12   Landscape quality

Note. The waters of Jervis Bay and its surrounding landscape are part of the nation’s natural and cultural heritage. Any proposal needs to recognise the importance of preserving and respecting these features.

A proposal must:

(a)  maintain the visual quality of a waterbody, a wetland, or a foreshore dune, and

(b)  maintain distinct urban communities that have an individual identity, and

(c)  let the landscape, not the structures, be the dominant feature outside the settlements, and

(d)  allow the existing tree canopy, on or around the site, to dominate.