Attachment 1 to Item 53 - Roadside Vegetation Management Plan

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H AW K E S B U R Y C IT Y C O U N C IL R O AD S ID E V E G E T AT IO N M AN AG E M E N T P L AN controlled travelling stock reserve (note that public roads do not include freeways, which are managed by the RTA). However, if the public road is a Crown road, a permit to graze stock must occur with the concurrence of the Minister administering the Crown Lands Act 1989. If a public road occurs within the boundaries of a national park or historic site, the concurrence of the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 is required prior to the issue of a grazing permit. HCC’s Responsibilities in Managing Roadsides • Manage travelling stock routes along roads in a sustainable fashion; • Regulate movement and grazing of stock along roads; • Obtain approval for issuing stock permits, as necessary. 2.2.15 NSW Energy and Utilities Act 1987 The NSW Energy and Utilities Act 1987 allow a Corporation associated with the supply of energy, via appropriate utilities, throughout the state of NSW. This act aims to provide energy through utilities safely, economically and sustainably to the community. Under the act the Corporations that are authorised to install and maintain utilities are permitted to enter any land or place (not a dwelling) on any land used in connection with locating or the development, extraction, production, provision, supply, transportation, distribution or utilisation of energy or energy at any time when the place is being used for that purpose. This allows Corporations permitted to install or manage energy utilities to enter any land in order to undertake the work required to supply energy to the community. In regards to HCC’s responsibility in managing roadsides, there are no requirements for HCC to maintain or install utilities in roadways. However, these Corporations and the work they undertake have the potential to affect the management of roadsides and roadside vegetation. 2.2.16 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure 2007) This SEPP commenced in January 2008 and applies to the state of NSW. It provides a planning regime for infrastructure including roads under the EP&A Act. The infrastructure SEPP: • provides flexibility in locating infrastructure services by broadening the range of zones where types of infrastructure are permitted; • allows for development, redevelopment or disposal of Government owned land by permitting additional uses or allowing adjacent land uses to be undertaken on State land; • outlines approval processes and assessment requirements for infrastructure proposals; and • identifies works of minimal environmental impact as exempt or complying development to improve turnaround times for maintenance and minor upgrades. This SEPP has specific planning positions and development controls for the following types of roadside infrastructure: • Electricity transmission and distribution; • Emergency services facilities and bushfire hazard reduction; • Flood mitigation works; • Gas transmission and distribution; © E C O L O G I C AL AU S T R AL I A P T Y L T D 19
H AW K E S B U R Y C IT Y C O U N C IL R O AD S ID E V E G E T AT IO N M AN AG E M E N T P L AN • Parks and other public reserves; • Rail infrastructure facilities; • Road and traffic facilities; • Sewerage systems; • Soil conservation works; • Stormwater management systems; • Telecommunication networks; • Travelling stock reserves; • Water or resource management facilities; and • Water supply systems. This SEPP specifically deals with development in or adjacent to road corridors and road reservations (Division 17). It allows for development to be carried out without consent by a public authority (definition pursuant to the EP&A Act) on a public road (or adjoining land) that is unzoned land for any purpose. Thus, the development is to be assessed in accordance with Part 5 of the EP&A Act with the preparation of a Review of Environmental Factors (REF). Significant impact identified within the REF may require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Further, the following maintenance and management activities carried out by a public authority have been classified as exempt and complying: • construction, maintenance or repair of bus stops or bus shelters; • security fencing; • safety barriers or systems, including Jersey barriers; • directional, safety or other advisory signs; • pedestrian and cyclist facilities; • minor slope stability works; • minor road pavement or shoulder work; • street furniture; • roadside facilities and rest areas; • street lighting; • pavement and road surface markings, detection loops and traffic counters; • kerb and guttering; • culverts, drains and other works to improve the quality or control of stormwater runoff; • repair or replacement of lighting, mechanical systems, electrical equipment or air monitoring equipment, replacement of screening of overhead bridges and removal of graffiti or debris; • temporary structures; • investigation (including geotechnical and other testing, surveying and sampling); and • emergency works to protect a road or road infrastructure facilities, the environment or the public, but only if they involve no greater disturbance to soil or vegetation than necessary. In relation to environmental issues the SEPP defines upgrading or maintenance of landscaping, or vegetation management (such as weed spraying, slashing and pruning), as exempt and complying provided that the works does not involve construction and existing material are replaced. Development may only be carried out on land to which SEPP 14 – Coastal Wetlands or SEPP 26 – Littoral Rainforest applies under clauses 41 (2) (b), 79 (2) (b) and 94 (2) (b) of this Policy if any adverse effect on the land is minimised. © E C O L O G I C AL AU S T R AL I A P T Y L T D 20
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