PART ONE - Fishers Ghost

The four significant trends impacting the NSW economy’s growth path are:Climate change mitigation and adaptation, and transition to a low carboneconomy;Demand and competition from emerging economies;Rapid development of the digital economy; and,The ageing and growing population.The new Metropolitan Plan predicts that in the next ten (10) years, the five (5) largestindustry sectors adding value to the NSW economy will be:Financial and insurance services;Construction;Professional, scientific and technical services;Manufacturing; and,Health care and social assistance.Freight movements are also predicted to triple between 2006 and 2050.Subregional employment targets will be reflected in subregional strategies.Subregional strategies will also be used to identify suitable sites for business parks,particularly in Western and South Western Sydney. A key role for local environmentalplans will be to provide for a broad range of local employment types (through zoningand land use permissibility). The new LEP for the Campbelltown LGA will need toaccommodate the employment targets that have been set for the area.6. Balancing Land Uses on the City FringeThe new Metropolitan Plan states that many fringe areas will be protected byfocussing the majority of urban growth in existing centres and in the Growth Centres.Containing Sydney’s urban footprint can assist in minimising its environmental impactby reducing the amount of land that is used for urban development.Keeping the urban footprint as compact as possible will assist in maintaining andprotecting agricultural activities (and consequently food security) and resource lands.In addition, the NSW Government is considering the development of an AgriculturalPolicy for Sydney and is committed to finalising and implementing the NSW SoilsPolicy.Maintaining a compact urban footprint also means that the continuing outward growthof the Sydney will be contained, at least for the lifespan of the new Metropolitan Plan.In this regard, the new Metropolitan Plan makes the following statement aboutMacarthur South:“In July 2009, the Government considered urban development in MacarthurSouth after approaches by several major land owners to release their land forhousing. Options ranged from proceeding with the existing Mt Gilead MDP[Metropolitan Development Program] release area for 5,500 dwellings to fullydeveloping the area for up to 62,000 dwellings. The Government decided tosuspend investigation of the area primarily due to existing adequate stocks ofland available for housing in the South West Growth Centre, prohibitively