Community Needs Assessment - Hawkesbury City Council
Community Needs Assessment - Hawkesbury City Council
Community Needs Assessment - Hawkesbury City Council
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• Drainage and water management expenses.<br />
• Land and facilities for local community infrastructure that services a development site or precinct.<br />
• Land for other community infrastructure and recreation facilities.<br />
All other costs, such as facilities benefiting existing communities (including council or district wide<br />
community and recreation facilities), can no longer be recovered through local contributions.<br />
2.2.3 STAGED CONTRIBUTION COLLECTION<br />
For all future greenfield release areas in NSW, a single contribution combining State and Local<br />
infrastructure charges will be set on a developable area basis, and collected at two stages:<br />
• A Rezoning Infrastructure Contribution (RIC) shall apply on the purchaser, at the time land is first sold<br />
following rezoning or approval of a development application to recover 25% of State and local<br />
infrastructure costs.<br />
• A Serviced Infrastructure Contribution (SIC) will be payable by developers upon release of<br />
subdivision or occupancy certificates to recover the remaining 75% of State and local infrastructure<br />
costs.<br />
2.2.4 LAND RELEASE IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE METROPOLITAN<br />
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR A REGIONAL/SUBREGIONAL STRATEGY<br />
OR ENDORSED LOCAL STRATEGY<br />
Proposals outside these areas or strategies will be assessed against an objective gateway test based on<br />
the sustainability criteria included in the Metropolitan Strategy, Regional Strategies or endorsed local<br />
strategy where applicable. If compliant, 100% of the attributable infrastructure costs would be borne by<br />
the developer.<br />
2.3 HAWKESBURY COMMUNITY SURVEYS<br />
2.3.1 HAWKESBURY COMMUNITY SURVEY 2004<br />
The survey was randomly distributed to 3,000 households across the LGA (14.5% of occupied<br />
households). 76 surveys were received from North Richmond residents.<br />
Respondents were asked what they valued most about their local area. They were asked to rate the top<br />
five qualities from a list of 24. For residents of North Richmond these were:<br />
• Being close to shops.<br />
• The area‟s rural setting.<br />
• Being a safe place to live.<br />
• Being close to transport.<br />
• Having good access to services.<br />
The top five concerns for residents of North Richmond included issues around the state of the roads and<br />
traffic noise, crime and safety and lack of police presence. The third highest concern was „more urban<br />
development‟.<br />
The fact that a top concern was „more urban development‟ is interesting given that when asked what<br />
services and facilities were most needed in local areas, residents of North Richmond included „more<br />
housing‟. The top five most needed services and facilities were identified as:<br />
• More police.<br />
8 REVIEW OF POLICY CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS<br />
URBIS<br />
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