Settlement Management and Development Control

The Spatial Development Strategy is an important planning tool for managing the shape and extent of the settlements. This supports the settlement policies to ensure that developments that are proportionate in scale and form, are appropriate to the role and function of the defined settlement areas. This will allow for the development of sustainable communities, preventing the coalescence of settlements, ribbon development and fragmented development, as well as preventing inappropriate development in the countryside. Sufficient land for housing, employment and supporting land uses to meet objectively assessed needs shall be zoned at locations and in amounts compatible with delivering a compact city.