Ordinary Council Meeting - Hastings Council - NSW Government

PORT MACQUARIE-HASTINGS COUNCIL
Environment
Meeting Date: 16/02/2011 - Environment
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Item 29
Subject WARLTERS STREET BUSINESS LANDS - LOCAL
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AND DRAFT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL
PLAN
Director MATT ROGERS
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At the Ordinary Council meeting held on 25 August 2010, Council resolved to forward the draft
PMH (Warlters Street Commercial Lands) Local Environmental Plan 2010 (LEP), supporting Local
Environmental Study (LES) and draft Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) to the Department of
Planning to request authorisation to place the proposal on public exhibition.
The draft LEP, LES and draft VPA were publicly exhibited for 28-days during November and
December 2010 and a total of eleven (11) submissions were received. Subsequent to the
exhibition, a Public Hearing was held on 16 December 2010 in relation to the reclassification of
the Council-owned park as part of the draft LEP process. A total of four (4) interested persons
attended the Public Hearing which was chaired by an independent person in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Following a review of the submissions and Public Hearing Report it is considered that no changes
to the LES, draft LEP and or draft VPA are required before progressing the proposal to the
Department of Planning, with exception of a small number of minor corrections to the LES and
draft LEP as described in this report.
It is recommended that Council endorse the draft PMH (Warlters Street Commercial Lands) LEP
which represents the culmination of considerable strategic planning work over the last seven (7)
years and will result in rezoning of land in accordance with the design principles and strategies of
the Settlement City Precinct Structure Plan and recommendations of the recently adopted PMH
UGMS 2010.
It is recommended that the draft LEP be forwarded to the Department of Planning for finalisation.
RECOMMENDATION
1. In accordance with section 59(2)(a) of the Environmental Planning and
Assessment Act 1979, Council forward the draft Port Macquarie-Hastings (Warlters
Street Commercial Lands) Local Environmental Plan 2011 to the Department of
Planning for finalisation.
2. In accordance with the recommendations of the Warlters Street Commercial
Lands Local Environmental Study, Council immediately undertake the planting of a
minimum of four (4) to six (6) Tallowood trees within open space areas to the west
of that area that will remain following realignment of Bay Street in accordance with
the Settlement City Precinct Structure Plan.
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