Hunter Regional Environmental Plan 1989 (Heritage). Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision New South Wales Document type Miscellaneous Date 1989 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Protected area Environmental planning Cultural heritage Policy/planning Ecosystem preservation Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract The Plan, made under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, consisting of 13 sections completed by five Schedules, applies to the following areas of the Hunter Region: City of Cessnock, City of Lake Macquarie, Dungog, Gloucester, Merriwa, Muswellbrook, Port Stephens, Scone. General aims and objectives of this Plan are: (a) to conserve the environmental heritage (including the historic, scientific, cultural, social, archaeological, architectural, natural and aesthetic heritage) of the Hunter Region; (b) to promote the appreciation and understanding of the Hunter Region's distinctive variety of cultural heritage items and areas including significant buildings, structures, works, relics, towns, precincts and landscapes; and (c) to encourage the conservation of certain historic townscapes (sect. 2). Further provisions are made with respect to the development and protection of heritage items, and to the factors to be taken into account for the approval of the development application by the council of the area concerned. The plan is followed by five Schedules listing the following: Items of State environmental heritage (1); Items of regional environmental heritage (2); Items of local environmental heritage (3); Items requiring further investigation (4); Conservation areas (5). Full text English Website www.legislation.nsw.gov.au References - Legislation Implements Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Legislation | Australia | 1979 (2020) Keyword: Cultural heritage, Indigenous peoples, Basic legislation, EIA, Environmental planning, Dispute settlement, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning, Aquaculture, Freshwater resources management, Sustainable development, Water conservation zone Source: FAO, FAOLEX