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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002 PLANNING STUDY Volume 1: Planning Framework BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL 2002 Blue Mountains City Council Environmental Management Plan 2002 Planning Study Volume 1: Planning Framework Supporting Draft Local Environmental Plan 2002 Prepared by Sustainable Environmental & City Planning City Sustainability Group Endorsed by Blue Mountains City Council at its meeting of 10 September 2002 for the purpose of public exhibition Printed by Blue Mountains City Council DISCLAIMER Any representation, statement, opinion and advice expressed or implied in this publication is made in good faith but on the basis that Blue Mountains City Council, its agents and employees are not liable to any person for any damage or loss whatsoever which has occurred or may occur in relation to that person taking or not taking (as the case may be) action in respect of any representation, statement, or advice referred to above. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002 VOLUME 1: PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR DRAFT LEP 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR VOLUME 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF EMP 2002 2 1.3 STRUCTURE OF EMP 2002 2 1.4 THE EVOLUTION OF THE EMP PROCESS 5 2 THE EMP 2002 REVIEW PROCESS 8 2.1 OVERVIEW 8 2.2 COMMISSIONER CARLETON’S RECOMMENDATIONS 10 2.3 OTHER INFLUENCES 11 2.3.1 World Heritage 11 2.3.2 Drinking water 12 2.3.3 PlanFirst 12 2.3.4 Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 20: Hawkesbury–Nepean River (No. 2 – 1997)(SREP 20) 13 2.4 EXTERNAL CONSULTATION 14 2.5 PLANNING STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS BUILDING ON EMP2 15 2.5.1 Environmental constraints mapping and analysis 15 2.5.2 Riparian corridor buffer model 15 2.5.3 Vegetation mapping 16 2.5.4 Core village areas 18 2.5.5 Heritage review 21 2.5.6 Residential Character Study 23 2.5.7 Residential Subdivision Study 24 2.5.8 Retail Study 25 2.5.9 Land-use needs of business and industry 26 2.5.10 Demand for diverse housing study 27 2.5.11 Other contributing studies 27 2.6 EMP 2002 SUPPORTING STRATEGIES 28 2.6.1 Residential Development Strategy 28 2.6.2 Accessible Housing Strategy 29 3 PLANNING DIRECTIONS FOR DRAFT LEP 2002 30 3.1 THE AIM OF DRAFT LEP 2002 30 3.2 KEY PLANNING PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES AND DRAFT LEP 2002 RESPONSE 31 3.2.1 Limiting urban expansion 31 3.2.2 Managing the environment 33 3.2.3 Meeting housing and social needs 35 3.2.4 Protecting town and residential character 37 3.2.5 Promoting local employment 40 3.2.6 Providing sustainable transport and access 41 3.3 STRUCTURE OF DRAFT LEP 2002 43 3.3.1 Written instrument 43 3.3.2 Statutory mapping 47 4 LOCALITY MANAGEMENT 48 4.1 INTRODUCTION 48 4.2 ZONES 49 4.2.1 Village – Town Centre 51 4.2.2 Village – Neighbourhood Centre 51 4.2.3 Village – Tourist 52 4.2.4 Village – Housing 52 i ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002 VOLUME 1: PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR DRAFT LEP 2002 4.2.5 Living – General 53 4.2.6 Living – Conservation 54 4.2.7 Living – Bushland Conservation 55 4.2.8 Employment – General 57 4.2.9 Employment – Enterprise 57 4.2.10 Regional Transport Corridor 58 4.2.11 Recreation – Private 58 4.2.12 Recreation – Open Space 59 4.2.13 Environmental Protection – General 59 4.2.14 Environmental Protection – Open Space 60 4.3 RESIDENTIAL INVESTIGATION LANDS 61 4.3.1 Ridgewell Road, Blackheath 61 4.3.2 Riches Road/Park Road/Valley Road, Hazelbrook and Woodford area 61 4.3.3 Chapman Avenue/Martin Place, Linden 62 4.3.4 St Columba’s, Hawkesbury Road, Springwood/Winmalee 63 4.3.5 David Road, Springwood 70 4.3.6 Farm Road, Springwood 72 4.4 LOCALITY PROVISIONS 73 4.4.1 Precincts within major town centres 74 4.4.2 Village – Housing precincts 74 4.4.3 Recreation – private precincts 75 4.5 SPECIAL PROVISIONS 75 4.5.1 Accessible Housing Areas 76 4.5.2 Consolidation and No Subdivision requirements 76 4.5.3 Proposed Road Closures 77 4.5.4 Additional Land Uses 78 4.5.5 Special use 78 5 ASSESSING THE SITE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT 79 5.1 ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS 79 5.1.1 Site analysis 79 5.1.2 Protecting the natural environment 79 5.1.3 Character and landscape assessment 82 5.1.4 Heritage conservation 85 5.1.5 Hazard and risk assessment 88 5.2 PROTECTED AREAS 89 5.2.1 Protected Area – Slope Constraint Area 89 5.2.2 Protected Area – Vegetation Constraint Area 90 5.2.3 Protected Area – Ecological Buffer Area 90 5.2.4 Protected Area – Water Supply Catchment 91 5.2.5 Protected Area – Escarpment Area 91 5.2.6 Protected Area – Riverine Scenic Quality Corridor 92 5.2.7 Protected Area – Period Housing Area 92 6 CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT 93 6.1 SUBDIVISION 93 6.2 EQUITY OF ACCESS AND HOUSING CHOICE 96 6.3 ACCESSIBLE HOUSING 96 6.4 PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES 97 6.4.1 Bed-and-breakfast establishments 97 6.4.2 Dual occupancies 97 6.4.3 Granny flats 98 6.4.4 Home employment 98 6.4.5 Proprietary food outlets 98 6.4.6 Sex establishments 99 6.5 ACQUISITION OF LAND 103 ii ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002 VOLUME 1: PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR DRAFT LEP 2002 7 OUTCOMES OF DRAFT LEP 2002 107 7.1 LIMITING URBAN EXPANSION 107 7.2 MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT 107 7.3 MEETING HOUSING AND SOCIAL NEEDS 108 7.3.1 Land supply 108 7.3.2 Alternative housing supply 109 7.3.3 Impacts on projected population 110 7.4 PROTECTING TOWN AND RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER 111 7.5 PROMOTING LOCAL EMPLOYMENT 112 7.6 PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND ACCESS 113 BIBLIOGRAPHY 116 APPENDICES 121 iii ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002 VOLUME 1: PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR DRAFT LEP 2002 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics AHA Accessible Housing Area AHS Accessible Housing Strategy ALU Additional Land Use BMCC Blue Mountains City Council DCP Development Control Plan DH Act Disorderly Houses Act 1943 (NSW) DHA Act Disorderly Houses Amendment Act 1995 (NSW) DSC Designated Service Centre DTM Digital Terrain Modelling DUAP Department of Urban Affairs and Planning EMP1 Environmental Management Plan (Stage One) EMP2 Environmental Management Plan (Stage Two) EMP 2002 Environmental Management Plan 2002 EP&A Act Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) EPA Environment Protection Authority EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) ESD Ecologically Sustainable Development GIS Geographic Information System GWH Great Western Highway HACC Home and Community Care HBB Home-Based Business HCA Heritage Conservation Area IGAE Inter-Governmental Agreement on the Environment IT Information Technology LEP Local Environmental Plan LGA Local Government Area iv ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002 VOLUME 1: PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR DRAFT LEP 2002 NESB Non-English-Speaking Background NPWS National Parks and Wildlife Service RDS Residential Development Strategy 2002 RTA Roads and Traffic Authority SDT Sustainable Development Threshold SEPP State Environmental Planning Policy SLA Statistical Local Area SPS Sewage Pumping Station SRA State Rail Authority SREP Sydney Regional Environmental Plan SSD Sydney Statistical Division STP Sewage Treatment Plant TSC Act Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW) TAFE Technical and Further Education VMO Vegetation Management Order WAHS Wentworth Area Health Service WSAAS Western Sydney Area Assistance Scheme ZCG Zoning Control Group v ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2002 VOLUME 1: PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR DRAFT LEP 2002 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND In October 1997, Blue Mountains City Council placed Draft Local Environmental Plan 1997 (Draft LEP 1997) on public exhibition. This was a comprehensive planning scheme designed to replace the existing planning scheme, Local Environmental Plan No. 4 (LEP 4), for the urban areas of the Blue Mountains. It was intended that Draft LEP 1997 would complement Local Environmental Plan 1991 (LEP 1991), which applies to the non-urban areas of the city. The formal environmental study underpinning Draft LEP 1997 was Environmental Management Plan 2 (EMP2). After public exhibition, Draft LEP 1997 was subject to a public hearing under section 68 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) during June and July 1998. Commissioner Dr Mark Carleton, of the Commissioners of Inquiry for Environment and Planning, conducted the hearing. Commissioner Carleton’s report on the public hearing was received by Council and placed on public display in January 1999. At the broad level, Commissioner Carleton found that the strategic direction and principles established in EMP2 were fundamentally sound. However, he identified substantial additional information that needed to be gathered, interpreted and applied to a review of Draft LEP 1997 to ensure that the intentions of EMP2 were being applied at a site-specific level. This additional information included details of environmental constraints. The commissioner also identified a wide range of specific matters within Draft LEP 1997 that required detailed review. In March and May 1999, Council adopted a program for the comprehensive review of Draft LEP 1997, in light of the issues raised in public submissions and Commissioner Carleton’s report. The review program adopted by Council has, by necessity, been extended to take into account and address emerging planning initiatives and legislative change at both state and federal government levels. It has also resulted in the development of more sophisticated and comprehensive planning tools for use within a revised Draft LEP and the rebuilding of Draft LEP 1997 into a more contemporary planning instrument.

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