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Deua Valley resident Peter Cormick mentioned it during Public Forum at council’s June meeting. He said council had produced a plain English explanation of the LEP, and asked if it could be published?

Development manager Lindsay Usher said he thought it would be inappropriate to do so.

“The access to information is extensive,” he said, adding it was in various forms. Council’s plain English explanation is on its website, along with details of the draft plan.

It says: “The draft LEP provides the framework for development in the Eurobodalla Shire. The draft LEP is the principle plan that allows council to manage the ways in which land may be used through zoning and development controls.

The draft LEP has been prepared in response to the State Government requirement for all NSW Councils to have an LEP consistent with the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006, known as the “standard template”.

Council has taken the approach, as far as possible, of a direct translation of the existing Eurobodalla LEPs (Urban and Rural), and amendments, into the format of the standard template. Thus the current zones, the preferred land uses within those zones and the majority of provisions have largely been carried over and renamed within the structure and requirements of the standard template.

There are, however, exceptions to this approach where direct translation has not been possible.

All zone names and numbers have changed under the standard template. In addition there are a number of new zones, as provided in the standard template. The special uses (5) zone no longer exists under the standard template. Land currently zoned special uses (5) has been translated to another zone which provides the closest land use match or is consistent with the surrounding land zoning.