Draft Plans of Management for Seaforth Oval, Keirle Park and Tania Park
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Draft Plans of Management for Seaforth Oval, Keirle Park and Tania Park Corporate Planning and Strategy Division February, 2004 PLANS OF MANAGEMENT FOR SEAFORTH OVAL, KEIRLE PARK AND TANIA PARK TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 7 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 7 PROCESS ............................................................................................................................. 8 1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................... 10 1.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................ 10 1.2 LAND TO WHICH THIS PLAN OF MANAGEMENT APPLIES ..................................... 10 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THIS PLAN OF MANAGEMENT..................................................... 11 1.4 PROCESS OF PREPARING THIS PLAN OF MANAGEMENT....................................... 12 1.4.1 GENERAL PROCESS ............................................................................................ 12 1.4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ..................................................................... 13 1.4.3 LANDSCAPE MASTERPLANS .............................................................................. 13 1.5 CONTENTS OF THESE PLANS OF MANAGEMENT................................................... 13 2 PLANNING CONTEXT ........................................................................................... 15 2.1 STATE GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION...................................................................... 15 2.1.1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 15 2.1.2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT COMMUNITY LAND PROVISIONS ............................ 15 2.1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979.............................. 16 2.1.4 CROWN LANDS ACT 1989 ................................................................................. 16 2.1.5 NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT 1993.............................................................................. 17 2.1.6 NSW STATE RIVERS AND FORESHORES POLICY 1992....................................... 18 2.2 LOCAL PLANNING CONTEXT.................................................................................. 18 3. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR MANAGING PARKS IN MANLY............... 21 3.1 STATE GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES........................................................................ 21 3.1.1 PRINCIPLES FOR MANAGING CROWN LAND........................................................ 21 3.1.2 MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY LAND ............................................................... 21 3.2 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF MANLY COUNCIL .................................................... 22 3.2.1 VISION 2005...................................................................................................... 22 3.2.2 CORPORATE PLAN............................................................................................. 22 3.2.3 MANLY SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY ................................................................ 22 3.2.4 MANLY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN ........................................................... 23 3.2.5 MANLY DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN FOR ACCESS - INCORPORATING THE MANLY ACCESS POLICY .................................................................................................... 23 MANLY COUNCIL PAGE 2 PLANS OF MANAGEMENT FOR SEAFORTH OVAL, KEIRLE PARK AND TANIA PARK 3.2.6 PLAN OF MANAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITY LANDS.................................................... 23 4 IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW.................................................................... 25 4.1 PERMITTED FUTURE USES AND DEVELOPMENTS .................................................. 25 4.1.1 CROWN LAND ................................................................................................... 25 4.1.2 COMMUNITY LAND ........................................................................................... 26 4.2 AUTHORISATION OF LEASES, LICENCES AND OTHER ESTATES............................. 26 4.2.1 WHAT ARE LEASES, LICENCES AND OTHER ESTATES?........................................ 26 4.2.2 EXISTING LEASES, LICENCES AND OTHER ESTATES ............................................ 27 4.2.3 AUTHORISATION OF FUTURE LEASES AND LICENCES ......................................... 27 4.2.4 OCCUPATION OF COMMUNITY LAND.................................................................. 28 4.2.5 ACCESS LICENCES OVER COMMUNITY LAND...................................................... 29 4.2.6 GRANTING OF LEASES, LICENCES AND OTHER ESTATES BY TENDER................... 29 4.2.7 SUB-LEASE OF LAND IN PARKS IN MANLY ......................................................... 29 4.2.8 OCCUPATION OF PARKS IN MANLY OTHER THAN BY LEASE OR LICENCE............ 30 4.3 GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSING PROPOSED USES UNDER LEASE OR LICENCE........... 30 4.4 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS AND BUILDING WORKS ............................................. 31 4.5 RESOURCING.......................................................................................................... 31 4.5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL LEVY..................................................................................... 31 4.5.2 GRANTS............................................................................................................. 32 4.5.3 SECTION 94 CONTRIBUTIONS ............................................................................ 32 4.5.4 PARTNERSHIPS .................................................................................................. 32 4.5.5 RENTAL INCOME ............................................................................................... 33 4.6 REVIEW OF THESE PLANS OF MANAGEMENT ....................................................... 33 5 SEAFORTH OVAL................................................................................................... 34 5.1 LOCATIONAL CONTEXT ......................................................................................... 34 5.2 LAND OWNERSHIP.................................................................................................. 34 5.3 ZONING .................................................................................................................. 35 5.4 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND SITE ANALYSIS........................................................ 35 5.4.1 GEOLOGY AND SOILS......................................................................................... 35 5.4.2 LANDFORMS AND DRAINAGE............................................................................. 36 5.4.3 FLORA AND FAUNA............................................................................................ 37 5.4.4 ACCESS, CIRCULATION AND PARKING ............................................................... 38 5.4.5 USES ................................................................................................................. 39 5.4.6 LAND, BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS ............................................................ 40 5.4.7 SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ...................................................................... 41 5.4.8 VISUAL ASSESSMENT......................................................................................... 42 5.5 MAINTENANCE REGIME......................................................................................... 42 5.6 BASIS FOR MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................... 42 5.6.1 COMMUNITY VALUES OF THE PARK ................................................................... 42 5.6.2 FUTURE ROLE .................................................................................................... 43 5.6.3 COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES FOR SEAFORTH OVAL ............................................... 43 MANLY COUNCIL PAGE 3 PLANS OF MANAGEMENT FOR SEAFORTH OVAL, KEIRLE PARK AND TANIA PARK 5.7 MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND ACTIONS .................................................................... 44 5.7.1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 44 5.7.2 MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND ACTIONS................................................................. 44 5.8 SEAFORTH OVAL ACTION PLAN............................................................................... 44 5.8.1 LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN ................................................................................ 44 5.8.2 ACTION PLAN.................................................................................................... 45 6 KEIRLE PARK.......................................................................................................... 57 6.1 LOCATION CONTEXT ............................................................................................. 57 6.2 LAND OWNERSHIP.................................................................................................. 57 6.3 PREPARATION OF THE PLAN OF MANAGEMENT................................................... 58 6.4 CATEGORIES OF COMMUNITY LAND......................................................................... 58 6.5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 .......................................................................... 59 6.6 RIVERS AND FORESHORES IMPROVEMENT ACT 1948.........................................