FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE Macleay Community Kempsey FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE You Ready Strategy FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE Macleay Community Kempsey GROWTH & CHARACTER LOCAL STRATEGIC PLANNING STATEMENT FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE You Ready Strategy JULY 2020 Contents MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR 04 8.1.6. Environmentally sustainable growth 20 PART A - CONTEXT 05 8.2. Planning priorities, actions and timeframes 21 1. INTRODUCTION 06 9. THEME 2 – WEALTHY ECONOMY 22 1.1. What is a local strategic planning statement? 06 9.1. Overview 22 1.2. Our Local Strategic Planning Statement – Your 9.1.2. Labour force profile 22 Future Macleay – Growth & Character 06 9.1.3. Local employment 22 1.3. Planning proposals (LEP amendments) 07 9.1.4. Local Aboriginal opportunity 22 2. OUR PLACE 08 9.1.5. Regional competitive advantages 23 3. OUR COMMUNITY 09 9.2. Planning Priorities, Actions and Deliverables 24 4. FUTURE GROWTH 09 10.THEME 3 – CONNECTED COMMUNITIES 26 4.1. Background 09 10.1. Overview 26 4.2. Local growth strategies 09 10.1.1. Our history 26 4.3. Macleay Valley 2036: Community Strategic Plan 10 10.1.2. Our communities 26 4.4. North Coast Regional Plan 2036 10 10.1.3. Aboriginal community partnerships 26 4.5. Kempsey Shire settlement pattern 13 10.1.4. Responding to growth 27 4.6. Rural residential and rural areas 13 10.2. Planning Priorities, Actions and Deliverables 27 4.6.1. Rural residential 13 11.THEME 4 - SAFE & SUITABLE HOUSING 29 4.6.2. Rural areas 13 11.1. Overview 29 PART B – OUR FUTURE MACLEAY 14 11.1.1. Projected demographic trends and housing 5. OUR 20-YEAR VISION 15 choice 29 5.1. Community Strategic Plan (June 2017) 15 11.1.2. Greenfield housing 29 5.2. Our local strategic vision 15 11.1.3. Rural residential housing 29 PART C – OUR PLANNING PRIORITIES 16 11.1.4. Climate responsive development 29 6. OUR PLANNING PRIORITIES 17 11.2. Planning Priorities, Actions and Deliverables 29 6.1. Realising the vision 17 PART E – OUR CHARACTER 30 6.2. Themes and planning priorities 17 12.CHARACTER 30 PART D – REALISING THE VISION 18 12.1. Background 30 7. IMPLEMENTATION 18 PART F – STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT 58 7.1. Overview 18 13.ALIGNMENT 60 7.2. Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework 19 13.1. Table of alignment 60 7.3. Monitoring and reporting 19 13.2. Table of alignment 62 7.4. Review 19 PART G – ‘URBAN GROWTH AREA MAP’ FOR 7.5. Implementation schedule 19 KEMPSEY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA 64 8. THEME 1 – HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT 20 PART H – REFERENCES 65 8.1. Background 20 14.REFERENCES 65 Council acknowledges the traditional 8.1.1. Climate 20 14.1. List of informing studies, plans and documents 65 custodians of this land: the Dunghutti and Thunghutti people and pays respect 8.1.2. Climate projections 20 to their elders – past and present. 8.1.3. Vegetation 20 8.1.4. Biodiversity 20 8.1.5. The Macleay River 20 02 03 Message from the Mayor Part A - Context It is my great pleasure to present the Your The LSPS must respond to the requirements Future Macleay – Growth & Character Local of the NSW Government but equally as Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) to the important, the LSPS will continue to be community. shaped by future reporting and studies, on which community comment will be sought, as This LSPS provides the opportunity to create the document continues to be reviewed and a 20-year strategic vision for the future of the developed over time. Macleay Valley. The focus of the LSPS is to promote the character of our communities I encourage you to take this opportunity to and provide clear pathways for appropriate read this important document and approach development which responds to the region’s Council with any questions you may have. rich biodiversity, diverse cultural heritage and broad social needs. This region has many unique and special qualities which we all treasure. This is our chance to build on and strengthen these qualities - to ensure that our communities retain their character and liveability, continue to be productive and provide for a sustainable future. Liz Campbell MAYOR 04 05 1. Introduction 1.1. What is a Local Strategic • identifies the special characteristics which 1.3. Planning proposals (LEP Environmental Planning and Assessment Planning Statement? contribute to the local identity amendments) Act 1979, any proposed LEP amendment will need to align with the strategic directions As a result of amendments made to the • recognises shared community values to be A planning proposal is required to amend of this LSPS and this will be a significant Environmental Planning and Assessment Act maintained and enhanced the Kempsey Local Environmental Plan 2013 consideration for Council. Accordingly, 1979 in March 2018, all Council’s in New South • identifies how growth and change will be (referred to as ‘KLEP 2013’) in relation to opportunistic and ad hoc LEP amendments Wales are now required to prepare a local managed into the future. zoning, height and other planning provisions. will not be supported. strategic planning statement (LSPS). The primary purpose of the LSPS is to provide In accordance with section 3.33(2) of the The LSPS is a legislated planning instrument the basis for, and the delivery of, strategic that: planning in a local area. It is the link between • creates a 20-year vision for land use in the the NSW Government’s regional plans local government area (including the North Coast Regional Plan 2036) and a Council’s local plans. Local Strategic Local Regional District Developmental Planning Environmental Plan Plan Control Plan Statement Plan Community Strategic Plan 1.2. Our Local Strategic our community’s aspirations. It also identifies Planning Statement future planning studies that are necessary to investigate and further develop the strategic - Your Future Macleay directions contained in the LSPS. - Growth & Character The LSPS sets our 20-year vision for land-use This document is Kempsey Shire Council’s planning, which is reflected through a set of LSPS. It considers our community’s economic, broad planning priorities. In turn, each planning social, cultural and environmental land-use priority contains a set of actions which are needs over the next 20 years and is the key practical responses to deliver on these document informing the strategic direction of planning priorities. Moving into greater detail, land-use planning at the local level. the LSPS considers the character of areas within the Kempsey Shire, providing place It has been shaped by our community and, planning priorities and corresponding actions. with regular reviews, will continue to reflect 06 07 2. Our Place 3. Our Community The Macleay Valley is a place of natural Coast and covers an area of 3,380 km2 with a Our community in numbers: abundance, stunning landscapes, historic population of approximately 30,000 residents. settlements, rich character and culture. The principal town in the Shire is Kempsey. Flowing down from the Great Dividing Range, Ourselves (2016) Our housing (2016) Our future Kempsey is located approximately halfway through the floodplains to the Pacific Ocean, the Macleay River provides the nutrients, habitat, between the state capitals of Sydney and • Median age: 47 years • Detached dwellings: 89% Shire population: Brisbane, and is halfway between the regional recreation opportunities, and the historical and • Male/Female ratio: 50:50 • 3-bedroom dwellings: 47% • Now: 30,041 (2020) cultural context for the Shire. centres of Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour. • Married: 43% • Average number of people • Predicted: 34,148 (2036) Our principal settlements are typically located Kempsey Shire is bounded by: per household: 2.4 beside the banks of the river and along the • University qualification: 8% • % change (2016–2036): 15% coastline. These settlements are generally of • Nambucca Shire Council to the north • Born in Australia: 83% • Single-person households: (average annual change 0.74%) 26% a scale where there are strong community ties • Armidale Regional Council and Walcha Council • Aboriginal: 11% • Age structure numbers (2036): and the distances between our settlements are • Owned outright: 40% to the west • Median weekly income • Largest age group growth: 70 manageable. • Rented: 25% years+ • Port Macquarie-Hastings Council to the south (family): $1,107 The Kempsey Shire Council Local Government • Did voluntary work: 18% • 2nd: 10 to 14-year olds Area is located within the NSW Mid North • The Pacific Ocean to the east. • Unemployed: 8% • 3rd: 5 to 9-year olds • Travel to work by car: 66% • Household types (2036): • Couples without dependants: 34% • Single-person households: 28% • Couple families with dependants: 20% Index of relative socio-economic disadvantage 2016 Kempsey Shire: 888 | Mid-Coast NSW: 928 | Regional NSW: 971 | NSW: 1001 | Australia: 1002 (Source: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas, SEIFA, Australian Bureau of Statistics) 4. Future Growth 4.1. Background • Kempsey Shire Council Local Growth Future growth within the Kempsey LGA will be Management Strategy: Residential guided by this LSPS, local growth strategies, Component (2010) the Macleay Valley 2036: Community Strategic • Kempsey Shire Council Rural Residential Land Plan (June 2017) and the North Coast Regional Release Strategy (December 2014). Plan 2036 (March 2017). The recommendations of these growth Figure 1: Kempsey Shire Council Local Government Area (source: macleayvalleycoast.com.au) strategies continue to inform strategic growth 4.2. Local growth strategies and direction in the Shire. The review of these Local government came to the Macleay Valley in formation of the Macleay Shire Council. In 1975 the Existing local growth strategies include: strategies and the development of a new Local 1885 with the constitution of the Kempsey Borough Kempsey Municipal Council and the Macleay Shire • Kempsey and South West Rocks: Industrial Growth Management Strategy for the Kempsey Council.