Ordinary Council Meeting - Hastings Council - NSW Government

PORT MACQUARIE-HASTINGS COUNCIL
Social
Meeting Date: 16/02/2011 - Social
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Item 11
Subject LAND AND EASEMENT ACQUISITION - PART CROWN
RESERVE 87617 - GORDON STREET, PORT MACQUARIE
Director TONY LEAHY (CBS)
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A report to consider the acquisition of land and easements by Country Energy in association with
the provision of electricity for the Coles development site in Gordon Street, Port Macquarie.
RECOMMENDATION
1. That Council in its capacity as Trust Manager of the Kooloonbung Creek Reserve
(R87617) Trust raise no objection to the acquisition by Country Energy of land and
easements necessary to accommodate the padmount substation, electrical pillar
box and underground power lines required to supply power to the Coles
development site in Gordon Street, Port Macquarie.
2. That consent be given to Country Energy and its contractors to enter upon the
Kooloonbung Creek Reserve for the purposes of survey, design and construction of
the padmount substation, electrical pillar box and underground power lines.
3. That Council in its capacity as Trust Manager of the Kooloonbung Creek Reserve
(R87617) Trust advise the Land and Property Management Authority that it requires
the terms of the easement to be those as described at Schedule 4A, Part 8 of the
Conveyancing Act 1919.
4. That the Land and Property Management Authority be requested to place a caveat
/restriction on the title to the acquired such land, such that no fence shall be
permitted to be erected on the acquired land to separate it from the adjoining Crown
Reserve.
Discussion
The development of the Coles site in Gordon Street, Port Macquarie will necessitate the
augmentation of the electricity supply provided by County Energy. Design work by Country
Energy indicates that a padmount substation and electrical pillar box will be required to provide
adequate power to the Coles site. Underground power cables will be laid to the above ground
structures (padmount substation and pillar box). Due to constraints on the Coles site, the
padmount substation and pillar box will be located adjacent to the Coles site on Crown land
being part of the Kooloonbung Creek Nature Reserve.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Crown Lands Act 1989, Council has been appointed Trust
Manager of the land. As such, the land owner, being the Land and Property Management
Authority, requires the consent of the Trust Manager as part of its process in granting approval
to Country Energy to acquire the land and easement.
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