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9. Regional strategies should be delivered in an electronic format. 10. The regional forums proposed under PlanFirst should not be pursued. In lieu of the establishment of regional forums, DIPNR must employ appropriate methods of consultation and involvement (including, where necessary, Section 22 Committees) based on the particular regional planning activity that is being undertaken and the priority for completion of that activity. 11. That the State government consider the consolidation of all competing environmental planning and natural resource legislation (as far as it applies to land use decisions) into one coherent piece of legislation. PRINT VERSION 1 September 2003 18
5.0 LOCAL PLANNING 5.1 Issues Examined The local plan under PlanFirst was originally proposed to be the strategic whole of council plan. It was to provide a single mechanism that coordinated a council’s planning activities, it would replace all of a council’s local environmental plans (LEPs), development control plans (DCPs) and policies and was to establish the council’s direction for the next 3-5 years. In addition to the above, the local plan was to be consistent with state and regional plans and strategies and would implement those provisions locally. The statutory force of SEPP and REP provisions was to come from local plans. Local plans would provide a framework to bring together all of a council’s planning controls, social programs, Section 94 plans, state of the environment reporting, heritage plans, cultural plans, budgeting programs, asset management plans and the like. Since publication of the PlanFirst White Paper, DIPNR has reviewed the role of local plans and has amended the proposed direction for local plans (in response to submissions to the White Paper and ongoing discussions with council practitioners). DIPNR’s amended position retreated from the proposed role of a local plan as an instrument that presided over a council’s corporate governance and land use planning functions. Rather, a local plan was now proposed to form only one part of an overall local planning framework which included the council’s management plan and broader strategic plan or vision for a local government area. This revised position has not been publicised for comment. Role of a Local Plan It is acknowledged by the Taskforce that the principle of providing a single and coherent source of environmental (land use) planning information at a local level is well founded. However, the original intention for local plans as proposed under PlanFirst, far exceeded the role that an environmental planning instrument should and could have within the system of local government. Specifically, the Taskforce considered that the role of a local environmental planning instrument is: • A plan that has a known and certain position in a hierarchy of planning documents that are produced by government (eg: State planning policies, regional strategies, REPs). • A plan that is consistent with and gives effect to state planning policies, regional environmental plans and regional strategies. • A statutory planning and land use control document that provides a single source of all land use controls applying to a particular parcel of land. • A plan that is consistent with, displays clear links to, and where relevant gives effect to other council management, strategic and operational plans. • A plan that provides a consistent (standard) set of definitions and/or provisions that are common to all local government areas and provides certainty to the community. PRINT VERSION 1 September 2003 19
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