 1. Non-Urban Zones from the Standard Instrument Principal Local Environmental Plan available to use across the rural landscape of the MidCoast Local Government Area

Table 2. Strategic Centres and Centres of Local Significance, Hunter Regional Plan 2036

Table 3. Major legislation, policy and strategies influencing the Rural Strategy

Figure 1. Rural, Environmental and Waterway zoned land considered in the Rural Strategy

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