- To facilitate the conservation and ongoing maintenance of Gledswood Homestead and its curtilage.
- To enable Gledswood to be adaptively reused for compatible uses consistent with the Conservation Management Plan (CMP) such, as a tourist or entertainment facility.
- To protect, enhance and rehabilitate the Rileys Creek riparian corridor.
- To protect important visual elements within the landscape including long views, significant trees and vegetation.
- To protect the visual setting of Gledswood through appropriate screening and setbacks for new development.
- To retain and enhance significant pockets of Cumberland Plain Woodland.
- To facilitate development of a scale that meets environmental sustainability objectives while respecting the character of Gledswood.
- To maintain golf course uses as a compatible use that reinforces the scenic, visual and ecological qualities of the locality.
- To promote housing that provides a high standard of residential amenity and architectural design.
- To create walkable neighbourhoods.
- To establish a natural and built environment that reflects a contemporary lifestyle and complements Gledswood Homestead and its curtilage.
- To provide a golf course and associated facilities.
- To integrate residential lots, community facilities and tourist related uses with golf course activity and the public reserve.
- To promote an urban form that complements the landscape characteristics of the site and heritage significance of Gledswood Homestead and its curtilage.