Hi All, Lisa and I met with Kathryn Heintz from Strategic Development recently to confirm exactly where the proposal, what following steps are in the process & have a couple of questions answered. Below is confirmation of details forwarded by council. Hi Jodi, Following on from our meeting on 7 November 2014, I can provide the following additional information: Rezoning Process This proposal was only recently forwarded to the Department of Planning and Environment (DP&E) for consideration under Step 1 of the DP&E’s ‘Gateway’ plan-making process on 22 September 2014. The plan-making process has the following steps: Step 1 Planning proposal — Preparation of a planning proposal explaining the effect of and justification for the plan. Step 2 Gateway — The Minister (or delegate) determines whether or not the planning proposal is justified and should proceed. The gateway determination also establishes the community consultation process to be followed as part of Steps 3 and 4. Step 3 Public authority consultation — Public authorities are consulted, and the proposal is varied if necessary. Step 4 Community consultation — The proposal is publicly exhibited for 14 days (low impact proposals), or 28 days. Step 5 Assessment — Council considers public submissions and the proposal is varied as necessary. Step 6 Decision — With the Minister’s (or delegate’s) approval the plan becomes law and is published on the NSW legislation website. As this proposal is only at Step 1 of the Gateway process, no consultation has occurred with either public authorities or the community as yet. If the proposal is supported by the DP&E under Step 2, consultation will occur as part of Steps 3 and 4. The proposal would then need to receive final approval from the DP&E as part of Step 6 of the Gateway process. If final approval was received and the land was rezoned, there would also be a second round of community consultation in relation to lodgement of a Development Application for the site. Ownership of adjoining land that is part of Wadalba Community School I can confirm that the adjoining open space area that is part of Wadalba Community School is owned by the NSW Department of Education and Communities. The only possible explanation that I can think of in relation to your comments about Council operating this site is that Council manages this facility on behalf of the DEC. There may be another explanation but this is my thoughts on the matter. Restriction to aged housing You asked how Council proposes to restrict the development of this site to aged housing only. As discussed, Council currently owns affordable aged housing units at 1 Literary Close, Kanwal. This site is used for the purpose of 1 bedroom rental units for aged persons of low to moderate income. The site is leased to NSW Land and Housing Corporation (Office of Community Housing) until June 22, 2098. The site is managed by Coastal Community Tenancy Scheme Ltd pursuant to the Housing Partnership Program. The lease contains details in relation to the permitted use of these premises (for rental accommodation to aged persons of low to moderate income). Number of allotments approved for development in Wadalba I have done a quick review of the area and there is scope for Wadalba to expand by approximately 600 allotments based on current subdivision patterns. As discussed at the meeting, the Wadalba Sporting Complex was designed to accommodate the growing population of Wadalba. Regards, Kathryn Kathryn Heintz Senior Strategic Planner Strategic Development
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:09:54 +0000
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