The principal purpose of a development control plan is to provide guidance to persons proposing to carry out development to:
Give effect to the aims of the Local Environmental Plan that applies to the development. Facilitate development that is permissible under the LEP. Achieve the objectives of the land zones under the LEP.The provisions of a development control plan are not statutory requirements but are a head of consideration for development evaluations under S 4.15 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979.
When these controls are consistently applied, they are given weight in Land and Environment Court proceedings.