PART ONE - Fishers Ghost

2.5 Metropolitan Plan for Sydney 2036Reporting OfficerManager Environmental PlanningAttachmentsThe Metropolitan Plan – Strategic Directions, Objectives and Actions – A Summary(distributed under separate cover)PurposeTo advise Council of the release of the “Metropolitan Plan for Sydney 2036”, itscontents, and the implications for the Campbelltown Local Government Area.HistoryIn 2005, the NSW Government released a Metropolitan Plan for Sydney: “City ofCities: A Plan for Sydney’s Future”, to guide the growth of Sydney and itsmetropolitan area in the period from 2005 to 2031.When the 2005 Metropolitan Plan was released, a commitment was made to reviewthe document every five years to align and update the Plan with currentcircumstances.A series of subregional strategies were also prepared to support and provide furtherdetailed guidance for individual subregions within the Sydney Metropolitan Area. TheSouth West Subregion: Draft Subregional Strategy (SW Strategy), was released forpublic comment in December 2007. Council considered a report on the draft SWStrategy and forwarded a submission to the Department of Planning for itsconsideration. The draft SW Strategy has not been finalised to date.In March 2010, the NSW Department of Planning released a Discussion Paper:“Metropolitan Strategy Review – Sydney Towards 2036”. This document was the firststep in reviewing the 2005 Metropolitan Strategy. Council considered a report on thisdiscussion paper and made a submission to the review. In September 2010 the NSWDepartment of Planning released the document “Review of Sydney’s MetropolitanStrategy and Metropolitan Transport Plan – Submissions Summary Report”, Councilconsidered a report on this document in late 2010.On 16 December 2010, the NSW Government released the “Metropolitan Plan forSydney 2036.” The new Metropolitan Plan is the subject of this report.