Pymble Business Park - Ku-ring-gai Council

8.3 SOCIAL IMPACT
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Objectives
1 To ensure that
development minimises
adverse social impacts.
2 To ensure that social
considerations are
an integral part of
development proposals.
Controls
1 Proposals must consider the impacts of the development on nearby
residents and users of the site. Where relevant, particular attention is
to be paid to:
- Children;
- Young people;
- Women;
- Older people;
- People with a disability;
- People from culturally and linguistically diverse background;
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
2 A Social Impact Statement will be required in the case of proposals
which are likely to have a significant social impact because they are
likely:
i. To contribute to social inequity;
ii. To increase risk to public safety; or
iii. To threaten the existing sense of community identity or
cohesiveness.
Note: Council may require a social impact statement (SIS) by an
appropriately qualifi ed and experienced social impact practitioner. Council
will consider the scale of the development and the extent of potential
adverse impact (geographically and over time) in determining the need for
an SIS. Examples of developments that may require an SIS include major
retail centre, major health or education institutions, sex services premises,
pub, entertainment facility, late night trading venue, hazardous or offensive
uses; strata subdivision of a low rental residential building (of 6 or more
dwellings).
3 A Social Impact Statement must:
i) Support socially responsible development and decision-making,
contributing to the determination of best policy or development
alternatives;
ii) Acknowledge the values of different sectors of society;
iii) Assess the distributional equity of impacts in regard to both intragenerational
equity and inter-generational equity;
iv) Identify impacts that are directly related to the proposal
(demonstrate the connection between the intervention and the
likely impact);
v) Address how net social benefit can be enhanced through the
proposal and how negative social outcomes can be ameliorated
and managed through mitigating and monitoring measures; and
vi) Demonstrate rigour and a social science base in presenting
evidence for the assessment and recommendations.
Note: See Council’s Social Impact Assessment Policy for more detailed
guidelines.
BUILDING DESIGN & SUSTAINABILITY
Draft Ku-ring-gai Pymble Business Park Development Control Plan 2012
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