FACT SHEET 27: Nowra Bomaderry Structure Plan Changes - SLEP

FACT SHEET 27:
Nowra Bomaderry Structure Plan
Changes
Introduction
The draft Shoalhaven Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2013 has been largely been
prepared as an administrative change over or ‘best fit’ transfer from the current
Shoalhaven LEP 1985 to the Standard Instrument or LEP Template provided by the State
Government.
The main exception to this is the strategic direction contained within the Nowra Bomaderry
Structure Plan (NBSP). The NBSP provides the framework for growth, development
opportunities and conservation measures in the Nowra Bomaderry area for the next 20
years. It also identifies potential areas for new living areas and industrial expansion.
The NBSP
The NBSP was adopted by Council in 2006 and endorsed by State government in 2008.
The NBSP is recognised as one of the strategies that supports the State Government’s
South Coast Regional Strategy. The draft Shoalhaven LEP 2013 will implement the
NBSP. The NBSP recommends rezoning of certain areas to provide for employment and
living areas, including future industrial expansion adjoining the Flinders Industrial Estate in
South Nowra and seven new living areas throughout Nowra Bomaderry. The NBSP can be
found in the background section on the draft Shoalhaven LEP 2013 website.
Changes
The draft Shoalhaven LEP 2013 will rezone the urban release areas (URAs) and industrial
expansion area to allow for future growth. The proposed urban release and industrial
areas identified in the NBSP have been further investigated for flora and fauna issues and
to identify riparian corridors. These investigations have determined the actual zone
boundaries for the URAs and the industrial expansion area in the draft Shoalhaven LEP
2013 which may differ from those shown in the NBSP.
The NBSP contains a staging plan for the release of the new living areas to ensure that
new residential land is released in an economically and sustainable way. Part 6 of the
draft Shoalhaven LEP 2013 relates to the URAs and contains requirements to be met for
the release of land. Please refer to Fact Sheet 23: Urban Release Areas for more
information. The draft LEP also proposes rezoning land associated with the URAs to
provide to local shops, schools and recreation areas for these new living areas.
The NBSP identifies the need to increase housing densities in appropriate locations within
the existing urban areas. The draft Shoalhaven LEP 2013 proposes to rezone areas in
close proximity to local shopping centres, such as North Nowra shops, from low density to
R3 Medium Density to encourage medium density development. The area around the
Nowra CBD is also proposed to be rezoned to allow for increased densities.
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DRAFT SLEP 2013 – FACT SHEET 27: NOWRA BOMADERRY STRUCTURE PLAN
The NBSP also identified the important scenic qualities of the Shoalhaven River which
have been protected in the draft Shoalhaven LEP 2013 on the Natural Resource
Sensitivity – Scenic Protection map.
The draft Shoalhaven LEP 2013 increases the protection of various areas that have been
identified in the NBSP as conservation areas. These areas have been rezoned to either
an E2 Environmental Conservation or E3 Environmental Management zone.
For more detail on the changes in the Nowra Bomaderry area, please see the “Explanatory
documents and Facts sheets’ page of the website (www.slep2013.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au)
and the Exceptions to ‘best fit’: Key specific changes (2011 exhibition version) document.
Definitions
Rezoning - changing the zoning of a parcel of land or of an area from one zone to another
which in turn changes the permitted and prohibited land uses.
Riparian corridor - land which adjoins, directly influences, or is influenced by, a body of
water, and is required to ensure effective catchment function of the waterway.
South Coast Regional Strategy - the NSW Government's 25-year land use strategy to
guide local planning in the three local government areas of Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla and
Bega Valley.
Urban Release Area - land shown on the URA map as land being rezoned for future
residential development.
Zone - a defined mapped area in which land uses are specified as permitted or prohibited
in order to separate one set of land uses from another.
Further information
For further details relating to the information in this fact sheet and the draft Shoalhaven
LEP 2013, please visit the draft Shoalhaven LEP website at
www.slep2013.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au or contact Council on (02) 4429 5377 or via email
SLEP2013@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au.
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