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Directions Paper on the Integration of NRM and Land Use Planning6.4.4 Epa policies on biodiversity conservation 816.4.5 Planning and development act 876.4.6 State planning policies on biodiversity conservation 886.4.7 State government policies and strategies relevant tobiodiversity conservation 916.5 Local biodiversity conservation 966.5.1 Local government biodiversity projects 976.5.2 Local biodiversity strategies 1016.6 Opportunities for biodiversity conservation through land use planning 1046.6.1 Biodiversity in local planning strategies 1086.6.2 Local planning schemes 1126.6.3 Local planning policies 1146.6.4 Structure plans and subdivision 1156.6.5 Conservation covenants 1186.7 The future of biodiversity conservation through land use planning 1207 NRM and land use planning in peri urban regions 1227.1 Introduction 1227.2 Level of guidance provided 1227.2.1 Development control policies 1237.2.2 Regional and sub-regional planning strategies 1237.3 Land use planning issues in peri urban areas 1247.4 Nrm issues within peri-urban areas 1267.5 Addressing land use planning issues in peri urban areas 1288 Conclusion 1299 References 130Appendix 1: Summary of local government partnership program projects. 133Appendix 2: Regional land use forums summary report 136Appendix 3: Review of the regional nrm strategies from a land use planning perspective. 151Appendix 4: DPI organisational chart. 161Appendix 5: DEC administrative boundaries 162Appendix 6: NRM regions and constituent local governments. 163Appendix 7: Review of state planning policies and development control policies 166Appendix 8: Local planning schemes – amendment process 183Appendix 9:Draft guidance for the integration of natural resource managementinto local planning strategies 184Appendix 10: Shire of northampton local planning strategy extract 189xii
Directions Paper on the Integration of NRM and Land Use Planning2 IntroductionLand use planning has been widely recognised(including via the Regional NRM Strategies)as a powerful and flexible tool through whichLocal and State Government can consider andpromote natural resource management (NRM)matters in its decision making processes. In alegislative context, the land use planning systemis a proactive management tool with the abilityachieve strategic, catchment scale outcomes.One of the difficulties in establishing a clear linkbetween land use planning and NRM is the factthat the land use planning system is complex.This complexity is due to a variety of factorsincluding:• a variety of legislative and policyrequirements that govern planning;• interaction of State and LocalGovernments through specialist advice;• information requirements for receivingenvironment;• landscape and local scale decisionrequirements;• stakeholder consultation, communityaspirations and Local and State politics;and• the inevitable time lags in facilitatingchange in the system such asamendments to town planning schemes(a process that can take in excess of 12months).In the context of NRM, the complexity of theLand Use Planning system is exacerbatedby the need for decisions which accountfor interrelated natural systems on both thelocal and landscape scale. As a result, theintegration of natural resource matters into theplanning system has not always been effective.2.1 The EnviroPlanningprojectThe EnviroPlanning project was initiated in 2006by officers of the Department for Planning andInfrastructure(DPI) and the Western AustralianLocal Government Association (WALGA), withthe support of the Western Australian PlanningCommission (WAPC), with the primary aimof improving the integration of NRM into landuse planning through the achievement of thefollowing project objectives;1. Ensure NRM considerations areincorporated into land use planningdecision making processes;2. Provide advice to State governmentdepartments, local governments,regional NRM groups and the communityfor the effective integration of NRMconsiderations into land use planningprocesses; and3. Actively seek implementation of land useplanning related recommendations ofNRM strategies.Support for the project was gained from the sixNRM regions, and funding obtained throughthe strategic reserve component of the NaturalHeritage Trust. The project was developed asa partnership between the DPI, WALGA and theWAPC and is hosted by the DPI.The EnviroPlanning project consists of threecore components as depicted in Figure 1 andsummarised below.Local government partnership programThe local government partnership program wasestablished to address the recognised lack ofresources within local government to implementNRM related policies and requirements throughtheir local planning framework. In addition, theprogram was aimed at providing case studyexamples of how the improved integration of1
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