Rural Strategy - Surf Coast Shire

Surf Coast Shire Rural Strategy Review
Final Report
Purpose of the Rural Activity Zone
To provide for the use of land for
agriculture.
To provide for other uses and
development, in appropriate locations,
which are compatible with agriculture and
the environmental and landscape
characteristics of the area.
To ensure that use and development does
not adversely affect surrounding land uses.
To encourage use and development of
land based on comprehensive and
sustainable land management practices
and infrastructure provision.
To protect and enhance natural resources
and the biodiversity of the area.
Purpose of the Rural Conservation Zone
To conserve the values specified in the schedule
to this zone.
To protect and enhance the natural environment
and natural processes for their historic,
archaeological and scientific interest, landscape,
faunal habitat and cultural values.
To protect and enhance natural resources and the
biodiversity of the area.
To encourage development and use of land which
is consistent with sustainable land management
and land capability practices, and which takes into
account the conservation values and
environmental sensitivity of the locality.
To provide for agricultural use consistent with the
conservation of environmental and landscape
values of the area.
To conserve and enhance the cultural significance
and character of open rural and scenic non urban
landscapes.
The schedule to the Rural Conservation Zone identifies the following values to be protected
in Precinct 4:
Bellbrae, Bells Beach and Point Addis - The flora, fauna habitat and scenic landscape.
Existing vegetation and undeveloped rural landscape. Remnant vegetation on private and
public land and the coastal reserve.
Pennyroyal and Bambra - The water supply catchments declared under the Catchment
and Land Protection Act 1994.
It is considered that retention of the Rural Conservation Zone is the most effective and
transparent mechanism to ensure the long term protection of these values.
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