Community Needs Assessment - Hawkesbury City Council

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• Drainage and water management expenses. • Land and facilities for local community infrastructure that services a development site or precinct. • Land for other community infrastructure and recreation facilities. All other costs, such as facilities benefiting existing communities (including council or district wide community and recreation facilities), can no longer be recovered through local contributions. 2.2.3 STAGED CONTRIBUTION COLLECTION For all future greenfield release areas in NSW, a single contribution combining State and Local infrastructure charges will be set on a developable area basis, and collected at two stages: • A Rezoning Infrastructure Contribution (RIC) shall apply on the purchaser, at the time land is first sold following rezoning or approval of a development application to recover 25% of State and local infrastructure costs. • A Serviced Infrastructure Contribution (SIC) will be payable by developers upon release of subdivision or occupancy certificates to recover the remaining 75% of State and local infrastructure costs. 2.2.4 LAND RELEASE IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR A REGIONAL/SUBREGIONAL STRATEGY OR ENDORSED LOCAL STRATEGY Proposals outside these areas or strategies will be assessed against an objective gateway test based on the sustainability criteria included in the Metropolitan Strategy, Regional Strategies or endorsed local strategy where applicable. If compliant, 100% of the attributable infrastructure costs would be borne by the developer. 2.3 HAWKESBURY COMMUNITY SURVEYS 2.3.1 HAWKESBURY COMMUNITY SURVEY 2004 The survey was randomly distributed to 3,000 households across the LGA (14.5% of occupied households). 76 surveys were received from North Richmond residents. Respondents were asked what they valued most about their local area. They were asked to rate the top five qualities from a list of 24. For residents of North Richmond these were: • Being close to shops. • The area‟s rural setting. • Being a safe place to live. • Being close to transport. • Having good access to services. The top five concerns for residents of North Richmond included issues around the state of the roads and traffic noise, crime and safety and lack of police presence. The third highest concern was „more urban development‟. The fact that a top concern was „more urban development‟ is interesting given that when asked what services and facilities were most needed in local areas, residents of North Richmond included „more housing‟. The top five most needed services and facilities were identified as: • More police. 8 REVIEW OF POLICY CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS URBIS APPENDIX_O_COMMUNITY_NEEDS_ASSESSMENT
• Safer roads. • More housing. • A public toilet. • Better transport. Respondents of the survey were asked to rate the council‟s performance on a range of issues. Respondents rated the council as „getting better‟ for „providing community services (planning services which can support families to raise healthy children and young people and meet the needs of our ageing population‟. However, the performance was seen as „getting worse‟ for „encouraging a range of housing types to meet the housing needs of the community‟. 2.3.2 HAWKESBURY COMMUNITY SURVEY 2007 To assist Council in developing a 10 year Community Strategic Plan, Micromex Research was contracted to survey residents to determine what they believe are the future priorities and strategic directions for Council to pursue. Whilst questions were similar to those asked in previous community surveys, the report does not disaggregate findings by local areas or by the key target groups such as older people. Therefore, the key findings below are the views of Hawkesbury LGA residents as a whole. Ranking is in brackets: • The three things residents value most about living in the Hawkesbury include: country atmosphere/lifestyle (1), access to services/facilities (2) and the area as a whole (3). • Top concerns about living in the Hawkesbury LGA include: lack of services/facilities (1), increasing development issues (3) and lack of public transport (4), road and traffic issues (8), lack of shopping facilities (16) and footpaths (18). • The issues identified as requiring most attention include: road condition (1), generating more local employment opportunities (4), footpaths and cycleways (5) and services and facilities for older people (15). • In planning for future development, residents were asked to rate a number of objectives from 1 to 5 where 1 = not very important and 5 = very important. Residents rated „improving local roads‟ (4.6) as the most important objective. Other objectives rated highly include „promoting local employment‟ (4.48), „protecting bushland, open space and natural habitats‟ (4.43) and „protecting rural settings and character‟ (4.43). Of lesser importance was „providing a range of housing‟ (3.48) and „encouraging population growth‟ (3.22), though these ratings are still heading towards „important‟ rather than „not important‟. • Residents were asked to rate five development models for the Hawkesbury LGA. „Protection of rural and agricultural land‟ was rated significantly higher than the other models. As stated previously, these results are for residents of the Hawkesbury LGA as a whole, which is a large geographical area of both rural and urban development. 2.4 HAWKESBURY COMMUNITY RESEARCH 2009 The Hawkesbury City Council Community Research is a survey of over 400 residents in Hawkesbury. The survey used similar questions to those asked in previous surveys. A summary of the results from the surveys are presented below, rankings are in brackets: • The three things residents value most about living in the Hawkesbury include: country atmosphere/lifestyle (1), access to services/facilities (2) and the area as a whole (3). • Top concerns about living in the Hawkesbury LGA include: lack of services/facilities (1), increasing development issues (3) and lack of public transport (4), road and traffic issues (8), lack of shopping facilities (16) and footpaths (18). URBIS APPENDIX_O_COMMUNITY_NEEDS_ASSESSMENT REVIEW OF POLICY CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS 9
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary
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