Ordinary Council Meeting - Hastings Council - NSW Government

PORT MACQUARIE-HASTINGS COUNCIL
Discussion
Further to the report considered at the August 2010 meeting of Council, the draft PMH (Warlters
Street Commercial Lands) Local Environmental Plan (LEP), Warlters Street Commercial lands
Local Environmental Study (LES) and draft Warlters Street Planning Agreement were placed on
public exhibition for a statutory 28-days from 12 November to 10 December 2010. A link to the
August 2010 report is attached.
Item 27 Ordinary Council Meeting held on 25 August 2010.
As a result of the exhibition, eleven (11) submissions have been received from landowners,
consultants/developer interests, the local Chamber of Commerce and various State
Government agencies. Copies of all submissions are attached below together with a table that
summarises and addresses each submission on an individual basis.
The public submissions raise the following key issues:-
• the amount of supportable retail floor space in the Greater PMQ CBD
• use of Zone B3 Commercial Core instead of Zone B4 Mixed Use as recommended by the
adopted Settlement City Precinct Structure Plan
• objection to the prescriptive nature of the draft LEP Height of Buildings and Floor Space
Ratio Map controls
• uncertainty in relation to future funding of precinct-wide infrastructure upgrades and
improvements; and
• queries regarding the timing for finalisation of the draft LEP.
In addition, King and Campbell Consultants on behalf of Kmart Australia Ltd, have requested
specific amendments to the draft Height of Buildings (HOB) and Floor Space Ratio (FSR) LEP
Maps to reflect a large format retail concept for the site, given the landowner’s decision to retain
the existing Primary School on the western half of the site for the next ten (10) years in
consequence of accepting Building for the Education Revolution (BER) Federal funding.
The written responses received from State Government agencies raise no significant objection
to the proposal. In some instances, additional information was provided to improve the content
of the LES and draft LEP and will be used to inform DCP provisions for the precinct. The key
issues raised in the submissions are discussed below.
Subsequent to the public exhibition period and in accordance with the requirements of the
EP&A Act, a Public Hearing in relation to the reclassification of the Council-owned park from
“community” to “operational” land was held on 16 December 2010. A report on the Public
Hearing is also considered below.
Public Submissions
Supportable Retail Floor Space in the Greater PMQ CBD
Opposing views are raised in relation to this issue. Two (2) submissions argue that a significant
undersupply of retail floor space exists in the PMQ CBD and that the rezoning should occur
without further delay. Of these submissions, one argues that the draft plan should be
progressed with no restrictions on the timing for delivery of additional retail floorspace.
Conversely, the submission from the PMQ Chamber expresses concern on behalf of many of its
members that the release of the additional retail floorspace as proposed would detrimentally
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